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2019-12-05 -Lurid Crime Tales-

FA employed by Delta since 1962, is suing the airline over age discrimination

[MAIL] A 79-year-old air hostess employed by Delta since 1962 is suing the airline after she was fired over a missing carton of milk.

In an exclusive interview with DailyMailTV, Ida Gomez Llanos claims she was the victim of a smear campaign by colleagues envious of her salary and perks, encouraged by managers who wanted to replace her with cheaper, younger staff.

After receiving annual pay rises over her 57-year career, Llanos was earning around $250,000 when she was fired - more than four times the average flight attendant salary of $56,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Huntington Beach-based flight attendant filed her lawsuit against Delta Airlines this month in a Los Angeles court, claiming she was ’harassed’, ’bullied’ by colleagues ‐ and that instead of protecting her, bosses wrote her up and eventually fired her.

The 79-year-old told DailyMailTV that after 57 years working for the company, which saw her rise to become the number one flight attendant in LA and rank fifth in the country, her bosses dismissed her for taking a carton of milk off a plane after her line manager gave her permission.

’I couldn’t believe it,’ Llanos said. ’I’ve been accused of so many things and none were true.

’I try not to take it personally, but when you get mean about me and start lying, that is a problem.’

Posted by Besoeker 2019-12-05 02:08|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top

#1 A $450,000,000. (Class Action) award sounds about right to me.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-12-05 02:29|| 2019-12-05 02:29|| Front Page Top

#2 To me its a safety issue. Whether quick evacuation of the plane or dealing with another berserker on board, you really don't want the 'little old ' lady in the fry. However, since they have packed passengers in the tubes like so much cattle, it won't make much difference.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-12-05 08:10|| 2019-12-05 08:10|| Front Page Top

#3 The lady's had a helluva good run. Must have a lot of great stories.

Re her fitness to help in emergency situations, I'm not sure this lady has less steel in her spine than the flakes, snagglepuss-queers and fatsos the airlines hire as FAs these days.

In a tight labor market methinks they're best advised to hire her back.

Posted by Lex 2019-12-05 09:04|| 2019-12-05 09:04|| Front Page Top

#4 If it's really over a cartoon of milk, I hope she wins.

Posted by gorb 2019-12-05 10:03|| 2019-12-05 10:03|| Front Page Top

#5 At that level of performance and pay multiple, I’d have moved her up to salaried management and set her to developing advanced level training courses, to share her hard-won knowledge and experience with the younger cohorts.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-12-05 16:05|| 2019-12-05 16:05|| Front Page Top

#6 If I was a terrorist I'd dread coming up against someone like her. She probably not only knows, but wrote every trick in the book!

Posted by CrazyFool 2019-12-05 16:23|| 2019-12-05 16:23|| Front Page Top

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