Flight Attendant Sues Spirit Airlines Claiming She Was Fired for Being Too Overweight to Fit in Jumpseat

A previous flight attendant is taking legal action against Spirit Airlines, declaring she was fired to suit the aircraft’s jumpseat. Chelsia Blackmon’s lawyer submitted a grievance in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on November 16, stating that her customer was wrongfully ended, Business Insider reported. According to the grievance acquired by Fox Business, Blackmon was employed after she passed all the training and compliance procedures, consisting of having the ability to buckle the seat belt in the jumpseat. The match kept in mind that she had actually worked for numerous flights, consisting of several Spirit Airlines Airbus 319 flights ahead of time. On September 3, 2021, Blackmon was appointed to deal with an Airbus 319 flight; nevertheless, she might not buckle herself into the jumpseat utilizing the seat belt. She was then required to deplane. An examination was held and she was sent out a letter on September 27 asking her to appear face to face on or about October 8 to show she might suit an one-piece suit, the problem checks out. At the conference, she was once again not able to buckle herself with the seat belt. On November 3, she was fired from Spirit Airlines. The grievance declares that Spirit Airlines “directed her to buckle herself into a jumpseat that was too little for her.” The problem declares that Blackmon, who is African-American, was the topic of racial discrimination. The lawyer composes that a “Caucasian Flight Attendant who was likewise in the early phases of her profession and who was worked with around the exact same time as [Blackmon], had the exact same concern of ‘fitting’ into the dive seat however she was offered numerous months to suit the dive seat.” The problem likewise declares that Spirit Airlines was “willful” and “destructive” and overlooked her rights under the Civil Rights Act upon shooting her. Given that being fired, Blackmon states she has actually experienced lost incomes, offsetting damage, and psychological distress. Blackmon is asking for the court award her back pay, front pay, countervailing damages, compensatory damages, lawyers’ charges expenses, and other “additional reliefs.” She is likewise asking for a trial by jury. The claim comes as Spirit Airlines was just recently struck with another match that declares the airline company taped and obstructed users on its site, Bloomberg Law reported. You can follow Ethan Letkeman on Twitter at @EthanLetkeman.
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