Posted on 12/06/2019 1:10:07 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
A 79-year-old former Delta Air Lines flight attendant is suing the airline after being fired over accusations that she swiped a carton of milk and other on-flight goods.
Ida Gomez Llanos, who worked for the company for 57 years, claims she was the victim of a smear campaign orchestrated by envious colleagues who wanted her gone because of her seniority and whopping $250,000 salary.
The lawsuit, filed this month in a Los Angeles court, claims she was “harassed” and “bullied,” and that the spreading of lies led to her being penalized and eventually terminated.
“I couldn’t believe it,” Llanos told the Daily Mail. “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.”
Llanos, who was reportedly the highest-ranking flight attendant in Los Angeles and ranked fifth in the country, said she received her first write-up in nearly 60 years in April 2018. She had been accused of stealing a carton of milk, as well as cereal packets and a chocolate bar. Colleagues also claimed Llanos put Bailey’s Irish Cream in her coffee.
‘They want to get rid of the older flight attendants,” she said. “I think they put us on a higher surveillance. It’s because they have to pay us so much because we’ve been there forever and your pay scale goes up each year. I think they can hire four newer flight attendants for what they pay me.”
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“Up or Out” isn’t just for the military, anymore.
You signed up today to post all this pro union drivel? I see you are in the middle of reading this thread. Good for you. When you get to the arguments that a 79-year-old woman cannot possibly aid and assist in an emergency evacuation, let me know.
Another point. If pilots are forced to retire at age 65, then why do you have a problem with octogenarian FA’s leaving when they don’t want to?
Post 45.
Post 66.
“ because she is a non-union at-will employee, meaning she can be fired at any time, for any reason, with or without cause or notification.”
How does a non-union, at-will employee that can be fired at any time for any reason, with or without cause (according to you), what sort of standing does she have when suing to get her job back? You said she can be fired at any time and Delta doesn’t need to show any cause.
I know enough to know there’s there’s not a free market system in the world that would pay 79 year old woman a quarter of a million dollars to push a beverage cart. You’re the one who’s naive if you think otherwise.
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