Black Ex-Spirit Airlines flight attendant sues for being too heavy to buckle her JUMPSEAT. A white colleague was treated less harshly
Chelsia Blackmon is accusing Spirit Airline of racial discrimination after she was fired because she couldn’t fit into the crew jumpseat
Blackmon claims that a flight attendant of color who had the same problem was allowed more time to lose weight so she could fit into the seat.
Blackmon had to demonstrate that she could fit herself into a jump seat with a four-point harness during her training course.
She couldn’t even strap herself in for the Airbus A319 flights.
She The plaintiff is requesting an unspecified amount in damages compensation in the form a back pay, compensatory damage, and punitive damage