Flight Attendants Condemn Demeaning Spirit Airline Ads
The whole world has hailed the professionalism and heroism of flight attendants aboard US Airways Flight 1549 who were instrumental in the safe evacuation of 150 passengers after the plane made an emergency water landing in New York’s Hudson River. But just days later, flight attendants at another airline were being disrespected and insulted by their own corporate employer.
Flight Attendants-CWA President Patricia Friend wrote Spirit Airlines Inc. CEO Ben Baldanza this month to condemn the carrier’s new ad campaign that she says is demeaning to women.
If your intent was to insult and demean your customers, employees and future customers, you may well have succeeded. I feel as though I have entered a time warp and I am reliving the battles for respect and justice for women that we fought 40 years ago.
