Posted on 12/29/2008 2:08:05 PM PST by smokingfrog
A former flight attendant for Continental Airlines who was fired for inappropriate behavior on a flight in 2002 has lost an attempt to sue the company for age discrimination.
In a ruling released Monday, a state appeals court upheld a lower court ruling dismissing the lawsuit filed by Melissa Mersmann and ordering her to pay $2,500 in attorneys' fees to Continental.
The lawsuit stemmed from events in early 2002, when Mersmann was fired for her conduct during a Feb. 17 flight from Aruba to Newark.
In court filings, the company claimed Mersmann "as a result of being intoxicated, engaged in such severe misconduct as to warrant termination."
Specifically, the company alleged, Mersmann was late for the flight, made inappropriate announcements over the plane's intercom, smelled of alcohol, vomited twice during the flight and was unable to perform her duties.
Mersmann's blood alcohol level was tested at .061 when she arrived at Newark, higher than the .04 reading that, under an existing collective bargaining agreement, mandates flight attendants undergo evaluation and complete any recommended rehabilitation before resuming work.
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She was only mimicking some of her first class passengers...
Truth wins.
LOL. Oh would I have loved to have been on that flight!
Actually, she was probably mimicking the pilot.
Without giving two details, I personally know of one flight attendant of a certain airline was, on two separate occasions within a four month period, and on company property, cought in the act of having sex with a random passenger. Different guy each time.
She was terminated.
two = too many
[cue the old jingle from the “Proud Bird With The Golden Tail” era]
“We really move our tail for you!”
Mile High Club?
Without giving two details, I personally know of one flight attendant of a certain airline was, on two separate occasions within a four month period, and on company property, cought in the act of having sex with a random passenger. Different guy each time.
She was terminated.
;-)
If you find out, try to act as random as possible. :-)
Indeed. Without giving details, I also am personally aware of a number of attendant/conductor incidents that are side-splittingly funny (provided that they didn’t happen to you). I’m aware of one incident where the attendant got so drunk he/she took off all his/her clothes and walked down the aisle taking tickets. I’m aware of one attendant who got so drunk that he/she urinated in front of shocked passengers. I could go on. Many, many incidents occur that aren’t reported.
Heh, heh...
I shoulda known. ;)
Nope. on the ground.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop drinking on the job.
No, wasn't it US Air with the drunk pilots?
Darned if I know.
Well, there is THAT...
Here’s an America West incident:
Florida cannot prosecute pilots for alledgedly drinking before flight
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/959059/posts
It doesn’t appear that there was a clear determination as to this US Air pilot:
Airline: Crew Member’s Inappropriate Words Cancel Flight
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1813497/posts
This is probably the USAir one I was thinking of:
Pilot at LAX Grounded by Alcohol
http://articles.latimes.com/2006/apr/08/local/me-pilot8
Want to try Delta:
Delta Suspends Pilot for Being Drunk
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-105992182.html
And here’s one for a US pilot on an Asian airline:
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=ce386c9e-7621-49e7-976e-329fdaa5e17c
Found a United one as well. The United, and the one on the Indian plane were in London, the Delta one was in Germany.
Yep, she was bar hopping with some pilot, it seems.
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