DELTA FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ACCUSE AIRLINE OF ANTI-SEMITISM
February 13, 2018
On January 2, 2018, four flight attendants filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Fukelman et al. v. Delta Airlines Inc., accusing Delta Air Lines of discriminating against Jewish and Israeli employees, non-Jewish employees who associate with them, and passengers traveling to Israel.
The plaintiffs, two of whom are of Jewish and Israeli ethnicity, are current and former Delta flight attendants with at least 10 years of experience who regularly worked on the airline’s flights between New York and Israel. They allege they were discriminated against, passed over for promotion, subjected to unwarranted discipline, and restricted from sharing their flight benefits with people who were Jewish or from Israel.
The suit states that Delta has encouraged and maintained an attitude among management that ethnic Jews and Israelis “cannot be trusted, are aggressive and inappropriate, and engage in what are deemed to be ‘strange’ behaviors by conducting prayers on the flight and requiring special dietary accommodations (kosher meals).” The plaintiffs allege the conduct is in violation of the Federal Civil Rights Act.
In response to the lawsuit, Delta issued a corporate statement denouncing the claims.
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