Blogs were on this awhile ago. The MSM is so behind.

This is sooooo lame an act on Delta's part. A warning not to do it again would have sufficed. Now, they have to pay a lawyer to defend a lawsuit AND pay to train a stew to take her place AND deal with looking like a bunch of clueless Dilberts not to realize they were handed a marvelous PR event.

No wonder the airlines are going down the tubes.

I'm not saying stewardresses get around, but if Delta's worried about inappropriate uses of the uniform, I have a feeling they'd have to fire 90% of their aircrew.

How many times do you think a stewardress has been told, pace David Lee Roth, "No, no, don't take 'em off"?

Ace,

In all fairness, any company would likely take umbrage to their employee having photographed herself as did Queen of Sky. Having said that, the way Delta has handled it seems to be both clumsy and bad for business (as if they didn't already have enought to worry about).

I dated a Delta flight attendant years ago (she referred to herself and her colleagues as "Stews") And yes, she was crazy fun, like Queen of Sky appears to be.

But today, sadly, it is a different world. As told before, I fly well over 100,000 miles each year, and believe me, the tone and tenor of inflight communication between the flight crew and passengers is pretty much, all business, all the time. This is especially true after 9-11.

Sigh.

I miss the good ol' days.

Also jeopardizing the work environment of her colleagues, who already have to deal with drunk belligerent businessmen who won't follow safety instructions.

Seems a bit of stretch. Seems like grasping at straws to justify a firing you support for other reasons.

Please. The woman took a couple of pictures of herself -- not even soft-core, for crying out loud -- in a uniform. These pictures were seen by, oh, my guess? About 1000 people, tops.

And based on that you're suggesting that she was creating a dangerous work environment for her fellow flight crew?

And that for this heinous offense she ought to be fired?

Two words:

Hooters Air

Oh holy cow, how did we get labeled the prudes?

Delta Air may have the right to fire her. If they're worried about their "family image," then I suppose they have the right to demand she take the photos down, or blog anonymously, or whatever.

But just firing her because she showed her legs a little? Seems crazy to me.

I'm not a libertarian, but I do find this increasing government and employer scrutiny into how I spend my free time a little creepy.

I get the impression that Southwest would actually encourage this sort of thing. They demand a certain amount of fun and goofiness.

Anyway, I'm just glad that we've finally solved all those problems of airline security and terrorism, and now we can sit back and spend our days worrying about whether a flight attendant is showing just a hint of a lacy unmentionable on her private website. Cause that's what's really important.

This would definately come under the umbrella of what Charles Johnson so correctly defined as "idiotarian". It's getting to be that issues aren't left or right, liberal or conservative, libertarian or authoritarian, progressive or regressive. Nowadays, there's stooooopid (sometimes to be point of dangerous) and Not So Dumb As They Would Like To Believe.

sometimes to the point of being dangerous

PIMF

I'd hit that.

It's just a stupid overreaction on Delta's part. Hey, how about asking her to take down the photos before firing her, at least? How about a simple reprimand for violating company policy? Was there a company policy? Who knows?

This kind of common sense is too often lost on the corporate mentality, I'm afraid.

I notice she is from Austin. See, I usually fly out of here on Southwest or American... but I would have considered Delta. Not now, not ever. Just on principle.

Your own time is your own time. I can see how Delta might have had a problem with her site- but their reaction was over the top. It will be interesting to follow the lawsuits.

Ace, you quoted part of my comment, but deleted the comment itself. WTF?

"you're suggesting that she was creating a dangerous work environment for her fellow flight crew?"

Not what i said. The work environment is already unpleasant when you have to get alcohol-fueled physically aggressive customers to cooperate, for the safety of everyone on the plane. If they just think of you as a sex-kitten, you have less authority over them.

She is making her work environment more unpleasant for her colleagues, by undermining the authority of her profession, which already has a certain amount of cultural baggage.

A company has a legitimate interest in how you use company symbols, logos, uniforms, etc, whether or not in your free time. They have NO legitimate interest in your free time, if you are doing something completely unrelated.

I didn't delete your comment. Why it has disappeared I have no clue at all.