A Delta passenger who says she was threatened with being kicked off a flight because she was not wearing a bra has demanded to fulfill the airline’s boss, claiming she was “targeted and humiliated” within the boob brouhaha.
Lisa Archbold, 38, said she boarded a flight from Salt Lake City to San Francisco on Jan. 22 while wearing baggy jeans and a loose white T-shirt, sans bra.
She claimed a gate agent temporarily escorted her off the plane and demanded that she cover up – although her breasts weren’t visible.
“I used to be targeted and humiliated,” Archbold said during a news conference in Los Angeles on Thursday together with her attorney, Gloria Allred, NBC LA reported.
“It felt like a scarlet letter was being attached to me,” the self-employed DJ, who was headed to the world-famous Sundance Film Festival, told reporters.
“I felt it was a spectacle aimed toward punishing me for not being a lady in the way in which she thought I ought to be a lady as she scolded me outside of the plane,” she said.
Archbold, whose stage name is Djette Kiwi, claimed the agent said her attire was “revealing” and “offensive” and that it violated the airline’s policy.
The Latest Zealand expat said she was allowed to fly provided that she put one other shirt on top of the one she was wearing.
When she brought the matter to the top flight attendant, she claims the worker told her Delta’s official policy is that “women must cover up.”
Allred said she has written to Delta on behalf of her client demanding a gathering with the airline president to debate the discriminatory policy, AFP reported.
“Male passengers will not be required to cover up their T-shirts with a shirt or a jacket,” she said. “In addition they do not need to wear a bra to board or remain on a plane and girls shouldn’t must wear one either.
“Last I checked, the Taliban will not be in command of Delta,” Allred said, adding that federal rules allow airlines to remove passengers who present a security or security risk to the plane or its passengers.
“Neither her breasts nor another woman’s breasts have ever tried to take over a plane,” she said. Breasts will not be weapons of war, and it’s not a criminal offense for a girl or girl to have them.”
Based on Delta’s rules, the carrier may refuse to move “when the passenger’s conduct, attire, hygiene or odor creates an unreasonable risk of offense or annoyance to other passengers.”
Allred said there are not any plans for a lawsuit and that each one Archbold wants is a gathering with Delta’s boss to get assurances that the policies can be updated.
An organization rep told AFP: “Earlier this 12 months, Delta representatives contacted this customer with an apology.”
The Post has reached out to Delta for comment.
A Delta passenger who says she was threatened with being kicked off a flight because she was not wearing a bra has demanded to fulfill the airline’s boss, claiming she was “targeted and humiliated” within the boob brouhaha.
Lisa Archbold, 38, said she boarded a flight from Salt Lake City to San Francisco on Jan. 22 while wearing baggy jeans and a loose white T-shirt, sans bra.
She claimed a gate agent temporarily escorted her off the plane and demanded that she cover up – although her breasts weren’t visible.
“I used to be targeted and humiliated,” Archbold said during a news conference in Los Angeles on Thursday together with her attorney, Gloria Allred, NBC LA reported.
“It felt like a scarlet letter was being attached to me,” the self-employed DJ, who was headed to the world-famous Sundance Film Festival, told reporters.
“I felt it was a spectacle aimed toward punishing me for not being a lady in the way in which she thought I ought to be a lady as she scolded me outside of the plane,” she said.
Archbold, whose stage name is Djette Kiwi, claimed the agent said her attire was “revealing” and “offensive” and that it violated the airline’s policy.
The Latest Zealand expat said she was allowed to fly provided that she put one other shirt on top of the one she was wearing.
When she brought the matter to the top flight attendant, she claims the worker told her Delta’s official policy is that “women must cover up.”
Allred said she has written to Delta on behalf of her client demanding a gathering with the airline president to debate the discriminatory policy, AFP reported.
“Male passengers will not be required to cover up their T-shirts with a shirt or a jacket,” she said. “In addition they do not need to wear a bra to board or remain on a plane and girls shouldn’t must wear one either.
“Last I checked, the Taliban will not be in command of Delta,” Allred said, adding that federal rules allow airlines to remove passengers who present a security or security risk to the plane or its passengers.
“Neither her breasts nor another woman’s breasts have ever tried to take over a plane,” she said. Breasts will not be weapons of war, and it’s not a criminal offense for a girl or girl to have them.”
Based on Delta’s rules, the carrier may refuse to move “when the passenger’s conduct, attire, hygiene or odor creates an unreasonable risk of offense or annoyance to other passengers.”
Allred said there are not any plans for a lawsuit and that each one Archbold wants is a gathering with Delta’s boss to get assurances that the policies can be updated.
An organization rep told AFP: “Earlier this 12 months, Delta representatives contacted this customer with an apology.”
The Post has reached out to Delta for comment.
