A woman who claims she was singled out and humiliated by staff for not wearing a bra has indicated she isn’t just going to forget the issue.
Self-employed DJ Lisa Archbold, known as Djette Kiwi on stage, has accused Delta airlines of discriminating her for her attire.
Last month, travelling from Salt Lake City to San Fransisco after attending Utah’s Sundance Film Festival, an incident really got under the skin of the music artist.
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While wearing baggy jeans and a loose white T-shirt, she claimed that a gate agent temporarily escorted her off the plane to make demands about her attire.
She has said that her breasts were not visible in her outfit but was told to cover up regardless.
“I was targeted and humiliated,” Archbold said during a news conference in Los Angeles on Thursday with her attorney, Gloria Allred.
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“It felt like a scarlet letter was being attached to me.
“I felt it was a spectacle aimed at punishing me for not being a woman in the way she thought I should be a woman as she scolded me outside of the plane.”
Archbold has claimed that when she raised the matter to the head flight attendant, she was told the Delta’s official policy is that ‘women must cover up.’
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Following the incident, Archbold has said she isn’t yet satisfied with the explanation that the rules are part of their policy. Her attorney has written a letter to Delta on behalf of her client in order to have a meeting to discuss the policy.
“Male passengers are not required to cover up their T-shirts with a shirt or a jacket,” Allred said.
“They also do not have to wear a bra to board or remain on a plane and women should not have to wear one either.
“Last I checked, the Taliban are not in charge of Delta,
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“Neither her breasts nor any other woman’s breasts have ever tried to take over a plane,” she said.
"Breasts are not weapons of war, and it’s not a crime for a woman or girl to have them.”
Allred did clarify that there is no current plans for a lawsuit but rather just to set up a meeting to get assurances that the policies will be looked at and updated.
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According to Delta’s rules, the carrier may refuse to transport 'when the passenger’s conduct, attire, hygiene or odor creates an unreasonable risk of offense or annoyance to other passengers.'
UNILAD has contacted Delta for comment.
Gerrard Kaonga