Woman turfed off plane for breastfeeding her child

[SneakyMouse]

Apparently she refused a blanket to cover up and they kicked her off

and

You're on excellent form today Cod

Less, QP - bigger child in front of bosom.

Think it would make me dig my heels in more tbh!

Plus it would have made a better headline and hurt the airline more

do I cod? do I???
well I might start again just to annoy you
at the idea of covering a two year old with a blanket

Me too, JT. But I'm feisty.

rememebr this? that what the woman was doing during the saftety announcemnt

yes but she might also have got arrested and barred

dshe shouted across

" forget your brace postion im gonn a whip out me mamaries and JIGGLE"

How ridiculous. This makes me very !

OLIVe DONt open that at work

She can sue but she might lose. Some states do not exclude bfing from indecent exposure laws and some do. The federal government only protects bfing moms on federal property. Depending on the laws in Vermont, and the fact that the airline is a private company that can make its own rules. She might lose.
Is it a violation of her civil rights, yes. Could she still lose, yes.

arrested? even better headline!

Hmm I do think this is ridiculous. Also the report makes it sounds as though she was being awkward feeding her child when the plane was ready for take off when they had been waiting around for 3 ours. I would assume she timed it deliberately for then to help with the DD's ears. That is what I would have done but have never flown with a breastfed child.

It won't make a difference to the airline because Delta is about to bought by United.

Indecent exposure?!

It does beg the bigger question of children and airplanes. AFter my nephew was born my sister came out with him and her 3 year old. Everything was fine until my niece had to pee. Imagine my sister with a three year old and a 2 month old in an airplane bathroom.

And if you've ever tried to change a diaper on an airplane you know that it is a nearly impossible thing to do.

This case may open the bigger arguement to how pregnant and nursing mothers, and children are accomodated everywhere except on airplanes.

Tatties,

Yes! Here people can not show breast (nipples), vaginas, or penis, in public. Many states make exception to breastfeeding mothers, but unless it is specifically protected, the arguement can be that what she was doing was indecent exposure.

I checked on the law in Vermont, she is protected under vermont law, now it is the issue of whether a private company's rules can override that. She'll probably win, but most likely they will settle out of court, and no one will hear about this again.

Have you tried to change a baby's nappy in a train toilet with a 3 year old? That's pretty bad
I suppose there is a question of limited space on a plane/train, but I suspect that doesn't really effect/affect (have lost confidence following other thread) a breastfeeding mum

I wouldn't put an icky airline blanket on my childs head, or my naked bosom come to that.

DarrellRivers,

But this case could open up the debate that airplanes are not "baby friendly". There are no changing tables. Giving my 6 month old a bottle was nearly impossible due to that fact that there was almost no space to manuever. On every airplane their is almost always 1 child or baby, and if I were the mother that got kicked off. I would use this as a platform to make a bigger argument.
If people in first class can have a better meal, and hot towels to wipe themselves on, I think an airline can afford to put a changing table on the plane.

i hope she gets loadsa money for this. personally, they would have to get me arrested and to remove me off the plane quietly.

Ridiculous.....