Actress Calls Out AA Employee on Twitter
Jesse Tabit September 02, 2016
Once Upon a Time star Emilie de Ravin vented her frustrations with American Airlines Thursday, claiming one of the carrier’s employees used physical force to grab a breast pump out of her hands while she was boarding a flight from Los Angeles.
Dear @AmericanAir I was grabbed forcefully,my carry on bag ripped out of my hand @ lax this morning by AA employee A. 3 witnesses.(cont…
— Emilie de Ravin (@emiliederavin) September 1, 2016
By and @AmericanAir female employee Autonette Please kindly dismiss this woman from @americanair employment. Luckily our pilot was (cont…
— Emilie de Ravin (@emiliederavin) September 1, 2016
very kind and helpful & apologetic on woman's behalf & assisted in getting her name & instructions on who to contact to report her.(Cont…
— Emilie de Ravin (@emiliederavin) September 1, 2016
However ther is NO excuse 4 physical force being used on someone trying to take her breast pump carry on.NOT OK @AmericanAir #accountability
— Emilie de Ravin (@emiliederavin) September 1, 2016
In a statement, the company said, “American Airlines is looking into the situation and apologizes to the customer for the inconvenience.
Passengers are allowed to have two carry-on items. A breast pump is considered a medical device and should’ve been allowed on the plane, which eventually it was.”
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perhaps assault and battery fit as in reverse the passenger would certainly be arrested with a comparable complaint over and out