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Jan 27, 2015 | 12:13 pm

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Originally Posted by gooselee

I didn't mean this story in particular, I meant a general story about an airline or TSA allegedly mishandling a situation with a mother who is breastfeeding or using a breast pump.

5 seconds on Google reveals something from 2013:
http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture...irlines-flight

Several other news results that I didn't bother to click on.

Sometimes the airline is legitimately wrong. Sometimes the passenger is making a mistake or pulling a DYKWIA. Always the media will blow it entirely out of proportion to draw in ratings and clicks.

Thank you for sharing that link gooselee. As a firefighter, paramedic and frequent flyer, I do not like to see people 'humiliated' and 'embarrassed' because of a medical issue such as when a flight attendant told the passenger mentioned in your article that "breast-pumping - however discretely done - was not allowed." Plese post your other links as it may help future flying mothers get correct information.

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