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BURLINGTON, Vt. - A commuter airline says it has disciplined a flight attendant who ordered a passenger off an airplane preparing for takeoff for refusing to cover her baby with a blanket while breast-feeding the child.

The attendant did not meet company expectations when Emily Gillette, of Santa Fe, N.M., was told to leave the plane at Burlington International Airport for declining a blanket, Freedom Airlines spokesman Paul Skellon said in an e-mail to news outlets Friday. The nature of the discipline was not disclosed.

"We concluded that the flight attendant in question acted contrary to the company's expectations," Skellon wrote. "We believe our disciplinary action was appropriate and was taken after considering all of the facts leading to this incident."

But Gillette disagreed with Skellon's contention that the captain of the flight apologized and "immediately requested that they be re-boarded for their flight," which the family refused.

Gillette said Friday that the airline "never offered" her a chance to get back on the plane for a Delta Air Lines flight operated by Freedom Airlines on Oct. 13.

"I would have jumped at the opportunity," she said.

Sitting aboard a plane that was three hours late in taking off, Gillette began to breast-feed her 22-month-old daughter. She says a flight attendant handed her a blanket and told her to cover up, which Gillette declined to do. The attendant said Gillette was offending her and she was removed from the plane.

Delta did provide ground transportation and a hotel before rebooking the family on a flight with a different airline the next day.

Gillette filed a complaint with the Vermont Human Rights Commission because breast-feeding is protected under state law.

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Unfortunately, not the first flight attendant who doesn't understand "CUSTOMER ALWAYS RIGHT".

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:unsure: Offended by a ####### and a baby, that's pretty sad.

had to be a woman that complained. men are never offended by boobs :P

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I have never understood how anyone can be offended by a woman breastfeeding her child. It is one of the most natural things in the world and, IMO, should not be something that is frowned upon. What is the matter with people?

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That attendant has "prude" written all over her.

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That attendant has "prude" written all over her.

maybe more "arrogant" than "prude".

I had a bad experience with one on a flight by now-defunct (eventually merged into Air Canada) Pacific Western on a Calgary-Regina flight in Dec. 1993. The departure was 2 HOURS LATE (not even atypical of this airline, which was known as "please wait awhile"). When I fastened the seatbelt loosely about hips, I was told rather gruffly "you need to put that on tight, there's a law about that" (actually, no such law exists in Canada or US). NOT EVEN AN APOLOGY FROM THE CREW FOR THEIR TARDINESS (Calgary to Regina is much less than two hours fly-time, including takeoff and landing)!

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The plane was late three hours in taking off. What did the airline expect?

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that is such bullcrap!!! i wish people would get over their 'fear' about seein a woman breastfeed her babies!!! she musta been a bottle baby! lol

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:lol::jest: Maybe the flight attendant was jealous of the woman who was breast feeding coz she had bigger boobies than the flight attendant lol.

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IMO, the only appropriate "discipline" for this flight attendant is a PINK SLIP!

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2005/11/07 I-129F approved, forwarded to NVC--to Chennai Consulate 2005/11/14

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2006/05/01 AOS Packet (I-485/I-131/I-765) filed at Chicago

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What would have happened if she would have covered up with the blanket? Suffocation?

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I get kind of uncomfortable with seeing a breastfeeding mom only because the way I was raised but I wouldn't want to impose my beliefs upon others. I just wouldn't look at her and go on with my life and let her go on with hers. Maybe she didn't have something to cover up with and the baby was fussy. I would rather SEE a baby sucking on it's mom's booby then HEAR a screeching baby because it isn't getting fed due to people who can't understand the fact that not everyone has the same beliefs as them. Whatever the case was I am sick of people complaining about every little thing. Just live your life and shut up!

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