Ray Lin Howard said she was humiliated and feels that flight attendants targeted her because she is plus size.
In the clip, Howard can be seen wearing black biker shorts with a pink leopard-print crop top. She had flown on an Alaska Airlines plane in the exact outfit earlier in the week without issue, she said. Howard was returning to Fairbanks after vacationing in California with her husband and 6-year-old son Friday night and said she was performing at a Fairbanks bar later.
As the flight took off from Seattle, Howard was situated in the middle seat between her husband and son, she said. During the flight, she said she began to experience motion sickness and took off her top to cool down, leaving her wearing a gray sports bra on top.Shortly afterward, Howard said, another flight attendant told her that her outfit was inappropriate because her midriff was showing, while she was wearing the crop top.
“At that point, I was astonished,” she said. “I couldn’t believe that someone else was coming up to me after I had already put the top on like they’d asked. And I knew at that point that it wasn’t going to end.”Flight from Seattle to Anchorage diverts to Juneau after passenger makes threats, Alaska Airlines saysHoward said she told the flight attendant she’d already complied — she was covered up.
When the plane landed, Howard said, crew members directed passengers to stay seated as police officers boarded the plane. She was escorted off the plane and taken to a small room in the airport to talk with officers, she said. “It was humiliating,” Howard said. “And I honestly felt dehumanized — they told the police that I wouldn’t keep my clothes on.”
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