Catherine Banks, a veteran, was asked to deplane a Delta flight from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) after a flight attendant deemed her shirt with an anti-suicide message 'threatening'. Despite explaining her military service and intention to visit her sister, Banks was told she could only reboard if she removed the shirt.
Catherine Banks was set to fly out of SFO on Wednesday before a flight attendant told her the shirt she wore was threatening. The shirt read,"Do not give in to the war within. End veteran suicide.""A male flight attendant was saying, 'Ma'am, ma'am.' I looked around, like, 'Who was he talking to?' And it was me. He said, 'You need to get off the plane,' and I was like, 'What did I do?'" Banks said.
"He said that shirt you're wearing is threatening," Banks said."I said, 'Are you kidding me? I'm a Marine Corps vet. I'm going to see my Marine sister. I've been in the Marine Corps for 22 years and worked for the Air Force for 15 years. I'm going to visit her.' He said, 'I don't care about your service, and I don't care about her service. The only way you're going to get back on the plane is if you take it off right now.
Banks said she wasn't wearing a bra and had to turn around so the flight attendant couldn't see the front of her as she put on a sweatshirt.She was allowed to board again but not to sit in the extra legroom seat for which she had paid extra. Instead, Banks said, she was told to sit in the back of the plane.
On Delta's website, the air carrier said it reserved the right to remove passengers from a plane"when the passenger's conduct, attire, hygiene or odor creates an unreasonable risk of offense or annoyance to other passengers."In March, Lisa Archbold held a news conference with her attorney, Gloria Allred, and explained how on a Delta flight to SFO she was asked to deplane due to her choice of clothing.
"I feel like they just took my soul away. I'm not a bad person, and that T-shirt, I should be allowed to support myself and veterans," Banks said.
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