we flew home from Chicago last night on US Airways. we flew out on United and had no issues whatsoever, but the way home was a disaster. we got up at 5 am to make our early flight on time only to have it canceled and we were stuck in the airport for hours and hours with lots of arguments and headaches with trying to find a new flight. the CSRs for US Air were awful and rude. (but we did meet Tommy Lee from Motley Crue so theres something I guess!
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anyway, we were taking DS as a lap baby (no flames please, couldn't afford to fly otherwise). DP and I were getting settled into our window and middle seats and I was trying to nurse DS. a man, dressed as a pilot(i don't know which airline) came up and said the aisle seat was his. he seemed grumpy that it would be such a tight fight and then saw that i was nursing and said "oh, would you guys like a blanket or something?" i said, sure or a pillow would be nice, thanks. a few minutes later a flight attendant walked by and the pilot asked her again for the blanket, DS was not nursing at this point. the flight attendant asked another flight attendant for the blanket and this woman responded "we can only give it to her if she requested it. did she request the blanket? did she request the blanket??" I interupted and said yes sure I would like a blanket. the flight attendant said okay, gave it to me and then mentioned to the other lady that there is a legal issue regarding this and that she will tell her about it later. (I was not nursing when she walked by so i know the pilot said to her that I was nursing). DP looked seriously confused about what was going on and why that was such a fuss and so I explained to him that a woman was forced to cover up while nursing on a flight and I thought maybe even kicked off for it, and she sued the airline, which she had every right to do. i added very loudly that it is illegal to force a woman to cover up while nursing and that you can offer a blanket but i don't have to use it. at this point the pilot said "oh hey, i don't have any problem with that, my wife did it 3 times (he said he had 3 kids) so you know, but its just such close quarters that i thought...." and that was the end of it. except that i felt awkward after that and kept trying to use the blanket to cover DS who was irritable and po'd. DP grabbed the blanket and rolled it up and put it under my elbow
! then he asked the flight attendant again for a pillow and she said "oh, you have to buy those. its 7$ for a blanket and pillow, that blanket was just a courtesy...."
a courtesy for who? thanks a lot us airways.
)anyway, we were taking DS as a lap baby (no flames please, couldn't afford to fly otherwise). DP and I were getting settled into our window and middle seats and I was trying to nurse DS. a man, dressed as a pilot(i don't know which airline) came up and said the aisle seat was his. he seemed grumpy that it would be such a tight fight and then saw that i was nursing and said "oh, would you guys like a blanket or something?" i said, sure or a pillow would be nice, thanks. a few minutes later a flight attendant walked by and the pilot asked her again for the blanket, DS was not nursing at this point. the flight attendant asked another flight attendant for the blanket and this woman responded "we can only give it to her if she requested it. did she request the blanket? did she request the blanket??" I interupted and said yes sure I would like a blanket. the flight attendant said okay, gave it to me and then mentioned to the other lady that there is a legal issue regarding this and that she will tell her about it later. (I was not nursing when she walked by so i know the pilot said to her that I was nursing). DP looked seriously confused about what was going on and why that was such a fuss and so I explained to him that a woman was forced to cover up while nursing on a flight and I thought maybe even kicked off for it, and she sued the airline, which she had every right to do. i added very loudly that it is illegal to force a woman to cover up while nursing and that you can offer a blanket but i don't have to use it. at this point the pilot said "oh hey, i don't have any problem with that, my wife did it 3 times (he said he had 3 kids) so you know, but its just such close quarters that i thought...." and that was the end of it. except that i felt awkward after that and kept trying to use the blanket to cover DS who was irritable and po'd. DP grabbed the blanket and rolled it up and put it under my elbow
! then he asked the flight attendant again for a pillow and she said "oh, you have to buy those. its 7$ for a blanket and pillow, that blanket was just a courtesy...."a courtesy for who? thanks a lot us airways.
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