The case against the ex-flight attendant has been settled! Find out the details after the jump!
Just prior to entering the courtroom the ex-flight attendant and American Airlines reached a settlement agreement, which Judge Tom Lowe signed off on.
In the agreement, the flight attendant can no longer release proprietary information but can continue to make videos and report on the airline through news and information that is released publicly.
The flight attendant is quoted in NBC DFW by saying that he will in fact continue to create videos but that they will try to improve employee relations.
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Remember that American Airlines flight attendant we told you about back in February who dressed in drag as members of the management team at American Airlines? Well, he's back in the news, mostly because he's be ordered to appear in court!
A few weeks after the debut of the parody videos which were created as a way to call attention to the airlines' treatment of their employees, American fired the employee who created them.
Though their official statement states he was fired of other reasons, he's been sued by the airline to stop posting "proprietary" information such as exposing the travel plans of the airlines' Executives whom bump paying passengers out of first class to be accommodated.
In an effort to make the whole situation disappear, both sides sat down to hammer out a settlement and during the process the flight attendant was asked not to post any derogatory information about the airline. However, he shared his opinions on how he would run the airline in his 'first 100 days as CEO' on a website, and which American viewed it as disparaging so they filed suit claiming he broke their agreement.
Now the ex-flight attendant has a one way ticket to court on September 5th where he'll learn whether or not he'll be held in contempt of court, or will be fined for breaking the verbal agreement.
What's Your Instinct: Has the employee taken this too far or is he just standing up for his beliefs?
Comments (3)
... written by Deltalina,
September 05, 2012
Can you tell me what "degrogatory" means?
Also, if the defendant agreed to certain terms in a settlement, then subsequently violated the terms he agreed to, why should he be spared the consequences of both his own actions and his complicity in violating the agreement? It's pretty hard to have any sympathy for Gailen here. I don't want to see the dude go to jail, but it will be pretty hard for any judge to grant him any leniency as a result of his recklessness.
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... written by IntlFlyer,
September 05, 2012
The judge ruled in the flight attendant's favor! How awesome! He did nothing wrong. Thanks for the update!
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... written by FriendlySkies,
September 05, 2012
Other than being a hideously unattractive woman, there's nothing wrong in his videos at least from what I've seen. No confidential information being leaked, etc.
Also, if the defendant agreed to certain terms in a settlement, then subsequently violated the terms he agreed to, why should he be spared the consequences of both his own actions and his complicity in violating the agreement? It's pretty hard to have any sympathy for Gailen here. I don't want to see the dude go to jail, but it will be pretty hard for any judge to grant him any leniency as a result of his recklessness.