A woman breastfeeds a cat on board a plane from New York to Georgia
'03.12.2021'
Lyudmila Balabay
A woman who recently flew a Delta flight from Syracuse, New York to Atlanta, Georgia, began breastfeeding her cat on the plane. The stewardess repeatedly asked her to stop this and send the cat back to the cage, but the passenger refused, reports New York Post.
The incident became known from a message in the Aircraft Addressing and Notification System (ACARS). The crew of the plane in which the incident occurred sent a warning via ACARS to the Delta crew in Atlanta. It said that the passenger in seat 13A "is breastfeeding the cat and refusing to return the animal to the carrier at the request of the flight attendant."
Someone just texted me this ... what the actual hell? pic.twitter.com/B0ri97fh2D
- Ryan Spellman (@JustJettingThru) November 23, 2021
Ainslie's flight attendant Elizabeth, who was aboard the plane at the time of the incident, posted a video on November 13 TikTokto elaborate on what happened.
“This woman had a bald cat wrapped in a blanket so she looked like a baby,” said the flight attendant. She lifted her shirt and tried to get the cat to suckle. She didn’t want to put the animal back in the carrier, and the cat screamed as if he was being killed. ”
In another video, Elizabeth said that the security service intervened. However, she does not know what happened to the woman and her cat after the plane touched down in Atlanta.
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The Delta employee who sent the message to ACARS also requested the Delta Red Coat team to detain the woman after the plane had landed. “Red Coats are the elite airport customer service experts, identified by their bright red jackets. They were specially trained to solve customer problems, ”says the Delta website.
The airline's website outlines its policy on women who are breastfeeding.
“Delta fully supports women's breastfeeding rights on board Delta and Delta Connection aircraft and at Delta premises at airports,” the document says. Delta allows small animals - small dogs, cats and poultry - to travel in the cabin as long as they fit in a standard carrier.
