Flight Attendants, Pilots Say Frontier Discriminated Against New Moms
In a pair of lawsuits filed in federal court, a group of pilots and flight attendants say Frontier Airlines failed to accommodate the needs of pregnant and nursing women.
A group of female pilots and flight attendants is accusing Frontier Airlines of discriminating against pregnant and nursing women, forcing them to take extended and largely unpaid leave while pregnant, and refusing to accommodate breastfeeding.
A pair of federal lawsuits filed Tuesday says that Frontier required pilots and flight attendants to stop flying weeks or months before their due dates, without providing paid maternity leave or alternative work arrangements. The suits follow similar complaints lodged with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2016 and 2017.
Melissa Hodgkins, a flight attendant at Frontier, said those policies forced her to stop working around 34
