Comments on: I was fired for blogging

Fired from her job at Delta Air Lines, former flight attendant Ellen Simonetti warns against the spread of "employer blog backlash."

[HTFlyer]

What we have here is another attempt by american society to stuff its fake puritanical image down the throats of the rest of the world. Those photos were current to the year she published them, yet she has been treated as if it's 1950's america. Come on people!! Everyone knows this country is the biggest producer of pornography in the world. We have more child molesters and sexually deprived perverts than any country in the world! For her to get sacked because of a few Rated G pics speaks volumes about Delta's hypocrisy. The same airline that used its very own "stewardesses" back in the 1970's as marketing sex objects so they could attract more business from other carriers. I say sue their fake, puritanical ***** and take them as far as the Supreme Court if you have to. Companies dump employees with their "at will" right in this society all the time. They have no regard for human life whatsoever. Who cares if lives are destroyed, homes lost, marriages break apart or they end up living in a cardboard box. Who cares if they're denied UIB. We are a self centered, cold hearted country on its way to being third world in every sense of the word.

[svp1223]

i agreed.... it's great she can speak her mind, but i doubt she could win over the lawsuit.... looks like she's trying to use this to gain fame... writing the book, calling herSELF "queen, " posting blogs (deleting unwanted comments or comments that didn't support her" from her blogs) being on as MANY network sites as she can.... twitter, myspace, facebook, youtube... going on news interviews, talk shows... really......JUST ANOTHER "NOBODY" WANTING FAME AND FORTUNE FROM ALL OF THIS.... WELL, "QUEEN OF THE 'WATEVER she WANTs TO CALL IT NOW' ".... GROW UP..... IF she WANTs TO BE RESPECTED.... I WOULD SUGGEST she LAY LOW.... FINISH her DEGREE IN RTF at the University of Texas (which to me is another way for her to get more fame) AND SAVE herself SOME DIGINITY, ..... SEEMS LIKE THIS STEM OF FAME she GOT FROM ALL OF THIS IS GETTING TO her HEAD.... AND MAYBE AN INTERVENTION OF THIS ADDICTION CAN HELP CLEAR her MIND AND LET her SEE THE LIGHT THAT THIS WHOLE THIS HAS BEEN BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION ON her PART.... somehow she thinks she's a celebrity now in and around the university and the city of austin.... to tell you the truth, i don't know how a HS dropout got into a prestigious school like UT, my alma mater.... ... so... again... 1) grow up 2) there's friendster, plaxo, and thousands of other social network you can join to get your word/name/face/story out there.... 3) if you don't get any money from the lawsuit, then you can always sell those pictures for $... or if you're famous enough, maybe this guy i know name HUGH can offer you a "contract" .... lkasjlkas i'm done... not even worth writing anymore.....

[craigb15]

Along with two other individuals I booked travel to Nairobi through Delta. Nowhere in that process was it disclosed Delta did not have approval to operate flights into the country of Kenya. Now, after booking our travel in May we?re informed two weeks out Delta won?t be operating the flight. Initially only a refund was offered (fares spiked 2 and three times the original price). After much pushback we were re-booked on an itinerary that didn't compare?three stops, a 12 hour layover in Ghana and a total of 10+ hours longer. The only comparable option I found was Msp to Amsterdam to Nairobi but we?ve been told that while there are seats available on the Kenya flights we can?t be booked because they aren?t comparable fare classes. This is an unacceptable ?company policy? reason and the right thing for Delta to do is to get us in those seats.

I have traveled 1.5M miles on NWA, almost all domestic and have been a Worldperks Visa cardholder (now have the new Amex) and a member of the Worldclub. I have to believe I?ve been a profitable customer and that I?ve earned a higher level of customer service than I?m receiving.

I called and shared my story with Delta customer service and spoke with Dee who tried to help but couldn?t. I then spoke with the manager Tracy who just wanted me off the phone. I asked that my concerns be documented in their system and was assured they would be. My agent called the next day and asked for a recap of what was covered and was told there was no record of my call. Unbelievable!

We had to re-booking our flight at a cost of $500 more (a steal given the timing thanks to hours spent watching fares), which should be Delta?s expense and not ours.

Oh, and I just booked a trip to Detroit last week and received and email this morning announcing a schedule change?the third I?ve experienced in three months?all of which have negatively impacted my business.

Is this how the newly merged largest Airline plans to treat customers?

[stykerforce]

Leave it to an exec like Denny to be cruel. As a current flight attendant, I feel her pain. In all honesty though, business exec passengers usually are the hardest to deal with onboard so it doesn't shock me that they would disrespect her on this posting.