Gailen David

Gailen David is a former American Airlines flight attendant. He is best known for his 2012 Aluminum Lady parody videos which lead to his firing and an eventual lawsuit with the airline.

Gailen David
NationalityAmerican
Known forFormer American Airlines flight attendant

Background

David began his career in 1988 when he became a flight attendant with American Airlines. In 1998, after several inflight conflicts with passengers, he took an extended leave of absence.

In 2012, David was fired from his job after 24-years as a flight attendant at American Airlines after he posted a series of management-parody videos entitled, Aluminum Lady, which criticized the unfair treatment of workers during American’s bankruptcy.[1][2][3][4] In April 2012, American sued him in Tarrant County state district court in Texas, accusing him of releasing passengers’ private travel information, when he publicly revealed the airline’s executives moving first class passengers to coach to make room for themselves and traveling companions and board members delaying flights for their convenience, American eventually dropped the lawsuit.[5][6][7]

References
  1. "American Airlines sues fired flight attendant over online postings". Dallas News. 2012-04-12. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  2. "CNN.com - Transcripts". edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  3. "Videos Starring Cross-dressing Flight Attendant Blasting American Go Viral". Texas Monthly. 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  4. "Flugbegleiter machen ihrem Job-Frust Luft". Der Spiegel (in German).
  5. Gordon, Scott (April 11, 2012). "American Airlines Sues Former Flight Attendant". NBC DFW. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  6. Bhasin, Kim. "This Flight Attendant Put Up Mocking Videos About His Employer, And American Airlines Is NOT Amused". Business Insider. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  7. "WATCH: Flight Attendant Mocks American In YouTube Skits". The Huffington Post. 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
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