Ua tetee le iuni a Northwest Airlines i le tuufaatasia o aiaiga a le Delta Air Lines e taofia ai le au faigaluega i le itu lapopoa e sili atu nai lo le 18 mai le ofuina o laei mumu a Delta.

O le ofu mumu ma le sulugatiti cinched o se tasi o filifiliga-ofu filifiliga mo Delta tagata faigaluega vaʻalele, ma o le ituaiga o toniga e mafua ai vaʻaia tagata savavali i totonu o malae vaʻalele vaʻaia tu matilatila.

"Mumu o se lanu e tosina mai ai tagata ma se tasi, i se mea ua faia se filifiliga latou te le manaʻo e tosina mai se tasi i se ofu e sili atu nai lo le tele 18," fai mai Patricia Reller, sui taitaifono o le komiti faitioga i le Faʻatonusili pulega a le iuni a pulega i Northwest. “Ua ou matua ita lava i ai.”

O Atlanta-based Delta na tapunia lana pisinisi ina ia maua Northwest i le tausaga ua teʻa, ma Northwest flight flightants, pailate ma tagata faʻatau tagata faigaluega tagata faigaluega amata ofuina Delta toniga tusa o le tolu masina talu ai. O le Delta flightantant ma tagata tautua tautua, o loʻo fuafuaina e Richard Tyler, na vaʻaia i le Fashion Week i Niu Ioka i le 2005 ma sa amataina i vaalele i le 2006. O le tisaini taulaʻiga o le Delta toniga na manatuaina se kamupani vaʻalele kamupani i le sefulu tausaga talu ai a pasese laei mo vaalele ma i-vaalele taumafataga sa masani ai.

O le Association of Flight Attendants i Northwest na faila faitioga ona o le le lava o maua o ofu mumu mo fafine e lapoʻa nai lo le tele 18 ma le manaʻoga e tatau ona faia e le au vaʻaia o loʻo seevae orthopedic ni ofuvae ae le o se ofu poʻo se ofu. O i latou e ofuina seevae orthopedic e tatau ona maua se faʻailoga tusi a le fomaʻi.

Na faafiti e Delta le faasea e uiga i ofu mumu ma seevae tusitusia ma ofuvae. O feeseeseaiga e agai i le faufautua.

"O loʻo i ai isi fafine tinoʻe foliga e mananao e fai le ofu mumu," o le tala lea a Reller. O isi e mananaʻo e fai seevae orthopedic ma se ofu mafanafana mo se aulelei sili atu, o lana tala lea.

Na taʻua e Delta, o ona toniga e paʻu i lalo o le tulafono a le kamupani ma o le toʻatele o tagata malaga mai Northwest e pei o toniga. E mafai ona ofuina isi vaega o le flight, e aofia ai slacks, top ma lanumoana ofu i ni lapoʻa tetele atu.

"O se eseʻesega e ofi i se sili eseʻese vaega o mea e fiafia i ai ma lapoʻa, ma ia faʻaauau pea ona tuʻuina mai se toniga faʻaputuga e lelei uma ma e aoga tele," o le tala lea a le Delta, Gina Laughlin.

E ui lava o faiga faʻavae i le lapopoʻa o laʻei mumu ma seevae faʻaautu ma slacks e le fou i Delta, o le au vaʻaia mai Delta e le o avea ma sui o le iuni. O le tuʻufaʻatasia ma Northwest na aumai ai le iuni a le auvaʻalele mai lena vaʻa feʻaveaʻi, faʻatasi ai ma ona faʻagaioiga o faitioga, i le fesoʻotaʻiga ma faiga faʻavae i le Delta e le masani ai. O le Association of Flight Attendants o loʻo faʻamoemoe e tuʻufaʻatasia le au vaʻalele i le Delta tuʻufaʻatasia a o galulue malosiʻaga mai kamupani vaʻalele e lua, aʻo le anti-union union of flight attendants mai Delta na amataina foʻi.

O le aliʻi mamanu o Tyler, o le na faʻaigoaina le toniga a le Delta, "chic and glamorous" ina ua amataina, sa auai i nisi o sauniga a le flight flight e faʻataʻitaʻi ai vaega.

“O le mea lea o Richard Tyler aoina-na ia fuafuaina; e sili atu lona iloa na i lo se isi, ”o le tala lea a Laughlin. "O lona manatu la i le faʻafefea ona ofuina o fasi, atonu pe faʻafefea ona sili atu ona fesuiaʻi ia fasimea ina ia ofi ai se tasi --- o se taua le vaʻaiga."

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

The Association of Flight Attendants at Northwest filed grievances because of the lack of availability of the red dress for females larger than size 18 and a requirement that flight attendants who wear orthopedic shoes must wear slacks instead of a skirt or dress.
“Red is a color that attracts attention and someone, somewhere has made a decision that they don't want to attract attention to someone in a dress that's larger than a size 18,” said Patricia Reller, vice chairwoman of the grievance committee at the flight attendants union's executive council at Northwest.
Although the policies on the sizes of the red dress and the orthopedic shoes with slacks are not new at Delta, the flight attendants from Delta are not represented by a union.