Dear Delta,

I have to admit to being genuinely shocked that a woman would be removed from one of your flights for refusing to cover herself with a blanket.  This is apalling!  And kind of amazing, really. 

Laws do not state that a woman must breastfeed discretely to be protected by the law.  If a nursing mother does not wish to cover her child with a blanket while her child is eating, that's her prerogative and the fact that not one, but two of your employees saw this as an appropriate way to handle the situation indicates that Delta does not educate its employees about respecting families and is not a company I want to do business with.

"A breast-feeding mother is perfectly acceptable on an aircraft, providing she is feeding the child in a discreet way,” that doesn’t bother others, said Paul Skellon, spokesman for Phoenix-based Freedom.

If this quote is accurate, then your affiliate is doing your company a damaging disservice.  Your company needs to have a  policy for dealing with breastfeeding families and it needs to indicate that families will never again be treated this way. 

If you can get kicked off of a flight for "bothering others," then I'm really looking forward to my next flight that should have no loud talkers, no snoring, no arguing couples, or whatever else I'm not in the mood to deal with that day.  Oh wait - except the Nobody Can Bother Anyone Else service is only offered on Delta, which I'll be avoiding from now on.

We're feeding our children, not masturbating.  I hope you can understand the difference.

Sincerely,

Atena O. Danner-McPhaden

If you, too, would like to share your thoughts with Delta on this issue, do so here:
http://www.delta.com/emailus/servlet/EmailUs?cmd=go

Unfamiliar with this crazy-ass story?  Read about it here:
Woman booted off of plane for "indiscrete" breastfeeding!
Mamas fight back with Nurse-In!

And here's more action opps:
Momsrising.org Petition
Planet Feedback

Seriously, if recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics, and actual laws are not enough to get people to support breastfeeding moms (or at least leave us the fuck alone, goddamn it!  As if flying with kids wasn't hard enough...) then we obviously  have to be our own advocates.  Somebody out there raise some hell about this, okay?

Love,

Atena Oyadi