Emilie De Ravin did not have an all-together pleasant experience boarding an American Airlines flight on Thursday, and now she’s asking the airline to “dismiss” one of their attendants.
De Ravin took to Twitter to describe what happened as she boarded a flight leaving Los Angeles, holding her breast pump as a carry-on. “Dear @AmericanAir I was grabbed forcefully, my carry on bag ripped out of my hand @ lax this morning by AA employee A. 3 witnesses,” she wrote. “By and @AmericanAir female employee… Please kindly dismiss this woman from @americanair employment.”
The Once Upon a Time star continued, “Luckily our pilot was very kind and helpful & apologetic on woman’s behalf & assisted in getting her name & instructions on who to contact to report her… However ther is NO excuse 4 physical force being used on someone trying to take her breast pump carry on. NOT OK @AmericanAir #accountability,” adding. “Apart from this incident and DISCUSTING [sic] woman, thank you for a smooth and safe flight.”
very kind and helpful & apologetic on woman’s behalf & assisted in getting her name & instructions on who to contact to report her.(Cont…— Emilie de Ravin (@emiliederavin) September 1, 2016
However ther is NO excuse 4 physical force being used on someone trying to take her breast pump carry on.NOT OK @AmericanAir #accountability— Emilie de Ravin (@emiliederavin) September 1, 2016
Apart from this incident and DISCUSTING woman, thank you for a smooth and safe flight @AmericanAir 😊💙— Emilie de Ravin (@emiliederavin) September 1, 2016
American Airlines released the following statement to E! News: “American Airlines is looking into the situation and apologizes to the customer for the inconvenience. Passengers are allowed to have two carry-on items. A breast pump is considered a medical device and should’ve been allowed on the plane, which eventually it was.”