Passenger Sues Airline, Claiming Humiliation by a Flight Attendant
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The artistic director of the Manhattan Theatre Club is suing Continental Airlines, claiming that a vindictive flight attendant had her detained and interrogated by the FBI without cause.
In a complaint filed yesterday in state Supreme Court, Carolyn “Lynne” Meadow said she was harassed and humiliated on a transoceanic flight to New York from Rome last August 9. Just after takeoff, having fallen asleep in her business class seat, Ms. Meadow claims she was woken by flight attendant Chris Boone’s loud conversation with another flight attendant. She put her finger to her lips and said, “Shhh,” which angered Mr. Boone, according to the suit.
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