@chihyechung See my full statement and account on my next post. This is @WestJet flight attendant Tricia. She and her crew threatened to offload and arrest me 3 times from the plane after I was cursed at by another passenger. What ensues for the next 4.5 hours was me being forced to move seats, then being isolated and harassed for the entire duration of this horrific flight. In almost 200 flights I’ve taken in the past 8 years, this Westjet crew and 2 passengers put me through the most distressing, dehumanizing experience I’ve ever had on a plane. This is the only footage I had because I was in fear. During the most aggressive moments, like when they were literally yelling at me, I was in shock and was too scared to film. What happened: During boarding, the man you see in the video was continuously hitting and pushing my seat for over 20 min. I’m in 1A and he is in 2A in back of me. I finally peeked between the seats to see what was going on but didn’t say a word and he spews out,“Oh just chill (then) FU*K OFF”. I responded by saying,“Excuse me? Did you just tell me to fu*k off?”Tricia comes over from the hallway to see what’s going on and I inform her about the man(thinking she would help me)Next thing I know, I’m being threatened to be offboarded and later, arrested. This was a 4.5hr flight of incessant abuse by the crew. The flight attendants’ relentless bullying was an agonizing experience. I was trapped. The most distressing part was not being able to stop them from talking to/harassing me while the passenger who verbally accosted me was free to do as he pleased and was fully protected. The panic attacks and flashbacks of feeling trapped and helpless on the plane and experiencing the PTSD from this aggressive crew and 2 passengers have not stopped. I have not been able to focus on anything since escaping this flight. @Westjet “Is this what you stand for?” Protect the man (who harassed me), put him on an untouchable pedestal then put me through a degrading, isolating experience for speaking up and asking for help as the victim? I will always stand up for myself (and others who may not have same voice I have) and I will not be silenced. Period. #westjet
Chung说，事件最初发生在登机过程中：坐在她后排的乘客连续20多分钟不停地撞击、推挤她的座位。Chung转头查看时并未说话，但对方立刻表现出愤怒，并对她爆粗口。她形容，当一名空乘恰好走近时，她原本以为能得到协助，却没想到情况急转直下——对方否认踢座或爆粗，而空乘反而站在那名白人男性一边，指责她是“麻烦制造者”，还用威胁性的语气对她说话。
Chung表示，机组不仅让她离开自己的座位，还在整个航程中持续对她进行欺辱和恐吓。TikTok视频中出现的空乘自称Tricia，被拍到坚持认为Chung“咄咄逼人且不守规矩”。
Chung说，之后其他空乘在提供餐食时也用粗鲁的语气对她说话，甚至有人在背后窃笑、嘲讽她，并对她的行为持续“监控”。TikTok最后显示她收到一份警告文件，称她可能因“语言辱骂”和“录影”而遭逮捕。
一年后，那名男乘客已寄来道歉信，承认自己的行为不当，也表示空乘对Chung的对待“非常恶劣”。但Chung说，她最失望的是航空公司的回应。她表示WestJet不仅没有道歉，反而公开发声明诋毁她、指控她说谎，并在她指出声明不实后拒绝撤回。
WestJet今年1月曾罕见发表声明回应，称基于其掌握的信息，Chung对WestJet提出的骚扰和歧视指控“没有根据”，并强调从未要求她保持沉默。Chung则反驳说，她从未指控航空公司让她沉默，反而是WestJet删除或隐藏了网友在其社交平台上留言的批评。
Chung说，她花了一年时间尝试与WestJet讨论解决方案，却遭到“吊着不办、最终被消失”，因此不得不正式提告。
诉讼已在加州法院提交，索赔超过7.5万美元（约合10.4万加元），指控WestJet处理不当、将她而非施暴者当成问题，并发布损害她名誉的公开声明。
事件再次引发舆论强烈反弹，网友涌入WestJet社交媒体要求航空公司向Chung道歉。
Daily Hive已向WestJet请求回应，将在收到回复后更新报道。
- https://dailyhive.com/canada/westjet-lawsuit-harassment-allegations
