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cross-posted at Her Bad Mother

Yes, I am still going on about my boobies. Such are the risks of reading a blog written by a lactating mother: I can and will subject you to my reflections on the trials and tribulations of breastfeeding. And this WestJet debacle? Falls into the category of trial.

WestJet has begun responding to the letters that so many of you have written on my behalf - no, they have not responded to me nor been in touch with me directly - and the gist* of their response is this:

Dear Unhappy Person,  

Please to accept this form letter that we have cut and pasted from the form letter that we sent out when the last unhappy person complained about our 'cover up your icky nursing boobies plz' policy on in-flight nursing. Note that we have not even bothered to change names in these letters, such that they refer only to the last incident and not to the one about which you complain. We are paying no attention to this most recent incident, as we believe that we adequately explained ourselves the last time - we know that some people find boobies dirty and offensive and we are concerned to ensure that those people are kept comfortable, which is why we urge nursing mothers to cover their nasty boobies while they nurse on our planes - and have not bothered to pretend otherwise. 

Thank you for flying WestJet! Where federal and provincial human rights codes do not apply! 

Yours, 

Random WestJet Owner Who Is Assigned To Deal With Annoying Customers Who Are Probably Communists And Also Maybe Perverts, Wanting To Show Their Boobies Like That.

Which, you know, makes me angry.

So now I want you to send them letters. Angry letters. Contact information is at the bottom of the original post here. And/or blog about it/write about it/pass the story along. This just sucks - again, pun only loosely intended - so much, for all of the reasons that I've outlined in the past. I'm also thinking about filing a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

(Anybody know any good pro bono lawyers in Southern Ontario?)

I'm just so sick and tired of this. I just want to be able to nurse my baby without being confronted by society's stupid issues about boobs. I want society to get over those issues, at least when it comes to nursing boobs. I want to feel empowered when I nurse, not shamed. And I want my daughter and my son - all our daughters and sons - to see that that's how it should be.

F*ck the blanket.

* The above is my translation of their letter, which is the exact same letter sent to people who complained about an incident that occurred last month - right down to the name of the person involved.

(Oh, and - CBC is on the story, and they're interested in talking to Toronto parents who wrote to WestJet on my behalf, or blogged this. If you're in the GTA and did either of those things, maybe identify yourself in the comments? Cool.)

Comments

[Mommy On Top]

I'm with you on this. I may be from a different country, but I do get the rude stares whenever I nurse my baby in public. I wrote about that in my blog, I hope you have time to check it out - http://mommyontop.com/2008/09/breastfeeding-in-public/

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Awwww man that sucks that you had a bad experience nursing and flying. I flew Jet Blue last April and I found the crew on the jet actually helpful! They recommended nursing to help my baby's ears with the pressure etc... I'm sorry.

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[Heather]

Thank goodness I didn't fly on WestJet during my many travels this Christmas. We did quite a bit of flying. Home to visit family, 2 flights each way, then moved overseas, very long flight, also with a connection, and I nursed going up and going down minimum and sometimes in between. I even had an aisle seat a couple of times so my boob was right out there trying not to get smacked by the food cart. Never had on person approach me or complain. I'm a little scary though (not as much as when I had my blue mohawk but still, tattoos and such), who knows.

You keep nursing Mamma!

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