A Muslim flight attendant suspended by a U.S. airline for not serving alcohol is now filing a federal complaint, according to USA Today.
Charee Stanley had been a flight attendant with ExpressJet for three years before she was allegedly placed on administrative leave, The Washington Post reported.
Stanley converted to Islam two years ago, but it was in the past year that she learned that her faith prohibited her from both serving and consuming alcohol. She brought this information to the attention of her supervisor, who said they'd "work out an arrangement with other flight attendants."
Stanley is now suing the Atlanta-based airline for discrimination, having filed her suit with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Sept. 1, according to The Inquisitr. She has support from the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
The EEOC has six months to come to a decision on the case, The Washington Post reported. If the commission ultimately does not rule in favor of Stanley, her lawyer said that they "would at that point consider taking the case to federal court."
ExpressJet later released a statement: "At ExpressJet, we embrace and respect the values of all of our team members. We are an equal opportunity employer with a long history of diversity in our workforce," according to the Associated Press.
