Flight attendant leader Sara Nelson blasts new diversity award by airline with 'misogynist' CE

The leader of the largest flight attendant union is blasting the creation of a diversity and inclusion award funded by an airline that she says has a poor record on women’s rights and a “misogynist” CE. IATA announced Tuesday that it has launched the award with a sponsorship from Qatar Airways. Qatar will provide US$25,000 awards in each of 3 categories: Two are for women contestants and the third goes to an airline. Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants, took to Twitter Tuesday. She tweeted: “Seriously? At Qatar, Nelson tweeted: “No union rights. {Flight attendants} must apply to get married. Dismissed if pregnant. & CE says women could never be CE. Hypocrisy.” Nelson called the new awards “window dressing. <br/>