Ellen Simonetti (b. December 1974, North Carolina) is a former flight attendant who was fired after documenting her life and work experiences on the "Queen of Sky: Diary of a Dysfunctional Flight Attendant" blog in the early 2000s. Although Simonetti never mentioned the airline by name, her employer Delta Air Lines, deeming some of the blog content inappropriate, subsequently suspended and fired her. 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (240 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (901 km)  - % water 9. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article is about the decade starting at the beginning of 2000 and ending at the end of 2009. ... A Boeing 747-400 of Virgin Atlantic Airways An airline provides air transport services for passengers or freight. ... Delta Air Lines, Inc. ...

These events became emblematic of the issue of of employees' rights to communicate their own views of their work and workplaces versus employer responsibilities and rights. There was considerable media coverage of Simonetti's firing and the freedom of expression issues involved.^[1][2][3][4] Other individuals who have been fired for content in their personal blogs include Jan Pronk,^[5] Heather Armstrong, Jessica Cutler and Catherine Sanderson.^[6] Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Jan Pronk (left) with Robert Zoellick Johannes Pieter Pronk (born 16 March 1940 in The Hague), better known as Jan Pronk, is a Dutch politician. ... Heather B. Armstrong (née Hamilton) born July 19, 1975, is an American blogger who resides in Salt Lake City, Utah. ... Jessica Cutler Jessica Cutler (born May 18, 1978) is a former congressional intern and journalist who ran a blog called the Washingtonienne concerning her sex life, and the ensuing scandal on Capitol Hill. ...

Simonetti advocates that employers should have clear, unambiguous blogging policies, so that employees can foresee the potential for disciplinary action, and that the penalty for a first offense should be a formal warning rather than dismissal.

Dismissal and aftermath

In late 2004, Ellen Simonetti was suspended^[7] and then fired^[8] for posting informal photographs of herself on board an aircraft while in flight attendant uniform and for comments that Delta Airlines felt were inappropriate. Simonetti subsequently renamed her blog "Diary of a Fired Flight attendant." 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2005, Simonetti filed a lawsuit (currently pending) against Delta, alleging sex discrimination and retaliation, among other things.^[9] The law.com website, in a general discussion of a code of conduct for blogging, states her suit was dismissed without prejudice by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on October 28, 2005.^[10] However, Simonetti has stated on her blog^[11] with a link to a pdf court docket, that as of February 2007 her suit against Delta Airlines has been delayed, not dismissed, while Delta is in bankruptcy proceedings. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that civil trial be merged into this article or section. ... Gender discriminaton is discrimination based on gender. ... Revenge or vengeance or retribution consists primarily of retaliation against a person or group in response to a perceived wrongdoing. ... October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Notice of closure stuck on the door of a computer store the day after its parent company, Granville Technology Group Ltd, declared bankruptcy (strictly, put into administration - see text) in the UK. Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of a individuals or organizations to pay their...

Simonetti has appeared on The Montel Williams Show ^[12]and the Larry Elder show^[13] discussing the issue of personal blogging rights. She set up a Bloggers Rights petition^[14] and was a member of the short-lived Committee to Protect Bloggers.^[15] Montel Brian Anthony Williams (born July 3, 1956) is an American television talk-show host. ... Larry Elder Laurence Allen Larry Elder (born April 27, 1952 in Los Angeles, California) aka the Sage from South Central is an American libertarian-minded Republican radio and former TV talk show host and author whose The Larry Elder Show is nationally syndicated on ABC Radio Networks. ...

Simonetti is now a full-time writer and blogger. She has written articles for the news media, including The New York Times^[16] and CNET,^[17] and has written a book, "Diary of a Dysfunctional Flight Attendant". The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... News media satellite up-link trucks and photojournalists gathered outside the Prudential Financial headquarters in Newark, New Jersey in August, 2004 following the announcement of evidence of a terrorist threat to it and to buildings in New York City. ... The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ... {{Infobox_Company | company_name = CNET Networks| company_logo = | company_type = [[Publicly traded NASDAQ: CNET foundation = 1993| location = San Francisco, California, USA| key_people = Shelby W. Bonnie, Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO| num_employees = 2,080 (2006)| industry = Internet Information Provider| homepage = [1] ==CNET Networks, Inc. ...

Biography

Ellen Simonetti, the youngest of three siblings, was raised in Durham and Raleigh, North Carolina. She spent a year in Bern, Switzerland as a high school exchange student, later dropping out of high school to become first a travel agent and then a flight attendant. She was first employed in the flight industry in 1996 with a charter airline based in Miami, Florida. Nickname: Bull City, City of Medicine Location in North Carolina Country United States State North Carolina County Durham County  - Mayor Bill Bell Area    - City 245. ... Nickname: City of Oaks Motto: You Can See the Whole State from Here Map of Wake County, North Carolina Coordinates: Country United States State North Carolina County Wake County Founded 1792 Government  - Mayor Charles Meeker (D) Area  - City  115. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (240 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (901 km)  - % water 9. ... For other uses, see Bern (disambiguation). ... An exchange student is a student (usually from high school or university) who temporarily goes abroad and lives with a host family in a foreign country, and attends school there. ... Main article: Secondary education High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of compulsory education. ... A travel agency is a store where individuals or families go to buy travel packages. ... Flight attendant in an Embraer ERJ 145 LR (PBair, Thailand) Stewardess, circa 1949-50, American Overseas, Flagship Denmark, Boeing Stratocruiser In aviation, flight attendants—formerly known as sky girls, air hostesses, stewardesses or stewards—are members of a flight crew employed by airlines to ensure the the safety of the... A charter airline is one that operates charter flights, that is flights that take place outside normal schedules, by a hiring arrangement with a particular customer. ... Miami redirects here. ...

After the charter went out of business, Simonetti was hired by Delta Air Lines. During her eight years with Delta, she flew German, Spanish, and Italian routes with the airline and completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish at the University of Texas at Austin. Delta Air Lines, Inc. ... Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... The University of Texas at Austin, often called UT or Texas, is a nationally recognized doctoral/research university located in Austin, Texas. ...

Book

• Diary of a Dysfunctional Flight Attendant: The Queen of Sky Blog. Austin: Blog-based books (2006). Hardcover: ISBN 0-977-48380-0, ISBN 978-0-97748-380-8.

References

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See also

• Employee branding.

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External links

• "Employers Wrestle With Blogosphere." Jason Boog, The National Law Journal, April 5, 2005.

• SaaScon corporate blogging workshops for a 2005 International Data Group conference.

• Sun Microsystems policy for company-hosted employee blogs.

• Electronic Frontier Foundation employee blog advice.

• The Bloggers Bill Of Rights Blog