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Stewardess. >> thank you for coming in. i appreciate it. we reached out to express jet, by the way, who would not comment on the case specifically but said, quote, 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 work force. and good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me. the united nations says more than 366,000 migrants and refugees have made the dangerous voyage this year to reach europe. for many the shortest distance is a narrow band of sea between turkey and greece. though only 1...

Carol. 40-year-old shari stanley says she was suspended for her muslim beliefs. her critics say she knew the responsibilities before she took the job. her attorney says she's the victim of discrimination. stanley says she was suspended from her job as a flight attendant because of her religious beliefs. this week the 40-year-old michigan woman filed a charge of discrimination against regional airline express jet. the issue, stanley converted to islam two years ago. she says she only learned recently that her faith prohibits her from serving alcohol. she and the airline did work out an accommod...

Played before starting this report. part of wha complicates this is she works for a regional airline. express jet is a small carrier. it's not a big company where you have full flights and other flight attendants. often times she's on a flight with 50 people. there's not another flight attendant onboard. it does impact other co-workers. that's the point that express jet may be making here during this investigati with equal employment opportunity commission. they have this. they started their investigation at which point express jet will have a chance to respond. meanwhile, ms. stanley is not w...

Commission. expressjet did release a statement. it says, 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 the workplace. now, where this gets complicated is that charee stanley works for a very small regional company where often times she's the only flight attendant. we spoke to mary schiavo. she says that this really makes it more difficult. no way a pilot can come back from the cockpit to serve alcoholic drinks if stanley is the only flight attendant. we asked if her compliant is able to take another job in...

It's a conversation that's been talked about a lot this week due to events that have been happening in kentucky. but now a muslim flight attendant says that she was suspended for refusing to serve alcohol. shari says she is employed by express jet and her faith doesn't allow her to consume or serve alcoholic beverages. she says that she's being discriminated against because of her religion. it's a case that as i just said strikes a kind of similar tone to that of the county clerk in kentucky who is in jail for contempt after saying that her faith doesn't allow her to issue marriage licenses to...