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Dive Brief

The worker alleged she was “held to heightened standards for reputational behavior” because of her sex and race.

Published June 17, 2026

An Alaska Airlines plane sits at a gate at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Jan. 6, 2024, in Seattle, Wash. The worker recorded herself twerking to music on a grounded plane while waiting for pilots to arrive for a flight to Houston, per court documents.