United Airlines | Staff accuse airline of selecting only 'young white & thin' staff for flight

Two experienced flight attendants from United Airlines have filed a lawsuit alleging that they were denied positions on a charter flight for the major US sports team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, due to player preferences for "white, young, thin" attendants.

The lawsuit, filed in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, claims that the airline and the baseball team discriminated against them on the basis of race and physical appearance.

The flight attendants, Dawn Todd, 50, who is black, and Darby Quezada, 44, of mixed Mexican, black, and Jewish descent, argue that they were denied the roles because they did not fit the "certain look" preferred by the Dodgers players.

Both Todd and Quezada have over 15 years of experience with United Airlines, which allegedly wasn't enough to prevent them from being shunned in leu of those who fit the racial and physical profile preferred by the passengers.