Frontier Airlines Settles Discrimination Lawsuit with Female Pilots

Airline to allow pilots to pump breast milk in-flight and reduce flying time for breastfeeding pilots.

Frontier Airlines has settled a lawsuit filed by female pilots who accused the airline of discriminating against pregnant or breastfeeding employees.
The airline will now allow pilots to pump breast milk in the cockpit during 'noncritical phases' of flights.
Frontier has also agreed to let breastfeeding pilots reduce their flying time and treat pregnancy and breastfeeding the same as other medical conditions if they make pilots unable to fly.
The settlement was announced by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which had lodged charges against Frontier in 2018 after several pilots sued the airline.
Frontier did not admit liability in settling the lawsuits but agreed to comply with a current union agreement allowing pregnant pilots to fly if they have medical approval.