Black Doctor Asks to Help Delta Passenger, Denied by Flight Attendant

Delta Air Lines’ lack of diversity in senior leadership may allow for a culture of bias.


By Sheryl Estrada

Delta Air Lines a company with a nine-member executive leadership committee of eight men, one woman and no Blacks or Latinos said it is “troubled” by passenger Tamika Cross’ accusations of discrimination.Cross, a Black physician, said she was discriminated against when responding to the staff’s call for a doctor to aid an unresponsive passenger during a flight from Detroit to Minneapolis.

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