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Upcoming united flight. and he refused to let me talk to a manager. reporter: but shortly after a news article about her ordeal was published, united management called to, in their words, check on her. this message is for jennifer. this is [ bleep ] calling from united airlines executive offices. i can t even imagine, you know, what you went through when you were on the flight with the gentleman seated next to you. at thousands of feet in the air, you can t call for help. you can t remove the problem. reporter: sara nelson is president of one of the world s largest flight attendant unions. in my 22 years as a frigligh attendant, i have never taken part in a conversation in training or otherwise about how to handle sexual harassment or sexual assault. reporter: the union surveyed nearly 2,000 flight attendants. 1 out of 5 says they ve received a report of a passenger sexual assault. but law enforcement was contacted less than half the time. cnn reached out to all of the ....
She too says the flight crew did not move her away from her harasser. instead, the airline made an offer. he gave me four $100 gift certificates for travel on upcoming united flight. and he refused to let me talk to a manager. reporter: shortly after a news article about her ordeal was published, united management called to, in their words, to check on her. this message is for miss jennifer, calling from united airlines executive offices. i can t imagine what you went through on the flight. at thousands of feet in the air, you can t remove the problem, or call for help. reporter: sarah nelson is president of one of the world s largest flight attendant unions. in my 22 years, i ve never taken part in a conversation in training or otherwise how to handle sexual harassment or assault. ....
On her. this message is for ms. jennifer rafieyan. this is [ bleep ] calling from united airlines executive offices. i can t even imagine, you know, what you went through when you were on the flight with the gentleman seated next to you. at thousands of feet in the air you can t call for help, you can t remove the problem. reporter: sarah nelson is president of one of the world s largest flight attendant unions. in my 22 years as a flight attendant i have never taken part in a conversation in training or otherwise about how to handle sexual harassment or sexual assault. reporter: the union surveyed nearly 2,000 flight attendants. 1 out of 5 said they ve received a report of a passenger sexual assault. but law enforcement was contacted less than half the time. cnn reached out to all the major u.s. airlines and the industry trade group that represents them. none agreed to go on camera, but all released statements with a similar message. passenger safety and security is ....
Did not move her away from her harasser. instead, the airline made an offer. he gave me four $100 gift certificates for travel on an upcoming united flight. and he refused to let me talk to a manager. reporter: but shortly after a news article about her ordeal was published, united management called to, in their words, check on her. this message is for ms. jennifer. this is [ bleep ] calling from united airline s executive officers. i can t even imagine, you know, what you went through when you were on the flight with the gentleman seated next to you. at thousands of feet in the air, you can t call for help, you can t remove the problem. reporter: sarah nelson is president of the one of the world s largest flight attendant unions. in my 22 years as a flight attendant, i have never taken part in a conversation in training or otherwise about how to handle sexual harassment or sexual assault. reporter: the union surveyed nearly 2,000 flight attendants, ....
30 minutes, he will defend the decision to allow small knives on to airplanes. he is facing mounting opposition from various groups including tsa screeners, flight attendants, pilots and several airlines on the today show this morning, he took on his critics. this is part of our ongoing initiative which we call risk based security to move away from the one size fits all approach that was put up after 9/11 to help us focus on the highest threat items. the challenge becomes if we focus on something that will not cause a catastrophic failure to an aircraft and miss something that could, then we haven t done our job. also today, representatives from five flight attendant unions join congressman ed markey in washington. he introduced a no knives act today. he said the new policy is ....