Should she have been fired for this?

[PliggaNease]

Flight attendant sacked for twerking on the job: ‘What’s wrong with a little twerk before work’​

By
Ben Cost
Published Jan. 15, 2025, 10:14 a.m. ET

They deemed the stunt not-safe-for-twerk.

An Alaska Airlines flight attendant who was sacked for twerking on camera has created a GoFundMe to support her while she seeks a new berth.

The crewmember, named Nelle Diala, had filmed the viral booty-shaking TikTok video on the plane while waiting two hours for the captain to arrive, A View From the Wing reported.

She captioned the clip, which also blew up on Instagram, “ghetto bih till i D-I-E, don’t let the uniform fool you.”

Diala was reportedly doing a victory dance to celebrate the end of her new hire probationary period.

Unfortunately, her jubilation was short-lived as Alaska Airlines nipped her employment in the bum just six months into her contract.

The fanny-wagging flight attendant feels that she didn’t do anything wrong.

Diala has since reposted the twerking clip with the new caption: “Can’t even be yourself anymore, without the world being so sensitive. What’s wrong with a little twerk before work, people act like they never did that before.”

The disgraced stewardess even set up a GoFundMe page to help support the so-called “wrongfully fired” flight attendant until she can land a new flight attendant gig.

“I never thought a single moment would cost me everything,” wrote the ex-crewmember. “Losing my job was devastating.”

She claimed that the gig had allowed her to meet new people and see the world, among other perks.

While air hostessing was ostensibly a “dream job,” Diala admitted that she used the income to help fund her “blossoming lingerie and dessert businesses,” which she runs under the Instagram handles @cakezncake (which doesn’t appear to have any content?) and @figure8.lingerie.

As of Wednesday morning, the crowdfunding campaign has raised just $182 of its $12,000 goal.


Diala was ripped online for twerking on the job as well as her subsequent GoFundMe efforts.

“You don’t respect the uniform, you don’t respect your job then,” declared one critic on the popular aviation-focused Instagram page The Crew Lounge.

 

[Journey]

No she shouldn't have been fired. People are so uptight it's like they have a foreign object up their ass or something. Life is short you gotta find a little but of fun and joy in all the seriousness of life.

 

[southrue]

Was she on the job or using company property? Can't say I would have fired her, but you have to be aware of where you're at, don't give people ammunition.

 

[the artist]

No, I don't think so. Not like she was bussing it open and spreading pussy

 

[TimRock]

Yes. Do that shit some where else. Grown ass woman with a job and you throw it away for some likes and "ayes". Now she has a gofundme. Fuck is wrong with people?

 

[blaze]

Nurses and doctors do that shit in hospitals. Teachers do it at church. People having fun at work is not some shit you get fired for.

 

[doghouse]

Pretty brown skinned woman showing sexuality at work.... The perfect excuse white folks needed.

IMO, she did show bad judgment. But that shouldn't be a hanging offense. Hope she sues and gets paid.

 

[Goingmark40]

hell nah she shouldn't have been fired. she's happy and having a little fun. what she did didn't hurt anybody. that uppity asshole who fired her could have easily used this for some fun and free social media for the company.

 

[Rudey]

There is a time and place for everything. If you can’t figure that out by now maybe you should create your own job and set your own rules.

 

[TimRock]

There is a time and place for everything. If you can’t figure that out by now maybe you should create your own job and set your own rules.

right. there are a million ways to have fun. but the only way she could think of involved her shaking her ass. This aint Soul Plane.

 

[Deezz]

She bad!! Just went through her TikTok account and she has some nice vids.

 

[MemphisNigga]

You got that uniform (look like American) on, you got to respect it. She clearly didn't read the employee handbook.

 

[Autobot8655]

Yes

Attention whore on your own time and in your own clothes and definitely not in your company's uniform.

 

[PliggaNease]

You got that uniform (look like American) on, you got to respect it. She clearly didn't read the employee handbook.

It was Alaska Airlines.

 

[Ceenote]

Yes. Do that shit some where else. Grown ass woman with a job and you throw it away for some likes and "ayes". Now she has a gofundme. Fuck is wrong with people?

Agreed!! Aint nothing wrong with feeling like u made it...but all that video shit is for the birds! Bish you a new hire act like it!! Go fund me my ass!!

 

[Flawless]

Yes! Now she can onlyfans full time

 

[The Untouchable GDFOLKS]

Yeah. That ain't the time to do all that bullshit.

 

[850credit]

She bad!! Just went through her TikTok account and she has some nice vids.

This is the only thing of concern here.

 

[850credit]

Agreed!! Aint nothing wrong with feeling like u made it...but all that video shit is for the birds! Bish you a new hire act like it!! Go fund me my ass!!

Folks must learn to be professional in the workplace. You're here to do a job. You wanna get paid to shake ass there's a place for that.

 

[Politic Negro]

She bad!! Just went through her TikTok account and she has some nice vids.

 

[Coldchi]

I bet she won't twerk on camera at the next job....

 

[Mad Genius]

Oh...you think its cool to shake ya ass in the uniform that I pay you to wear representing MY company? FAFO. That's what wrong with folks now. You don't know the difference between MY time and YOUR time. Do that shit on YOUR time.

 

[yureeka9]

It was dumb to put this on social media but equally dumb to fire her for it.

 

[BigDaddyBuk]

Teachers do it at church

what you talkin about Billis?

 

[DragonXJC]

I think firing her was a little excessive. But since it blew up on SM the airline had to make an example out of her. She’ll be aiight it’s a pretty hoe economy, simps will support.

 

[Rudey]

It was dumb to put this on social media but equally dumb to fire her for it.

Not dumb at all, if you read some of the complaints women report to HR about sexual harassment you can see why employers are strict with certain on the job behavior.

 

[yureeka9]

Not dumb at all, if you read some of the complaints women report to HR about sexual harassment you can see why employers are strict with certain on the job behavior.

Not saying there shouldn't be consequences but firing is extreme. She should have been written up. That leaves room for her to learn from the mistake going forward and it keeps rehire/retrain costs down. Everybody wins.

 

[A to Dah K]

They could have just suspended her without pay for like 2 weeks, firing was a bit much.
That being said, im not donating to her gofundme

 

[bdquest9]

Most of these flight attendants are freaks on the low. She would definitely get the Mile High treatment from me.

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

I bet she won't twerk on camera at the next job....

The next job is onlyfans. But I don’t think fat light skin women move the masses though.

 

[THREAD_CRITIC]

Has the @ been posted yet?

Btw I know above average strippers making 16k a month on only fans fucking machines with dicks attached…better jump on that train while it’s still hot

 

[34real]

Got em all twerking on and off the job and we don't have no culture?stop it.

there's a time and place for it.

 

[chitownsfinest]

The next job is onlyfans. But I don’t think fat light skin women move the masses though.

Nigga...bih is fine and barely thick...no where near fat.

 

[A to Dah K]

TikTok - Make Your Day

 

[REDLINE]

No, but many jobs will fire you if you're doing something that they view as questionable wearing their uniform.