An irate traveler who was arrested and lost her job after commenting about a bomb to a JetBlue Airways gate agent at John F. Kennedy International Airport has lost her lawsuit for defamation and false arrest.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Rosalinda Baez’s suit, saying the agent who reported her bomb reference to authorities was shielded by the broad grant of immunity to airline employees in the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA).
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