ORLANDO – A JetBlue flight attendant who reached her boiling point after wearing a mask at work for two years thanks to the COVID pandemic will get to keep pursuing only one part of her lawsuit against the company.

Elisabeth Serian’s email to superiors called the company’s mask mandate “tyranny” and was posted to a Facebook group for JetBlue in-flight crewmembers, but allegations the company cyberbullied her afterward do not rise to Title VII retaliation and hostile work environment, Florida federal judge Julie Sneed ruled on July 11.

Specifically, her charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – a prerequisite for filing a discrimination lawsuit – did not mention Title VII claims, Sneed said.