Jet2 Staff Left Me in Tears with Inappropriate Question Before My Ibiza Flight
I want to talk about something that happened to me recently that left me absolutely shocked and in tears. I’m a size 12 mum, and what was supposed to be a special, long-awaited holiday with my little girl turned into a moment of deep embarrassment and sadness — all because of a single question asked by a Jet2 employee.
It all began on June 7th, at Edinburgh Airport. I was heading to Ibiza for the first proper holiday in over a decade. I had my parents and my three-year-old daughter with me — it was supposed to be a trip to remember for all the right reasons. But just before boarding, a male Jet2 staff member approached me on the airport shuttle bus. He had just checked my passport a few minutes earlier, and I noticed him walking back towards me. Then, in front of everyone, he ushered me off the bus.
I was confused, thinking maybe there was an issue with my documents. But what came next left me speechless. He looked me up and down and said he had been told by his manager to ask me a question — and then he asked if I was pregnant.
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I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. I just stared at him. My heart dropped. I’m not pregnant. I had on a simple T-shirt and floaty trousers. There was nothing about me that warranted such a deeply personal and inappropriate question. And to ask it publicly, without context or explanation — it was humiliating.
I’ve had four miscarriages in the past. Carrying my daughter to term was a miracle. So when someone casually asks if you’re pregnant — based on nothing more than your appearance — it hits differently. You never know someone’s story. That’s the problem. That question, if there’s any doubt at all, just shouldn’t be asked.
I tried to keep it together, but as soon as I got back on the bus, I broke down. I cried before we even boarded the plane. The moment cast a shadow over the first days of our holiday. I kept wondering if that’s really how I looked — if others were thinking the same thing. My confidence took a real hit, even though I know my body gave me the greatest gift of all — my daughter.
Jet2 later apologised and called it an “isolated” incident. They said the staff member is undergoing retraining, and that health and safety questions sometimes need to be asked. But I truly believe there are ways to do that with dignity and sensitivity. This was not it.
This experience has stayed with me. And I’m speaking about it now not to blame, but to remind people that our words — and especially our questions — can have lasting effects. Women, no matter their size, shape, or story, deserve better. Just don’t ask unless you know. Simple as that.
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