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Two Muslim religious leaders sue airlines for discrimination
Two Islamic religious leaders from Tennessee filed a lawsuit against two airlines Monday, claiming they were discriminated against and not allowed to fly on a plane in May because of the way they looked. (www.cnn.com) Daha Fazlası...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
There are many folks that I choose not to have tea with or associate with on my own time, BUT, in this situation, there were X number of other people on that plane that had cleared security and paid for their ticket, and wated to go to ATL, mabybe an hou and a half away, including these 2 folks. This was all hashed out in this column in about the same manner when it happened earlier in the year. By the fact that 2 higher level managers could not change the pilot's mind and it turned out to actually be a personal problem with him, I think these guys stand on solid ground, as far as being in the right.As far as the suit, everybody likes money.
wow! What is wrong with people? I don't care if the guy was Chuck Yeager, Neil Armstrong or the Chief pilot of Delta!! He has no right to kick someone off just because of what they are wearing. Further, according to the article, no one else BUT the pilot was uncomfortable with having the two men aboard. Even more, the men were searched numerous times. The pilot needs to get a grip and don't give me that 9/11 bull crap! Millions of Muslims fly all the time without any incident! Correct me if i am wrong, but the last dickhead we read about on here who disrupted a flight, was a rich a-hole white guy!
They do kick people off all the time because if their attire. Some they call indecent, some they just call nasty.
yes, you are right. But we are not talking about a guy coming on board in a mankini! These guys were fully dressed and were not indecent or nasty.
I don't think attire is the issue anyway. Would be interesting to see this play out in court and see just how much lattitude the airlines have as to who they refuse service to. Probably Delta will just give them some money and that will be the end of it. The pilot side would be interesting also. Apparantly he was uncomfortable even if the pax were not.
Yep, i think it will be settled out of court. I would imagine the pilot will be seriously reprimanded though.
Yep, i think it will be settled out of court. I would imagine the pilot will be seriously reprimanded though.