IP: Shameful behavior by those who should know better (from NYT)

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Thanks Matt. when I heard this on radio yesterday I was outraged. I looked 
for facts online at that time and did not see them. If this is what America 
will become we are in serious trouble. Dave


> Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 03:04:30 -0400
> From: Matt Blaze <mab () research att com>
>
> I don't know whether I'm more dismayed the small-minded
> bigotry on the part of these airline pilots, or the apparent
> fact that none of the other passengers objected in
> any of these incidents.
>
> ======
> Some Passengers Singled Out for Exclusion by Flight Crew
>
> N Y Times: September 22, 2001
>
> By BLAINE HARDEN and SOMINI SENGUPTA
>
> In San Antonio on Monday, Ashraf Khan, 32, a mobile phone
> salesman who was trying to get to his brother's wedding in
> Pakistan, was ordered off a Delta Airlines flight. The
> plane's captain, Mr. Khan recalled, told him that the
> flight crew did not "feel safe flying with you."
>
> A Delta spokeswoman said the airline was "aware of this
> incident and takes this matter very seriously."
>
> In Orlando, Fla., on Monday, two businessmen from Pakistan
> were ordered off a US Airways flight bound for Baltimore.
> As the businessmen, Akbar Ali and Muhammad Naeem Butt,
> recalled their long day at the airport, an airline agent
> told them that the pilot would not take off until they left
> the aircraft. He then suggested they take a train. They
> were accepted on a later US Airways flight to Baltimore.
>
> A spokesman for US Airways declined comment, but noted that
> the company's chairman, Stephen Wolf, sent out a special
> bulletin to employees on Sept. 14.
>
> "It is important to remind ourselves," the bulletin said,
> that "we must show the greatest respect, indeed, support
> for our Muslim, Arab- American and Middle Eastern co-
> workers and customers."
>
> In Minneapolis on Thursday, three Middle Eastern-looking
> men were denied permission to board a Northwest Airlines
> flight to their home in Salt Lake City. Ticket agents
> expressed concern, according to a police report, because
> the men went to the restroom often, looked at their watches
> and appeared nervous. After they were bumped by Northwest
> and given $10 food vouchers, Delta flew them to Salt Lake
> City.
>
> ....
>
> Full story:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/22/national/22PASS.html?ex=1002151073&ei=1&en=5cceef71f852aca1



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