Three passengers allege American Airlines employees removed Black men from a January flight due to a body odor complaint.
  • jeffw@lemmy.worldM
    412·
    5 months ago

    But the point is there’s no one who questions them. That’s the way it should be.

    Edit: one incident doesn’t mean we should rethink an entire system

    • aodhsishaj@lemmy.world
      123·
      5 months ago

      You’re missing the point.

      If just one flight attendant can boot passengers, and there’s no oversight, then there is no system in place.

      • jeffw@lemmy.worldM
        61·
        5 months ago

        You’re missing the point. Flight attendants face near constant abuse from passengers. Maybe 1 in 3 flights I’ve been on I’ve personally observed it. Having the authority to remove passengers is the one modicum of power they have left. Removing it would make them punching bags. If it were routinely abused, then sure. But it isn’t. This is one racist idiot