A flight attendant for American Airlines did a horrible job at welcoming a passenger recently. She harassed an innocent Muslim man on the flight, and somehow he was the one that got booted off of the flight.
Mohamed Ahmed Radwan boarded a plane in Charlotte, North Carolina. She embarrassed this man by announcing him on the intercom multiple times. She said:
“Mohamed Ahmed, Seat 25-A: I will be watching you.”
The flight attendant did not make any announcements about any other passenger. Mr. Radwan asked her why she said that, and she just said he was being “too sensitive.”
He reported the incident to two other American Airlines staff members and he was told to leave the plane because he had made the flight attendant uncomfortable. Am I the only one not seeing the lack of logic here? The man did nothing wrong; he did not deserve to be kicked off of that flight.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed a complaint on behalf of Mr. Radwan after the incident in November of 2015. They couldn’t resolve the matter with the airline so they escalated the matter to the Department of Transportation.
The complaint said:
“This incident is particularly troubling given the recent wave of incidents in which airline personnel have arbitrarily removed passengers of Muslim and/or Middle Eastern background without an objectively reasonable cause or explanation.”
The CAIR attorney, Maya Sayed, said that Mr. Radwan was singled out and removed from the plane for no justifiable reason. This is an obvious case of discrimination.
The statement from American Airlines read:
“American [Airlines] was contacted by CAIR earlier this year. We thoroughly reviewed these allegations and concluded that no discrimination occurred. We serve customers of all backgrounds and faiths and do not tolerate discrimination of any kind.”
This is total bullshit. The man was obviously singled out.
Here is a video of the man being kicked off of the flight.
