Airline Twice Allowed Passengers To Decide Muslims Should Be Kicked Off Flight
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Southwest Airlines twice kowtowed to passengers recently when they said they were afraid to fly with certain passengers.
A Philadelphia pizza shop owner and his friend had to call 911 in Chicago’s Midway airport Wednesday night in order to get on their flight home.
Maher Khalil and Anas Ayyad said they were profiled — asked to step aside during the boarding process because a fellow passenger said he was afraid to fly with them.
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“If that person doesn’t feel safe, let them take the bus,” Khalil said to a Southwest Airlines gate agent. “We’re American citizens just like everybody else.”Khalil, 29 and Ayyad, 28, moved to Philadelphia from Palestine 15 years ago. Khalil now owns the Feltonville pizza shop — Pizza Point — that gave him his first job. The friends were in Chicago visiting each other’s families and met back at the airport Wednesday night to take the same flight home. The gate agent told them apologetically they wouldn’t be allowed to board because a passenger was afraid to fly with them after overhearing the men speaking Arabic…
A second Southwest flight from Chicago to Houston was also delayed Wednesday night when passengers refused to allow six Muslims on the flight. The Muslim passengers had to be rebooked on another flight.
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