Gross and upsetting story. Just another addition to the "please tolerate the racist" list
We live in a country where people can get kicked off a plane because their skin color makes people nervous, but racist intimidation gets "WOAH everybody just settle down and shut yer yaps." Didn't even single him out as the aggressor despite him reducing this poor woman to tears.
Everyone wants to be bothered as little as possible. The pilot handled this in the most convenient way possible and it's not impressive. This will be the death of us.
I'm not sure what exactly about his words makes him a Trump supporter. We also don't know how much he actually knew about the situation. Maybe he was just told that people were arguing about politics.
I'm not sure what exactly about his words makes him a Trump supporter. We also don't know how much he actually knew about the situation. Maybe he was just told that people were arguing about politics.
I believe this is what happened. The time between taxiing from the gate and takeoff is one the most critical parts of aircraft operation. Any communication between the cabin crew and the flight deck at that time would've been very brief.
You can google "United airlines muslim" and see the number of times when they've kicked Muslims off flights for literally doing nothing, yet a white dude possibly trying to incite something keeps an indirect talking to over the PA system