News and notes from around the interweb:
- Prince Harry eschewed British Airways again, flying American Airlines to London
- Although it’s making the rounds now, it turns out this isn’t a new video. Somehow Racist Burger King Man didn’t get banned from American Airlines back in October, and returned to a New York JFK – Fort Lauderdale flight in the spring.
Eh he’s back again pic.twitter.com/Sijzr5ePCQ
— Robert mugabe (@Zak_Arif6) June 24, 2021
- Corporate mergers rarely work out the way they’re supposed to. Alaska Airlines was acquiring gates and slots in hard to get into airports when they bought Virgin America…
It's official, @AlaskaAir is pulling out of JFK-LAX. Minor increases in San Diego and Portland frequency, but not a full replacement on slots. Anyone working at @united tonight? Might want to give the Eskimo a ring…
— Brett Snyder (@crankyflier) June 25, 2021
- Sad. But y’all know how American Airlines feels about seat back entertainment screens.
The view from @AmericanAir ‘s most prestigious domestic 3-cabin First Class product (one way is more than $1,500).
They couldn’t even comp a WiFi pass for the broken IFE so I spent $22 to post this 😂 pic.twitter.com/PeFzTkmIUh
— Dave Grossman ✈️ MilesTalk / YourBestCreditCards (@MilesTalk) June 26, 2021
- Man arrested after assaulting two TSA screeners while screaming “I want my plane to Iraq!”
- People are finally speaking out against the ban on travel to the U.S. from Europe, though where’s the outrage that the China travel ban fails to ‘follow the science’? Regardless, claiming that the ban ‘once made sense’ is far too generous because the Europe ban came too late to matter, and the CDC wasn’t prepared to manage it or the other bans anyway when they were implemented.
I thought racist burger king man was on JetBlue back in Oct? He needs to be banned from all airlines.
@Jake – he was kicked off JetBlue and banned. Then he got on American but pulled the same stunt… Both were back in October.
The European travel ban is so absurd now that it detracts from whatever credibility U.S. policy makers may still be clinging to. Allow them in with negative PCR tests or vaccine records already.
Maybe, just maybe, American should ban racist dude. Forgetting for a moment that it’s the lowest hanging fruit on the right thing to do spectrum, from a practical standpoint no possible good could come of letting him on their planes.
Airlines shouldn’t be able to ban anyone for constitutionally protected speech. Airlines are government regulated and are therefore extensions of the government. Air travel is a civil right. People should not be disenfranchised because what they say is politically incorrect. Of course weak Republicans will just write strongly worded letters instead of take and encourage physical action to fight for civil rights of whites/ Christians/conservatives/non lgbt
Private companies have a right to regulate customer attire, speech and other forms of expression at their places of business. That includes a right to ban people from their property when those people engage in the use of so-called “fighting words” or otherwise create a dangerous work environment.
If you’re banned from a casino, so be it.
If you’re banned from an airline, you are disenfranchised. Maybe you were fine 3 decades ago when there were dozens of airlines, pre-consolidation era.
I rarely agree with @Jackson Waterson because he is a neo KKK racist twat. However, hiding behind the “private company” designation of airlines is poopy anus fart coochie nonsense.
Damn. @P Ness has come out swinging!! Anybody who does not find humor in that sophomoric coda … man, they grew up to be a phuckin curmudgeon, what a shame.
so when you hear someone say an inappropriate word tell them that it makes you feel uncomfortable