Originally Posted by bocastephen

I thought CO staff were above the "chicken little" security crap pulled so often by their UA counterparts

Originally Posted by meFIRST

I expected more from CO. Especially given the O & G connections in Houston.

I personally experienced something similar on trAAsh (in hindsight, I should have brought suit, but I didn't think I had a solid case nor the legal budget of someone employed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

Anyway, we haven't heard CO's side of the story, but in my opinion the FA should have backed down, upon presentation of official credentials.

We only have one side of the story.

Originally Posted by PhlyingRPh

Indeed. Several Flying While Brown incidents implicating virtually every US carrier have been reported over the past ten years. Some of the more publicized cases include a false accusations made against a group of Muslim religious leaders on a US Airways flight by racist passengers and their subsequent removal from the aircraft. Then there was a group of entertainers touring the US from Syria, who had traveled on a number of domestic flights prior to running into racist passengers who had them removed. There was also a special needs Saudi Arabian teenager (deaf and mute) who was communicating in sign language with his traveling companion - again, bounced following complaints by racist passengers. A Pakistani military delegation who were on their way to a meeting with their American counterparts were removed from a flight because a white female passenger had concerns about their presence. Recently, there was the recent case of a Muslim family from Dallas that a racist FA decided were a threat - the plane landed in MEM, the family were removed and the aircraft continued on with the racist FA.

I myself have been removed from both a CO and a UA flight, once as a result of concern over an itinerary and once due to a complaint by a racist passenger who I actually helped by placing her bag in the overhead Other FTers have also had similar experiences.