GUWonder

Maybe it means nothing to you because you don't want it to mean anything you, but the evidence here is that it must mean something to you given this discussion and the sensitivity to people discussing xenophobia directed at Muslims.

There is nothing flat out ridiculous about the fact that the discussion is about xenophobia and not just a can of Coke, as the female Muslim UA passenger felt she was the target of xenophobia on board this UA flight the FA and/or passenger on the UA flight. Whether or not the offended passenger's sentiment are ridiculous or not, there is plenty of reason to think that Muslim passengers on board UA flights are sometimes the target of xenophobic crew members or passengers when there is now an American epidemic of Islamophobic bigotry directed at Muslims such that things which are considered acceptable to say about Muslims wouldn't be allowed if directed at some other ethnic minorities. Eventually one of these kinds of incidents would raise its ugly head and actually take place -- even if one or more of these kind of incidents were more tall tale than accurate first person report.

Most Islamophobic flight-related incidents on UA rarely get any media coverage, including the times when "brown" Muslim spouses of White House staffers get flagged by xenophobic FAs and then, after deplaning at destination, get intercepted for questioning about their religion once they are off the plane and heading home from IAD or DCA. And then when investigated, it becomes clear that they were flagged by cabin crew for mundane things like going to the bathroom for "too long" or "too many times".

Do you know if any cabin crew have been provided government, airline or related contractor training that mentions terrorists or FAs wanting unopened cans of soda to use as a weapon on board flights? Discovery could be interesting.