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Old Jan 3, 2002 | 3:14 pm
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benoit
 
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Here it is, entire statement of AA and the pilot:

FORT WORTH, Texas – American Airlines today said it would not be deterred from protecting the safety of its passengers by frivolous claims of racial profiling asserted by the Washington, D.C. law firm of Relman & Associates.

The company said: "American carries out its security obligations according to the guidelines provided by the Federal government. Those guidelines are applied equally among all passengers, and the company vigorously resents any suggestion of racial discrimination.

"Threats of lawsuits will not deter us from justly applying the security programs established to protect the tens of millions of customers who entrust us with their lives each year."

[...] "While we’ll let the reports speak for themselves, we will reiterate that American will not allow any armed individual onboard, regardless of who he or she is, if that person is angry or acting in a manner that the crew believes could jeopardize the safety of the flight."

American can confirm that, as stated in the captain’s report, he has filed a letter of complaint with the Secret Service.

see this link for full text:

http://www.amrcorp.com/news/january02/03_safety.htm
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