An Arab-American family slammed United Airlines after its staff removed them from a flight in an incident that they claimed was “profiling” and “discrimination at its finest”.
On March 20, Eaman-Amy Saad Shebley and her children were asked to leave a Spring Break flight from Chicago to Washington by the crew in what was described by them at the time as a “safety of flight” issue, The Daily Mail reported.
In videos posted on Facebook, Ms. Shebley claimed that the air crew were “profiling my family and me for no reason other than how we look”. The two videos show two air crew members talking to Ms. Shebley and her husband. In the first, a woman said that they were going to “ask that she step off the aircraft”. In the second video, the captain of the plane is asked why they must leave and said “Because it’s my decision”. When asked to elaborate he says, “It is a safety of flight issue”.
ADVERTISEMENT