Two men removed from Monarch Flight

What's that all about.

The only explanation I've heard of these two guys "crime" was wearing a jumper when its hot and speaking arabic (or similar)

I can understand the concern, but we're on the slippery slope to no-where if we allow mob rule to take over

TRis

[Spiderman]

So true.

Two guys travelliung from a hot place in Spain to a cold place (manchester) decide to dress warmly in preparation. They speak in their own language and check their watches from time to time.... isnt that what people who are travelling or waiting to board a plane or train or any other form of mass transport do? Check for borading time / delays etc?

The airline should have taken a firmer stance and told the passengers who didnt want to board that they were free not to. If these 2 guys had been thru security and there was no issue with them then they were fine to board the plane, if the other passengers were not comfortable with that then fine, pay for another flight at another time.

I'd like to see the 2 guys sue the airline for blatant racism or discrimination. If the secuirty staff had made the decision then fair enough thats their job but for a bunch or ignorant misguided (possible sun readers) to force the point? Thats just plain wrong imho.

Pitch forks at dawn!

funny thing is that we were only talking at lunch last week, about which airline would be the first to bow to hysteria and mob panic.

i expect they had beards too.

i'd not trust 'em

Originally Posted by keithd

i expect they had beards too.

i'd not trust 'em

Alan never trusted my beard, did you Alan....

[Viney]

But on the other side of the coin....say they where not innocent and blew the plane out of the sky??

Maybe its not right at all, but theres always 2 sides of the coin, and for this, i'll be sitting on the fence.

or alternatively if the other passengers weren't happy, give them the option to get off the plane.

they were asian or of asian appearance, so course they were guilty.

FACT.

[Spiderman]

i was just out getting some lunch and there was a Metro newspaper on the table. The story in there about this made me laugh when i saw this quote...Met Police Chief Supt Ali Dizaei claimed recently that 'travelling while Asian' was in danger of becoming a new offence.
Sadly, he's not far away from being wrong, is he?

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by keithd

or alternatively if the other passengers weren't happy, give them the option to get off the plane.

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*passes Viney a cushion so he can sit more comfortably on the fence*

I think we're going to see a lot more of this. The trouble is like all these things theres so much media hyper and hysteria now that the smallest thing will set off a panic like this. Its like being back in the dark ages.

Again the terrorists win because they have disrupted another flight. So bringing more publicity to their cause.