>>>>Hi Jim.
>>>>Isn't it the airline's ultimate discretion to serve who they want? Flying is not a constitutional right... I don't think. So, if you make the majority of the passengers uncomfortable, then I would think it is the right of any company to not serve you.
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>>>>Like many restaurants have a sign in the front that states "Notice: We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone."
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>>>I believe so. But you have an incorrect condition in your statement - "majority" (of passengers). I, for example, am "uncomfortable" with anyone praying 'in public' outside of a church/mosque/temple/etc but would not be uncomfortable to have them on the same flight as I am on.
>>>And, still, why, as the airline, wouldn't I ask the fearful passenger to leave rather than the innocent party?
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>>How do you know they're innocent though!? Too late once you're up there and they pull their obsidian or ceramic weapons out of their underpants!
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>Then we absolutely do not need all the security checking that goes on, do we?
>And as I already wrote, pulling any stunt while in flight will, I'm sure (as can be) be met with heavy passenger involvement.
>This sounds stupid, but I never put my jacket in the overhead since 9/11, wanting it handy if someone should pull a knife.

Personally, I'd prefer not to be a dead hero like those of flight 93. Instead, I'd like the airlines to be a bit paranoid and maybe even overprotective.