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>>>I reread few articles here and there about it, and now I am even more convinced that what happened there was completely wrong. Rights of these people were grossely abused.
>>>Tip of from Arab speaking passanger (??) and you kick out of plane six VIP muslim clerics (one of them blind). C'mon Terry where does this lead us ?
>>>This is simply huge blunder on part of AA practices. Period.
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>>I asked this before, and I ask it again. If I board a plane, move to some other seat, and refuse to return to my assigned seat when told to do so by the crew, I would be ejected from the plane, and rightfully so. So; why not them? What quality makes them immune from following the same rules and with the same ramifications of refusing to follow them that the rest of us do not share?
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>Provided that this really happened. If they were asked politely and responded rude - Then YES they should be removed from the plane just like EVERBODY ELSE. Only one who changed seat was chief of that excursion, who moved to 1st class seat because he was entitled to it as frequent flier (!?!) with AA
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>All I am standing for is for them to be treated like everybody else. But
>what happened there points to the opposite.

Just curious here, but why exactly do you choose his version over that of the crew, police and passengers? And not just choose, but assert as truth. Both you and Jim talk as though you were actually there and know beyond doubt that he is telling the truth and everybody else is lying. As for myself, I happen to fall on the side of numbers (at least in this case).