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Pakistani US resident sues over airline "discimination"
2001-11-01
  • M. Ahsan Baig, a Pakistani man who is a U.S. resident and works for a California technology company, is suing United Airlines after a flight crew prevented him from boarding a plane to Philadelphia. Reports the San Francisco Chronicle: Baig said he was told that a United crew member had seen him engage in "suspicious communications" with another passenger, prompting the captain to bar him from the flight. Baig hotly denied the charge, which he said a United representative could neither explain nor prove. Baig said that he had been on the phone to his wife and to a company straightening out a ticket mix-up just before he sat down in the waiting area.

    A customer service manager repeatedly apologized to Baig for the incident and immediately got him on another flight.

    It is reasonable for an airline to take safety precautions, said Baig's attorney, Daniel Feder of San Francisco. "But to randomly exclude someone from a flight just because of the way he looked and then lying about" it, he said. "That's just outrageous behavior." (JAMES TARANTO WSJ BEST OF THE WEB TODAY)
    Mr. Baig should be sent packing to Pakistan immediately, and his lawyer with him.
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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