Posted on 10/03/2016 9:04:03 AM PDT by John Semmens
Booking her flight in advance and paying for her "guaranteed" seat didn't ensure that Mary Campos would get what she ordered. As she arrived at the boarding gate she was bumped to a different seat to "accommodate the cultural beliefs" of two Muslim men.
United Airlines spokesperson Amir Fuol explained that "we regret that Ms. Campos was unhappy with the handling of the seat assignments on her flight. United holds our employees to the highest standards of professionalism and has zero tolerance for discrimination."
Campos complained that "this blather from Mr. Fuol explains nothing. How do the beliefs of a pair of foreigners trump my right as an American to equal treatment?"
Fuol maintained that "the switch was as much for Ms. Campos safety as it was a show of respect for different cultural practices. Would she really have preferred to be seated next to two men whose inexperience with scantily clad American women may have resulted in her being fondled or worse? She would be suing us for sure had we rashly seated her so close to these men."
In related news, YouTube has blocked trailers for the faith-based movie "I'm Not Ashamed" on the grounds that "its overt and unbalanced promotion of the Christian religion may be deemed offensive by persons of other faiths and as such it can be construed as 'hate speech.'"
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I wouldn’t get too excited about it. For decades airlines seated non-family men separate from women and children because, you know, guys are all potential rapists. A little of what’s good for the goose has been bestowed on the gander.
I am sorry to admit that I worked for that once great airline that has turned into a gutless politically correct scared little snowflake of a pseudo travel company. I guarantee that Bill Patterson wouldn’t have let that happen.
She should have said she was ‘Gender-Fluid’ and that today she was identifying as a man......forcing the Libs to prioritize ‘rights’. Crash, bang, boom....a collision of the consequences of a warped world view.....
Such a conundrum! Would have proved very interesting. :)
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