Report Says Delta Pilot Refused to Fly Israeli Official

AP via WashPost ^ | 12 August 2002 | AP via WashPost

[SBeck]

Report Says Delta Pilot Refused to Fly Israeli Official

Associated Press
Monday, August 12, 2002; Page A03

CINCINNATI, Aug. 11 -- A pilot for a Delta Air Lines subsidiary would not fly Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Michael Melchior from Cincinnati to Toronto because the pilot thought Melchior posed a security risk, an Israeli radio station reported today.

Melchior, who was being escorted by State Department officials, told Israel Radio that he waited on the plane Friday for more than an hour before the pilot evacuated it, saying there was a security risk.

When Melchior disembarked, he said, he was told he was not allowed to get back on the plane.

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[SBeck]

The subsidiary is Comair. Fire away.

[First_Salute]

If a pilot does not want you on his plane, you're off the plane, no matter who you are.

[Lloyd227]

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