American Airlines has agreed to a $50 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Transportation for violating laws that protect airline passengers with disabilities. The investigation uncovered numerous infractions with American Airlines. Some included cases of American providing “unsafe physical assistance” to passengers. The alleged treatment “at times resulted in injuries and undignified treatment of […]
NAACP Threatens To Reinstate American Airlines Travel Advisory After ‘Recent Discriminatory Actions’
The NAACP is threatening to reinstate a travel advisory against American Airlines after a group of Black men sued for racial discrimination.
Three Black men are suing American Airlines for “blatant and egregious race discrimination” after a body odor complaint led to their removal.
Media outlets around the world were sharing the smelly story: An American Airlines flight from Charlotte to Raleigh had to be cleared because passengers became ill after a passenger passed gas. Not true, according to the airline. “The plane was not evacuated. (A) medical call came in for someone affected by an odor after the […]
North Carolina’s state NAACP president William Barber has filed a discrimination lawsuit against American Airlines. Barber, the founder of North Carolina’s “Moral Mondays” civil rights protests burst onto the national scene after his rousing speech at this summer’s Democratic National Convention, claims that “this differential treatment was based on race”. According to the lawsuit filed […]
A veteran pilot who passed away mid-flight from Phoenix and Boston more than likely suffered a heart attack.
11/15/13- Al Jazeera America’s Ali Velshi, “Real Money with Ali Velshi”, talks with TJMS commentator Roland Martin about the American Airlines and US Airways merger…
It was a security breach at one of the country’s busiest airports conducted on a tiny scale. Eighteen workers at New York’s JFK Airport were arrested on Wednesday and accused of stealing more than 100,000 mini-bottles of alcohol from LSG Sky Chefs, which provides food and beverages for American Airlines. The arrests capped off a […]
