Posted on 10/01/2015 3:33:06 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a challenge to boycotts of Israel, the U.S. government has found that Kuwait Airways unlawfully discriminated against a passenger traveling on an Israeli passport by refusing to sell him a ticket for a New York to London flight.
Eldad Gatt, an Israeli citizen, complained to the Department of Transportation that in 2013 he was unable to buy a ticket from John F. Kennedy Airport to London Heathrow Airport through Kuwait Airways because the airline's online booking system prevented him from selecting Israel as his passport-issuing country.
The department investigated and initially rejected Gatt's discrimination complaint, according to a statement and letter provided by transportation officials. But when Gatt appealed the department's decision, the case was reopened and the department ultimately concluded that the airline had violated a different federal law than the one initially cited by Gatt.
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A range of enforcement actions are possible, beginning with civil penalties.
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Hussein's DOT doing something about it: Man-bites-dog.
wow, that bytes....
wow, that bytes....
double post?
A Jewish friend was tasked with teaching Arabs how to maintain our company products. (These were Arab maintenance techs.) They refused to listen until they had established he was indeed Jewish. There was some discussion in Arabic and then they settled down to absorb all the knowledge he could teach. I asked if he went out with them on the town as he frequently did with other visitors. He said, “you’ve go to be kidding.”
As an Israeli I’d never board a plane where I knew the pilot or crew was from a culture that wanted to kill me.
Not to be nitpicking, but you won’t find a great deal of “natives” as the crew of airlines operated by the rich Gulf States. The overwhelming majority are expats.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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“As an Israeli I’d never board a plane where I knew the pilot or crew was from a culture that wanted to kill me.”
My bet is most of the pilots are Western.
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