[E Rocc]

This sounds completely and totally unjustified. One passenger's phobias should not be a reason for detention.

If there was a demonstrable problem with these particular individuals, they should have not been allowed on the plane to begin with. Apparently, there was not.

-Eric

[Old_Mil]

If there was a demonstrable problem with these particular individuals, they should have not been allowed on the plane to begin with. Apparently, there was not.

Apparently in your world, devious people cannot act normal until the reach a goal before revealing their true colors. The objective here may not have been jihad via explosives but jihad via ACLU.

[SW6906]

"This sounds completely and totally unjustified. One passenger's phobias should not be a reason for detention.

If there was a demonstrable problem with these particular individuals, they should have not been allowed on the plane to begin with. Apparently, there was not."

Apparently, it was more than "one passenger's phobia" as I highly doubt - in todays PC and lawyer charged atmosphere - that the flight crew would have asked to have them removed just on one persons word of them doing something. Mark my words: as more comes out about this, it will be revealed that they did more than stir just "one woman's phobia" and she alone was able to get them removed.

I work in the industry and am a big believer in the flight crew being the judge, jury and "executioner" when it comes to on-board behavior. If they don't like what you are doing, you are gone. Period.

[beezdotcom]

This sounds completely and totally unjustified. One passenger's phobias should not be a reason for detention.

I'd wait on that. The passenger MIGHT be paranoid, or she MIGHT have understood more than the people around her, especially if she spoke Arabic herself. Let's find out.

[EnochPowellWasRight]

"This sounds completely and totally unjustified"

You would be wrong.

[Joan Kerrey]

If there was a demonstrable problem

There was not a problem until they all stood up. Seems to me that that is unusual and provocative and at the very least disruptive. Muslims don't pray standing up. They were speaking in unison. I think they were baiting. Something is very fishy here. I don't think we have the entire story yet.

[mjaneangels@aolcom]

"This sounds completely and totally unjustified. One passenger's phobias should not be a reason for detention.
If there was a demonstrable problem with these particular individuals, they should have not been allowed on the plane to begin with. Apparently, there was not."

The article above leaves out a lot of details. First of all, there was not a demonstable problem until they were on board the plane.

Then one or more passengers on the plane understood the language they spoke, and they were saying many anti-American things. That is what started the note to the flight crew.

Then the flight crew, and I think the captain requested they leave the plane.

They refused to leave the plane. Every company has the right to refuse service to anyone. The fact these imams refused to leave the plane was, by itself, a reason for arrest.