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Payout for Arabic shirt passenger

news.bbc.co.uk — An air passenger forced to cover his T-shirt because it displayed Arabic script has been awarded a payout of $240,000, his lawyers say. Two Transportation Security Authority officials and JetBlue Airways will be forced to make the payout. Raed Jarrar, a US resident, had accused them of illegally discriminating against him based on his ethnicity...

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  • jflaker, on 01/07/2009, -0/+1*Two Transportation Security Authority officials* and JetBlue Airways will be forced to make the payout.

    I don't agree with personally hitting the employee as they really just follow the instructions set down by the corporation heads for fear of losing their jobs........the company should definitely pay.
  • thepeacemaker, on 01/06/2009, -0/+1Good for Raed! This is the only way airlines will change their ways ...hit 'em where it hurts.

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