Flight attendant union says Capitol rioters should be banned from flights home

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2021/01/06/capitol-riot-flight-ban-airlines/

The head of a union representing flight attendants from 17 airlines said the people who were part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday should be banned from getting back on planes and flying home.

In a statement released Wednesday night, Sara Nelson, international president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, condemned the “mob mentality behavior” on flights to the D.C. area on Tuesday that included passengers heckling Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and getting into shouting matches.

“Some of the people who traveled in our planes yesterday participated in the insurrection at the Capitol today,” Nelson said in the statement. “Their violent and seditious actions at the Capitol today create further concern about their departure from the DC area.”

She continued: “Acts against our democracy, our government, and the freedom we claim as Americans must disqualify these individuals from the freedom of flight.”

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[Flaleftist]

1. They should be put on the terrorist watch list

and be banned from all flights for life.

[dalton99a]

2. +1

[Cha]

5. Yes!

[mdbl]

14. +2

[gldstwmn]

3. The ones with weapons drove.

Why in God's name are they being allowed to board a plane anywhere? They should have been arrested today.

[quakerboy]

12. Or borrowed.

Ive never been a part of any terrorist groups, but I'd imagine for the more organized terrorists it would probably be easier to fill a truck with guns and a couple people, and fly the others in. Or even just meet up with local terrorists who have already stockpiled arms and borrow them. IF your willing to ignore the cops and invade the capital building in an attempted coup.. whats a few gun law violations along the way?

[Tumbulu]

16. Yes! There are photos galore!

Why aren’t they be found and prosecuted?

[Cha]

4. YES Terrorism has Consequences. RT ty

[dem4decades]

6. Imagine being on a flight with those morons? As if flying today wasn't stressful enough.

No i'm flying anytime soon but some nice people are.

[MagickMuffin]

7. I agree with you Sara Nelson

especially witnessing on video the plane from Texas to DC. As a Texan I was appalled however not surprised.

[smirkymonkey]

8. I feel very sorry for all flight personnel who have to travel with these people.

God knows what they will do once they are 30,000 feet up in the air. They are completely unhinged.

[moonscape]

9. They shouldn't be allowed on any

public transport. Walk or rent a car.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

10. Known terrorists should not be accommodated.

[SergeStorms]

11. That'll never happen.

Corporate America wouldn't want to bite the governmental hand that feeds them. These are Trump's friends. He loves them. No, they wouldn't want to upset the friends of Trump and risk an angry tweet thrown at them. Everyone seems petrified of an angry tweet from the Terrible Twit.

[mdbl]

13. After yesterday

that should no longer be the case if they have any notion of self-preservation.

[Vivienne235729]

15. YES!!!

[Major Nikon]

17. I have met Sara Nelson

If she ever runs for public office, she has my vote.