PAKISTANI sues JetBlue! WOW!!!

[A350]

Yikes....I have never seen such thread creep in my life....

Is it any wonder the human race even survives?

Back to the thread at hand.....

Does the suit have merit? I would doubt it. Airlines for years have hired who they wanted as long as they were qualified. In fact, since the ADA laws of the early 90's, airlines have continually had to adjust their hiring to mirror what the government and the EEOC deemed appropriate levels of hiring to all types of people.

IMO, JB has more pilots from "minority" groups per plane than any airline I have worked for. It makes for a very diverse work group and I feel we are better for it.

If they turned him down for some reason, he would have been better off trying to convince them otherwise. I agree with a previous poster, his flying career in this country is over once this hits the streets that he is the type to sue. Noone will touch him with a ten foot pole.

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[FlyBunny]

You take the CAKE!

Darn straight I do! This is America! If a company doesn't want to hire you because you have too many letters in your name, it is their RIGHT to do so. All of this PC crap has got to end, or it is going to take this great country right down the crapper. It is NOT the governments place to tell private companies and individuals how to conduct business... it is up to the businesses to decide & the marketplace to judge their decisions.

Wow…your ENLIGHTENMENT amazes me!

Ever read books more than watching MTV?

Going by what you suggest, we should simply abolish the ‘Department of Labor’, shouldn’t we?

See, even guys like you get the pilot licenses. That’s why the intellectual levels in pilots are generally lot less than physicians, engineers, lawyers, etc.

Keep it up, you’re sure giving the pilot group a good name!

 

[Flyer1015]

Ah, the islam answer, "you can't expect us to fix this can you, its gods will"

You should figure this out, or about 300 million of my contemporaries will do the job for you.

Forget this "God's will" bullsh*t that has started !


I'm being for real. Just how do you propose for American muslims to "go over there and stop this mess." ??????


And what's this 300 million of my contemporaries comment of yours?

300 million people in the United States, is that what you're implying? If you are, then I'm one of those 300 million.

I just dont know how American muslims can "go over there and stop this mess."

 

[FlyBunny]

So, have you applied?

Pilot shortage in India and Pakistan...The money is pretty good to.

Yep, that's right.

So, have you applied?

Each one of you would be there if you could to make $5000/month if you are aware you could get hired as a PIC. For SIC, in India, tough luck. Law requires F/O's to be Indian National.

Show me an airline in the US that would hire a PIC from another coutnry!

His is a US citizen and have been one longer than the years most of you have spent in this country. It's unfortunate that the word 'Pakistani' has come up in this saga along with Muslim. But, just like some of you who are jews, or Hindus, etc., shouldn't mean you go back to India, or Israel, or other countries of your parents origin.

Grow Up!

 

[FlyBunny]

Under every rock, there are twenty of you....

JetBlue does not owe this clown anything, he should be sueing OBL if he has a problem. Is he a citizen? that is a major issue in hiring these days.

Seems like you've been watching too much FOX on Television.

See, you're exactly one of those who get their info from sources like this (or Limbaugh, Hannity, etc.) and run with it. If you had spent a 30 seconds and about 40 out of your 49 brain cells to read the news in print, you'd have figured out that he's been a citizen longer than perhaps you've been on this earth.

And that’s beside the point! Even if you’re not a citizen, but working in the US, you still have same rights under labor and discrimination laws.

Funny, the pilots think like that…like all Muslims are your enemies. But, when I look at Emirates, they (a very MUSLIM country) have no problem hiring non-Muslim pilots. Non of the expatriates in any Arab airlines are their citizens.
Now, little Johnny, run back to your mum and ask her to find a name of the US airline that’s actively hiring a non-citizen. Thanks you and share that info.
Assuming you’re a white, Caucasian, should you be discriminated because Hitler was a white, Caucasian? According to your own beliefs and principles, you should!

What HYPOCRIPTE!

Your reference to OBL highlights the level of intellect you posses. Go Boy, Go! Don’t forget to ask mama to read the papers while you spend time listening to news snippets.

 

[scoreboard]

But, when I look at Emirates, they (a very MUSLIM country) have no problem hiring non-Muslim pilots.

Because there are no Emirites needing the job.

 

[scoreboard]

Forget this "God's will" bullsh*t that has started !


I'm being for real. Just how do you propose for American muslims to "go over there and stop this mess." ??????

Join-up and see the world, become a part of the solution, don't sit there in your comfortable chair claiming ignorance of how to stop the evil. I was out there for 20 years, what have you done for your country today?

 

[FlyBunny]

Ditto on my class at JB....I was in class for over a week with an offer of employment that was tied to the completion of my background check.

It kinda scared me at first.....but I knew my background was clean and that I had told them everything they needed to know.

If JB found something in his background that mattered, it mitigated the employment offer. Further, I know of at least two guys who were turned down and later hired when the background check was straightened out.

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I’m finding it hard to understand why you’re using the word ‘mitigated’? Did you mean ‘rescinded’?

And you say you’re hired by JetBlue. Wow!

 

[FlyBunny]

I turn the rock, and there you are....

Well in fairness the founding fathers were all for equal rights amongst WASP Males, Haji doesn't appear to meet the criteria.

According to your own admission, your mum, sister, wife (get it?) doesn't either. Make sure no women in your family vote as they are no WASP and don't have most of the rights accorded to makes.

Here's another pilot. I do hope one day you fly with me. I'm an expert in educating boys just like you.

 

[GogglesPisano]

10 pages in less than 14 hours. Is this a new record?

 

[FlyBunny]

Perhaps you can rephrase your subject Heading

Pakistani-born pilot sues JetBlue, claiming discrimination

A Pakistani-born pilot is suing JetBlue Airways Corp. for discrimination, claiming the airline rescinded a job offer and told him it was because of his background.
Associated Press Last update: August 09, 2006 – 7:25 AM

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NEW YORK — A Pakistani-born pilot is suing JetBlue Airways Corp. for discrimination, claiming the airline rescinded a job offer and told him it was because of his background.

Faisal Baig, a U.S. citizen who was raised in Yonkers, claims in the suit that an airline manager told him in March that he was a "security risk.''

According to the suit, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Baig asked, "Are you saying that you are not hiring me because of my name or my religion? ... Are you saying you are not hiring me because of where I'm from?''

The manager answered, "Yes, and JetBlue considers you a security risk,'' according to the suit.

Baig claims he was offered the job in February and had already received a ticket to attend the airline's training school in Orlando, Fla. The 40-year-old, a Muslim, had previously flown for Independence Air for nearly six years.

"I was devastated,'' he said. "I've been living in this country since I was 7, and now somebody's telling me I'm not a good American.''

A message left for a spokesman for the New York-based airline was not immediately returned Wednesday.

Baig, whose suit seeks an unspecified amount of money, is now living in Raleigh, N.C., where he is continuing to look for work as a pilot.

:bawling: maybe his background check is messed up? I've seen this problem before....someone that does not make the grade and they claim "its because I'm ........"

Try:

"US Citizen Sues Airblue" or something like that...

good try though...you got half the nuts thinking he's not a US Citizen...good spin!

 

[Flyer1015]

Join-up and see the world, become a part of the solution, don't sit there in your comfortable chair claiming ignorance of how to stop the evil.

Again, HOW ?!?! You clearly said Muslims here need to "go over there and stop this mess."

So i ask again, how ??? Let's start with they fly out to the Middle East, and now what?


You can't just wave a magic wand and have singing ponies solve the problem.

I was out there for 20 years,

You were in the armed services? Good to hear that, thanks for serving our country.

what have you done for your country today?

Honestly, all I've done today is refute posts here by those who sound like bigots.

You aren't, but one guy who said "muslims can burn in hell", people like him.


Other than that, during the day from 8:30am to 5pm, I worked at my engineering job for a defense contractor.

 

[FN FAL]

You can't just wave a magic wand and have singing ponies solve the problem.

Singing ponies would be way cool.

 

[FlyBunny]

???????

All you guys who are so quick call some one a "hater". Here's a question.

1. Would you feel comfortable if 20 of your pax were 18 - 30 year old Arab Muslim men on your aircraft?

2. Would you feel comfortable when 10 of them stood up at once and moved in unison toward the front of the aircraft?

3. Would you just sit there and say "I'm going to be fair and give them the benefit of the doubt"?

If you answered "no" to 1 & 2 then that must make you a hatefilled person. If you answered "yes" then you don't understand the nature of the threat.

I don't know this guys real story but he's probably just got sour grapes.

CLAMBAKE

Strange connection you're trying to make. What does this has to do with Arab Muslim man? Faisal flew your mum and dad for over six years...hello...

But, to answer your post, about three months ago, I flew from Saudi on a Saudia to NYC...there were about ...well...not 10, not 20, but 100s of Arab Muslim man boarding that flight....then many of them stood near the galleys during flight to stretch...both business and first was filled with Arab man...and the crew was American...I'm sure you won't believe it because you're still drinking the cool aid Bush and Chaney has been feeding you...there are no less than 30 planes per day entering the US airspace that originate from Muslim countries and most of them don't even close their cockpit doors and tours to the cockpits are common...but, I will let you rest in your ignorant state as most of this nation has been since 9/11.

Enjoy your ignorence to the nth degree!

 

[Flyer1015]

Good post FlyBunny.


As far as I can recall, don't Saudi B744 actually have a Muslim prayer section in the back somewhere ?

Edit: Form Saudi Arabian Airline's website:

Prayer Rooms

For Muslim passengers, a special area has been set aside for them to pray in peace and quiet. The facility features an electronic compass that shows the direction of the Holy City of Makkah as well as individual prayer mats.