That reminds me of that Youtube vlogger who was supposedly kicked off of a flight for speaking arabic.
Which, when you unfold that story it turns out, speaking arabic or not, his 'tuber crew were basically shouting and being disruptive while waiting for takeoff.
So yeah, while I can believe in this country that someone could be thrown off a plane for speaking arabic, fuck youtube vloggers and their prank bullshit. And fuck entitled 20 year olds claiming racism to cover their shitty behavior.
“Upon landing the crew was debriefed and multiple passenger statements
collected,” the statement read. “Based on the information collected to
date, it appears the customers who were removed sought to disrupt the
cabin with provocative behavior, including shouting. This type of
conduct is not welcome on any Delta flight. While one, according to
media reports, is a known prankster who was video recorded and
encouraged by his traveling companion, what is paramount to Delta is the
safety and comfort of our passengers and employees. It is clear these
individuals sought to violate that priority.”
Great. But, the youtuber said that he called his mother, and spoke to her in arabic, which is what set off the commotion. Here is what someone sitting in front of Saleh said.
When other passengers told them to stop shouting, however, it
escalated. But Ellis said he did not hear Saleh speaking on the phone in
Arabic. “He was never any part on the phone — I would have heard
the whole conversation,” Ellis said. “If someone’s being racist, I
would stand up right away. In this day in age, you defend each other. It
wasn’t like that. I mean, this guy was trying to antagonize people.
I think because they made it into such a big scenario, [Saleh] then kind
of panicked a little bit.”
God I hate most youtube culture.