Hasan took to Twitter to call out a Southwest Airlines flight attendant he says mistreated his wife after she asked to swap seats to be closer to her family.
Mehdi Hasan, a British journalist who serves as a host for Al Jazeera English, took to Twitter on Monday to call out Southwest Airlines following an unpleasant interaction involving his wife. According to Hasan — the former political editor for HuffPost UK, which is also owned by Yahoo's parent company, Verizon Media — his family flew with the Texas-based airline from Houston to Washington, D.C., on Sunday.
“Not a good look for your flight attendant ... to loudly tell a brown woman in a headscarf she'll be ‘escorted off the plane’ for making people feel ‘uncomfortable’ because she wanted to sit with her husband and kids,” Hasan, who also hosts the “Deconstructed” podcast for online publication The Intercept, tweeted.
He went on to accuse the Southwest employee of pursuing the matter against the wishes of other crew members and passengers, one of whom allegedly said that Hasan’s wife had been treated “like a venomous snake.” The flight attendant called ground staff onto the plane, complained about the Muslim woman - my wife! - to them, & escalated rather than de-escalated the situation - simply because my wife politely asked a guy if he'd give up his seat for our family .— Mehdi Hasan December 2, 2019 The @SouthwestAir flight attendant"treated you like a venomous snake," another passenger told my wife after we landed in DC last night.
FYI: @SouthwestAir flight staff seem to have form when it comes to mistreating brown/Muslim passengers. Hadn’t flown with them for years and, at this point, don’t plan to do so again anytime in the near future. Not worth it.— Mehdi Hasan December 2, 2019 In a statement to Yahoo Lifestyle, a spokeswoman for Southwest said, “We are working to collect information based on the recent customer claim made on social [media]. We also are in contact with the customer who originated the tweet.
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