FLORIDA (VINnews) — On Monday, a Chassidic man was allegedly kicked off a Delta flight by a flight attendant for no reason other than being a Jew. She also offensively referred to him as “you people.”
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Amazingly, a Delta supervisor allegedly admitted that the passenger was discriminated against, but did pitifully little to compensate him for his immense suffering.
VINnews has been in direct contact with the passenger, who told us exclusive details about the incident. (Please note: a widespread video of the incident has been circulating on social media, however we have been asked by the passenger not to publish it, and are complying with the request.)
(Please note: the following account is directly from the passenger.)
According to his own account, the passenger boarded the flight, carrying only one carry-on suitcase and one hatbox, both of which were within the allowed size and weight limit as per Delta’s domestic baggage rules and regulations.
However, as soon as he sat down, a stewardess and a member of the flight crew immediately came running over to him and told him, “You people (referring to orthodox jews) always have tons of luggage. Why can’t you put the hat box under your feet?” He politely replied that he could and would do so if it became necessary, however at this point there was no reason to move it as the overhead bins were still empty. The stewardess then went back to the rear of the airplane.
Less than two minutes later, she returned, enraged and without consent, took his carry-on suitcase from the top bin and started walking it out of the plane. He immediately followed her and politely told her that the suitcase was his private property and didn’t consent to remove it. To which she replied, “If you don’t let me, I will show you.” She returned the luggage, and he put it back on the overhead bin, and sat down.
After all passengers boarded the flight and settled in with enough room in the overhead bins, almost fifteen minutes after the initial incident, the man was escorted off the plane by security guards, who took him to the ramp and started investigating the incident.
They also questioned fellow passengers and investigated the story. They then informed him that, despite the initial investigation in his favor, the stewardess threatened to leave the flight if they allowed him back on, and they could not afford to remove a stewardess. They therefore removed him against his will from the flight and offered him a $500 gift card and a hotel.
According to the man’s attorney, “the main supervisor of the airline at the airport was very nice and even gave him her personal cell phone number and acknowledged that he was a victim of discriminatory behavior. However, she explained that according to Delta’s policies, she couldn’t remove a stewardess and had no way of fixing the wrong. Additionally the man reached out to multiple passengers who were sitting nearby, and they have confirmed his account of the incident.”
The man says that the incident has caused “major damage to his reputation and life”. He “has been contacted by hundreds of business associates, friends, and family members trying to understand why this happened. This has caused significant distress and has affected his personal and professional life. He was so deeply affected by the incident that he was up all night, unable to sleep and as a result, he had to cancel all of his scheduled meetings for the day due to the overwhelming distress and exhaustion he was experiencing.” He has asked the airline for fair compensation and threatened a lawsuit.
It should be noted, the passenger told us that most of the airline staff members were gracious and treated him respectfully.
VINnews reached out to Delta airlines and received the following response from a spokesperson: “Delta is aware of and in the preliminary stages of investigating a situation regarding a customer being asked to exit flight 1541 and be rebooked on an alternate flight. We are committed to using the results this (sic) investigation to come to a full understanding of the events that took place and respond as appropriate.”
VIN has also learned that another Jewish passenger suffered a similar encounter with the same flight attendant several years ago, and recognized her from the video.
I cannot stand when frum yidden seem so ready to blame a fellow yid when everything indicates he did nothing wrong and was booted off a flight for no legitimate reason! There is a video of part of the event and it is clear that the luggage he had was within the rules of Delta and that the overhead bin had plenty of room!!! What is with us?!? I am not saying that there are not cases where a yid is at fault but the sentiment of many people here seems to be that the default is that the yid is at fault unless prove otherwise.
I am not a chasidisher yid – I am a clean cut yid who works in corporate America in NYC on Wall Street. I look nothing like the yid who suffered here but he is my brother. Don’t we have enough of external enemies? Delta should pay for it as it is unacceptable behavior and unless you take action it simply doesn’t register with the proper channels of a large company. This yid is doing us all a favor. And yes, I know we are in golus and we should act with humility. This yid did!!!
PS: I do not agree with a certain twitter account that used the term “Nazi” when referring to what happened.
For those who have forgotten, or want to forget, we sometimes we get reminders.
The airline should fire this flight attendant period. They know she was wrong and they only have a loss from keeping her. they had to pay hotel, and now they will also probably pay compensation. Instead get rid of this garbage employee and show customers you treat them fairly and with respect. I would not keep and employee that causes monetary loss to my business.
Why are all black women stewardesses like that!?
See how that sounds? It’s something neither you or me would ever say. Why? Because we are a respectful nation.
All we ask is to be treated back the same and to get rid of all double standards.
Kanye- ru looking to hire a stewardess for your private jet?
I flew with Delta in June, I purchased tickets in airport, ran through security and made the gate just in time before departing. I had the last row seats for myself, my spouse, and 2 kids. I was in tears the duration of the flight since I was heading to my moms funeral. I kindly explained to the 2 stewardess that I am heading to a levayeh and they waiting for me to arrive, and asked her to please let me off the plane before the others. Her cold blooded shrug still gives me chills. Yes we are in galus, but I will never fly delta again
Would have loved to see Whoopi Goldberg on sam flight with exact same luggage.
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Seems to me that putting something as light as a hat in the bin makes much more sense than putting a heavy bag. If there is “turbulence” and the bins open and spill out it is much safer to be hit by a hat than by a heavy bag.
I am not judging, there probably was empty place in the overhead bins and the stewardess was in the wrong for making a big deal about it. However, as I experienced when flying, there are some control freak airline personnel; they are not necessarily being anti-Semitic, they simply love to enforce regulations even if it’s ridiculous like in that particular case where the overhead bins had enough empty space to accommodate the man’s hat.
If an airline personnel tells me to do something that is the airline’s regulation, even if nobody enforced it till now and even if it doesn’t make sense in that particular case, I always comply. In this case, I personally would store the hat under the seat, perhaps on top of my feet if there would be no space, and later DISCREETLY, when the stewardess would be sleeping or not in the area, I would put it up. I have seen such controlling airline personnel acting like this to non-Jews as well; there is no reason to scream anti-Semitism whenever we are inconvenienced.
In most civilized western countries, Holocaust deniers are not tolerated. In some countries, it is a criminal offense.
Even the אומות העולם understand that denying the Holocaust is a most offensive and hurtful type of antisemitism.
Holocaust victims and their families after suffering through this nightmare of torture and killings who are told to that it never
happened or it happened but wasn’t as severe as they claim it was, is an extremely painful type of antisemitism.
Unfortunately, there are groups of Yeshiva Bachurim & Yungerleit who are ביודעים ובלא יודעים “Frum Holocaust deniers”.
**There are even some counselors training young children in
camp to become Holocaust deniers.
When demonstrators shout at the police “נאצים” (Nazis)
that is Holocaust denial. If a Jewish policeman who has
his job to do to keep the demonstrators in an area so as not to block traffic etc. (even if he is overly rough etc.) is being
compared to a German SS Nazi who was part of the killing machine of six million, who tortured millions who starved
millions who slave labored millions, that is the ultimate רשעות one can do to the Holocaust Kedoshim, survivors, their
children, and to every thinking Yid.
You may be a Neturei Karta, Satmar, Peleg, etc. and you have the full right to demonstrate against the Zionist State.
However, you may not be a Holocaust Denier. It is your responsibility to make sure that the non-Frum Tziyoinim won’t
say או לו לפלוני שלמד תורה “Woe is to this person who
learned Torah “וכמה מכוערין דרכיו “and how ugly are his ways”.
יהי רצון שנקיים מצוות ואהבת את ה’ אלוקיך ויהא שם שמים מתאהב על ידינו
*בריות refers to עמי הארץ non שומרי תורה ומצוות
**Some camps have an activity for the children demonstrating against the Zionist Medina, They carry placards and shout Givald, Shame shame Israel and NATZIM
What I would of done is I would put my hat and jacket on and let her check the empty hat box
Will she get a job at yaffed?
They should fire her, and she should go work for Lufthansa
The man says that the incident has caused “major damage to his reputation and life”
I watched the video. Everyone seemed pretty polite. I have no idea who’s right or who’s wrong, but how exactly did this “cause major damage to his reputation and life”?
I have a 10 Gallon streimel that fits nicely.
Sounds like the flight attendant still has post tramatic stress from covid regulations.
The rule DOES say ONE item surely he can read
I pasken he is wrong
Something makes me sympathize with this stewardess a minority woman.
How can the Hasidim fly on a general airline with taarivos, movies, non-kosher food around them? They should travel by Hasidic cars, buses, or a Hymishe airline.
This may not be the entire story. Important details may be missing.
Don’t jump to a conclusion just yet.
The lawyer sure was quick to write the language for a lawsuit. The guy at worst almost got removed from a flight (which probably could’ve been avoided if he put his hat under his seat). Now it’s already been pumped up into: major damage to reputation and life How exactly?, Significant distress, unable to sleep, cancelled meetings, etc. But when they call us the stereotypes they do we’ll scream “Antisemitism” Well if the shoe fits……