United Airlines Flight Attendant Seen Wearing PLO Flag Pin

40

(VINnews) — A flight attendant was criticized this week after she was seen wearing a Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) flag pin and a keffiyeh around her neck. A United Airlines passenger discovered the stewardess wearing the pin and keffiyeh during a flight from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport to Newark.

Join our WhatsApp group

Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email


United, however, refuses to budge on its policy to allow flight staff to wear PLO or other flag pins “that represent their pride.” The PLO is a notorious terror group which has a long history of being involved in hijackings, among other attacks.

The ‘StopAntisemitism’ group blasted United Airlines for allowing employees to make divisive political statements.

“StopAntisemitism is alarmed by the rising trend of US airline employees displaying Palestinian flags and keffiyehs while on duty,” StopAntisemitism founder Liora Rez said, according to The New York Post. “There are no flights to Palestine.

“Political stances belong off the clock,” Rez said. “Airlines must ensure that passengers aren’t confronted with divisive symbols in what should be a neutral space.”

“Our uniform policy has long included an option for flight attendants to wear flag pins to designate specific language skills so that our customers who are more comfortable in a language other than English can know who on our crew speaks their preferred language,” the airline said in a statement, according to The New York Post.

“We also allow flight attendants to wear flag pins that represent their pride in a place to which they may have a special connection,” the statement added.


Listen to the VINnews podcast on:

iTunes | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Podbean | Amazon

Follow VINnews for Breaking News Updates


Connect with VINnews

Join our WhatsApp group


40 Comments
Most Voted
Newest Oldest
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
mmr
mmr
13 days ago

Someone should ask United if they support terrorist takeover of aircraft. PLO was responsible for Black September.

lastword
Famed Member
lastword
13 days ago

Flying the unfriendly skies of Disunited needs to be curtailed unless they fix this.

Nachum
Nachum
12 days ago

Boycott United, and don’t let them resume flights to EY.

Duvid
Duvid
12 days ago

Vote with your pocketbook, Don’t fly the unfriendly skies of United.

Petrified traveler
Petrified traveler
12 days ago

Is United still smashing people’s guitars (Dave Carroll) and smashing doctor’s teeth (Dr. David Dao)???

sid
sid
12 days ago

os this the same airline that is boycotting and not flying to israel

Yaakov S
Yaakov S
12 days ago

United has been untied for a while now.

MARTIN
MARTIN
13 days ago

CORPORATIONS ARE NOT PEOPLE THERE SHOULD BE POLICITAL

See
See
12 days ago

They should change their name from UNITED to DIVIDE

Charles D
Charles D
12 days ago

This is further evidence that there’s something or someone behind these airlines not flying to Israel. There needs to be a congressional investigation.

Judith
Judith
12 days ago

Then passengers can also wear Israeli flags and pins

Kate
Kate
11 days ago

Boycott United Airlines.

L M
L M
11 days ago

Next time you see someone with that pin, ask them if they ever visited Gaza or invited anyone from Gaza into their home. If they say no, ask them why not? They’re obviously not your friends…

Richard Waide
Richard Waide
11 days ago

THE TIME HAS COME TO STOP FLYING UNITED AIRLINES UNTIL THEY STOP ALLOWING EMPLOYEES TO WEAR OR DISPLAY ANY SUPPORT FOR ANY TERRORIST GROUP SUCH AS PLO!!!

lazy-boy
lazy-boy
11 days ago

Don’t see the keffiah….
But I think it is stupid to allow employees to express their political views at work. It does offend customers and other employees.

Shmiras eyneyim chizuk
Shmiras eyneyim chizuk
12 days ago

Nice legs, but so they have to be shown? Couldn’t you of posted the same picture with the bottom part cropped off?

Paul Near Philadelphia
Paul Near Philadelphia
12 days ago

Yes, some people wear things other people do not like.