NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Davis: I was handcuffed, taken off United plane after simple 'tap' on flight attendant's shoulder



Super Bowl champion and Hall of Fame member Terrell Davis accused United Airlines of "mistreatment" after he was removed from a flight in mid-July.

Davis told reporters he was stripped of his dignity when he was arrested on a flight in front of his wife and children.

"I was powerless. I couldn't do anything," he told CNN.

'I believe if I were not a black man, I wouldn't have been in handcuffs.'

The incident occurred during a flight from Denver to Orange County, California, when Davis said that he gave a simple "tap" on a flight attendant's shoulder after the airline employee "either didn’t hear or ignored his request" for some ice and "continued past our row," Davis recalled.

"I calmly reached behind me and lightly tapped [the attendant's] arm to get his attention to again ask for a cup of ice for my son,” Davis wrote on Instagram July 15. "He shouted, 'Don’t hit me,' and left the cart to hurriedly approach the front of the plane. I was confused, as were the passengers in front of me who witnessed the exchange. I thought nothing of it other than this particular employee was incredibly rude and blatantly wrong in his accusations of me hitting him."

Davis went on to say that he thought that was the end of the incident until he was handcuffed and taken off the flight in front of his family after the plane landed. He later claimed he would not have received the same treatment if he were not black.

"I believe if I were not a black man, I wouldn't have been in handcuffs until they found out exactly what happened," Davis said, according to NBC News.

The news network also said the FBI confirmed that agents responded to "an allegation of a violent assault" on the United flight.

United Airlines told CNN that the flight attendant had been "removed" from duty while the company closely reviewed the matter.

"This is clearly not the kind of travel experience we strive to provide, and we have reached out to Mr. Davis' team to apologize," the airline said.

Nearly two weeks later, Davis revealed he had received a letter from United Airlines banning him from using the airline during its investigation.

The letter from United Airlines was posted to Davis' Instagram account Tuesday, and the letter said the airline's policy is to "delay or refuse any passenger whose conduct or condition threatens the safety of the employees and passengers."

The statement added, "Based on the nature of the reported incident that occurred on UA1061 on July 13, 2024, this shall serve as a notice that you are not permitted to fly on United Airlines or any regional carrier operating as United Express until a review of the incident by United's Passenger Incident Review Committee has occurred."

Davis added in the caption of the Instagram post that he was placed on United's "No Fly List after it was determined I did nothing wrong and was released."

He added, "While my family and I continue to have difficult conversations with our children, I will continue to fight for what is right for all passengers of [United]."

'We have apologized to Mr. Davis for his experience and continue to review our handling of incidents like this.'

NBC News also reported that on Tuesday — the same day Davis' follow-up Instagram post went live — United rescinded its travel ban on Davis and fired the flight attendant: "Mr. Davis received this letter the day after the incident. It was generated due to the report of the flight attendant — who is no longer employed by United. The day after the letter was sent, we discussed with Mr. Davis' team that it had been rescinded. We have apologized to Mr. Davis for his experience and continue to review our handling of incidents like this to protect our highest priority — the safety of our customers and crew."

However, the ordeal is still not finished, according to Davis' legal team at Stinar, Gould, Grieco, and Hensley. The law firm made its own post on Instagram alleging that United didn't contact the firm regarding any removal of Davis from the temporary ban list.

"United has claimed that this information was already communicated to the Davis Family through his lawyers. This is blatantly false," the statement read. "We continue to be disappointed by the inappropriate and disrespectful handling of this horrific incident by United's communication and legal teams."

The statement also called for an "overhaul" of the United Airlines "leadership" while alleging that United has attempted to "discredit the timeline of events."

United Airlines told Blaze News that the day after the letter was sent to Davis, airline officials discussed with Davis' legal team that the ban had been rescinded.

"We have apologized to Mr. Davis for his experience and continue to review our handling of incidents like this to protect our highest priority — the safety of our customers and crew," an unnamed spokesperson said.

According to United's own timeline, not only did the airline communicate to Davis' legal team the day after the initial letter was sent, it "communicated again" with Davis' legal team the next day about the letter being rescinded.

Lynn Smith — a public relations representative for Stinar, Gould, Grieco, and Hensley — provided Blaze News with the same statement from the firm's Instagram page. However, the spokeswoman added that United made "false claims" that "Mr. Stinar was informed of the travel ban being rescinded."

Parker Stinar is the founding and managing partner of the law firm.

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WTF! United Airlines kicks mom & baby off flight but keeps luggage because mom accidentally misgendered a flight attendant



After all the mechanical malfunctioning in its Boeing 737 planes, you'd think United Airlines would be doing everything in its power to keep customers coming back. But apparently that's not the case. In fact, United Airlines is booting people off planes.

Recently, a woman and her 16-month-old baby were kicked off a United Airlines flight when the mother accidentally misgendered a nonbinary flight attendant.

In a video, which has since gone viral, the mother explains how she, her mother, and her baby were “denied boarding" because while “speaking to one of the flight attendants, [she] got their pronouns wrong.”

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If that wasn’t bad enough, the plane crew “took [their] luggage,” which contained vital medications for both the woman and her mother.

“I said ‘I'm really sorry ... I'm not very versed with pronouns,”’ she recounts in the video. “I was holding my son. He was having a temper tantrum. I had the car seat on my back. I wasn't really focusing on anything except getting my son's car seat on the flight and getting him comfortable and safe.”

The United crew deemed the situation a “hate crime” and allegedly barred the woman from flying United ever again.

“We don't even know how we're going to get back today,” she told the camera. “I don't know what to do ... I don't know what my rights are here.”

While Dave Rubin “can't speak to the legitimacy of her claims,” he does think it’s highly probable the mother was “not causing a real problem on the plane" — not to mention it’s a scenario we’ve seen a hundred times before.

“That is why these woke things are so dangerous,” he says. “They are breaking down the very fabric of society.”

To see the footage of the mother recounting her nightmarish United Airlines experience, watch the clip above.

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Woman & Family Kicked Off This Airline for Saying This?

Woman & Family Kicked Off This Airline for Saying This?

American Airlines plane TURNS AROUND after passenger calls flight attendant an 'offensive' name



An American Airlines plane headed to Guyana returned to JFK Airport after departure because a flight attendant was offended by what one of the passengers called him.

“I think you’ll be very understanding when you find out why the plane had to be diverted,” says Pat Gray, who’s clearly employing sarcasm.

What was the slur that was horrible enough to justify derailing the plans of every other passenger on the flight?

“Waiter.”

That’s right — the incredibly derogatory term the passenger used was the word waiter.

According to the passenger involved, Joel Ghansham, the incident began when he asked one of the crew members for help storing his luggage in the overhead compartments, as he recently underwent spinal surgery.

“Sounds fine so far,” Pat says.

However, the flight attendant responded with a curt, “I don’t get paid for that.”

Later into the flight, when drink orders were taken, the same flight attendant asked Ghansham if he wanted something to drink, to which Ghansham responded, “No, thank you, waiter.”

Outraged, the flight attendant told Ghansham that he had the power to turn the plane around, and Ghansham, understandably frustrated, replied, “You must be God, so you do it.”

And they did. The plane turned around mid flight and returned to JFK Airport.

“What a world we live in,” says Pat, completely dumbfounded.


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Mark Levin: Power-hungry flight attendants hassle passengers for wearing 'offensive' masks



Freedom of expression is under unprecedented attack as American Marxists and corporations silence opposition to their ideas. Now, in these telling videos, Mark walks you through the steps they employ in their evil game. It's a wake-up call to protect your precious liberties.

In this clip, Mark reviews two incidents involving a flight attendant targeting a passenger for wearing the wrong mask. The passenger in the first video was not only disallowed to exercise his First Amendment right of free expression, but he was also told he could not record the incident on his cellphone. Ultimately, the flight attendant kicked him off the flight.

"You don't throw people off of a plane for wearing a Let's Go Brandon mask," Mark said. "If I had a mask that said 1619 Project would they throw me off the plane? No."

A passenger on a different flight is asked to cover his "offensive" Let's Go Brandon mask with a crew-issued one. The man captured the incident on his cellphone and can be heard asking why his mask was an issue. According to the flight attendant, his mask can be "offensive to some."

"When you are power-hungry, there is no consistency to it. You are just power-hungry," Mark said.

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Video shows passenger hitting Southwest Airlines flight attendant who lost teeth in assault



Video footage has been released showing the assault on a Southwest Airlines flight attendant last weekend by an unruly passenger, who left the attendant bloodied and reportedly missing two teeth.

The witness who took the video says both the passenger and the flight attendant deserve blame for the altercation.

What are the details?

The incident occurred Sunday morning after a flight from Sacramento, California, landed in San Diego.

It was first reported by a Transport Workers Union of America local president who raised it to Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly in a plea for better safety for airline employees amid a significant spike in passenger incidents over the past year — the vast majority of which the FAA has attributed to non-compliance with mask policies.

A spokesperson for Southwest confirmed the altercation, saying in a statement to ABC News Tuesday that "the passenger repeatedly ignored standard inflight instructions and became verbally and physically abusive upon landing."

Witness Michelle Manner pulled out her cell phone to record after the flight attendant, who has not been named, battled back and forth verbally with a row of passengers.

Manner says the whole thing stemmed from one passenger not properly wearing their mask, and that both the flight attendant and the passenger who hit her deserve blame for escalating the situation.

"Both of them, in my opinion, were wrong and it could have totally been avoided," Manner told KFMB-TV, with whom she shared the footage. "

Manner says she was only able to capture the last part of the argument between the attendant and the passengers, and claims a verbal altercation between the parties began roughly five minutes prior when the attendant pressed a passenger sitting in a window seat to pull her mask over her nose.

According to Manner, the attendant then left to report the passenger to the captain of the aircraft before returning to the confrontation.

"The frustration from the first altercation was still brewing - in all of them - including the flight attendant, no doubt, and so it just escalated very, very fast," Manner recalled. "I heard the passenger [sitting by the aisle] say three times something to the effect of, 'Get off of me. Don't lean on me.'"

Manner went on to say, "The passenger was incorrect by hitting her, but she was also, in my opinion, provoked."

Anything else?

Fox News reported that 28-year-old passenger Vyvianna Quinonez was arrested following the incident for battery causing serious bodily injury according to the San Diego Harbor Police Department.

Southwest has permanently banned Quinonez from flying with the airline, USA Today reported.

Southwest Airlines flight attendant loses two teeth in assault by passenger: union



A flight attendant for Southwest Airlines was attacked by a passenger during a flight over the weekend and lost two teeth in the assault, according to a union president.

What are the details?

Transport Workers Union of America Local 556 President Lyn Montgomery brought up the incident in a letter to Southwest CEO Gary Kelly on Monday, urging him to boost security on flights to protect workers.

According to NBC News, Montgomery wrote that "From April 8 to May 15, there were 477 passenger misconduct incidents on Southwest Airlines aircraft," arguing, ""The unprecedented number of incidents has reached an intolerable level, with passenger non-compliance events also becoming more aggressive in nature."

The union boss went on to say that one flight attendant working over the weekend was "seriously assaulted, resulting in injuries to the face and a loss of two teeth."

A Southwest spokesperson told ABC News Tuesday that the incident occurred Sunday morning on a flight from Sacramento to San Diego. Neither the passenger nor flight attendant were identified, but both are female.

"The passenger repeatedly ignored standard inflight instructions and became verbally and physically abusive upon landing," the spokesman said, adding that police took the passenger into custody upon landing.

The flight attendant was hospitalized but has been released.

Fox News reported that the Federal Aviation Administration "has been cracking down on 'unruly' passengers" of late.

On Monday, the FAA tweeted, "The FAA has proposed fines between $9K and $15K against five passengers for allegedly interfering with and, in two cases, assaulting flight attendants. We have zero tolerance for unruly or dangerous behavior. Our fines can reach up to $35K."

The FAA has proposed fines between $9K and $15K against five passengers for allegedly interfering with and, in two… https://t.co/Vvky1LTKQY

— The FAA ✈️ (@FAANews) 1621865267.0

NBC reported that "in a typical year, the agency sees 100 to 150 formal cases of bad passenger behavior. Since the start of this year, that number has jumped to 2,500, including about 1,900 passengers who refused to comply with the federal mask mandate, according to the FAA."