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?

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Man says he was kicked off Southwest flight for failing to put his mask on — between bites of food



One minute Avi Mandel was minding his own business on a Southwest Airlines plane before takeoff this weekend and eating a box of Twizzlers — and the next minute, he was kicked off the Florida-bound flight.

What are the details?

Mandel told WBZ-TV that he had been a frequent Southwest customer — that is until his Sunday flight from Thurgood Marshall Baltimore Washington International Airport to Fort Lauderdale.

While waiting for the flight to take off, Mandel told the station he got hungry and opened a pack of Twizzlers — and naturally when one eats, a mask makes that kind of awkward. So he removed his mask.

Then a flight attendant told Mandel he had to put his mask on, WBZ said, and he recalled that she "kind of, like, ran away. And I'm like, 'Oh, I guess she didn't know I was eating.' Then I hear on the loudspeaker, 'Everyone who's eating has to wear mask in between bites.'"

Suddenly, the plane returned to the gate, and a security team entered the plane to escort Mandel off, he told the station.

Image source: WBZ-TV video screenshot

There was no drama. Mandel told WBZ he remained calm and respectful despite feeling embarrassed — but other passengers stuck up for him.

He showed the station video of passenger Stephanie Misiaszek telling the security team, "That is so wrong. He did nothing wrong. Wow."

The team was also told, "He was eating. Oh my God."

After departing the plane, Mandel appeared on a video clip saying, "I, Avi Mandel, just got kicked off a plane because I wasn't wearing my mask in between my bites while I was eating."

Image source: WBZ-TV video screenshot

Mandel told WBZ he was rebooked on the next flight to Florida Monday morning but won't fly Southwest again any time soon.

"It was absurd," he told the station. "The way I was treated was absolutely absurd. It was crazy, and it wasn't fair."

Mandel added to WBZ that "there was no warning of it, there was no explanation, there was nothing. It was just a matter of, like, 'I don't like you; get off the plane.'"

Word from on high

After he emailed Southwest, the station said he learned that a new federal mask mandate went into effect in February requiring passengers to wear face masks at all times — including "in between bites."

"If I knew this rule ahead of time, I would have happily listened, but I had no clue," Mandel told WBZ.

Image source: WBZ-TV video screenshot

The Transportation Security Administration told the station that airline passengers can remove masks while eating, drinking, or taking medications — but they must put them on between bites and sips and cannot leave them off for "prolonged periods."

Mandel maintained to WBZ that the rule that got him kicked off the flight wasn't addressed beforehand.

"I think it could be handled a lot better, and I think the rule could have been placed better," he told the station. "I always do follow the rules. I'm on their plane, I get it. But this was not a rule I knew of, and it wasn't explained to me. I didn't see it anywhere at that point, so to me, it wasn't a rule that I was breaking. Had I known, I obviously would have done it differently, but you got to tell someone the rule in order for them to follow it."

A Southwest spokesperson told WBZ in a statement that while the airline regrets "any inconvenience caused, the face covering policy is communicated throughout the booking and check-in process, and it's the responsibility of their crew to enforce federal regulations."

Tearful mother says her family was kicked off flight because 2-year-old daughter wouldn't wear a mask



A tearful mother alleges that her family was recently kicked off a flight because her 2-year-old daughter refused to wear a face mask. The mother documented the alleged incident on video, and it has since gone viral on social media.

Eliz Orban said she was flying on a United Airlines flight from Colorado's Denver International Airport to Newark International Airport in New Jersey this week. The couple have made it a tradition to visit the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, and were excited to include their daughter in the annual holiday ritual.

Orban said that the trip was coordinated with close friends and family to meet in New Jersey, including some they haven't seen in years. The friends and family were flying in from Cleveland and Slovakia to meet up this weekend, according to Orban.

Orban, her husband, and their 2-year-old daughter boarded the airplane and were sitting in their seats. The husband and wife were wearing face masks, and their young daughter had a mask, but she didn't want to wear the face covering. The father is seen on video attempting to put a mask on the toddler's face several times, but the toddler continually blocks him from doing so.

Apparently, a United Airlines employee warned the couple that the 2-year-old needs to wear a face mask. The same United Airlines employee allegedly asked the family to disembark from the airliner because the 2-year-old refused to wear a mask.

"Today, we were asked to leave the plane after it had rolled out, and they had to bring it back to the gate, because our 2 year old daughter would not 'comply' and keep her mask on," Orban wrote on an Instagram post.

⁣⁣"Since our bags weren't taken off the plane (they did get our child seat) - we have to wait until tomorrow till they deliver it to our house in Breckenridge which is 2 hours from the DIA airport," Orban wrote. "⁣⁣Definitely won't make it to dinner in Jersey tonight."

Orban pointed out that the World Health Organization advises that children up to 5-years-old should not wear face masks. Regarding COVID-19, the WHO wrote in August, "Children aged 5 years and under should not be required to wear masks. This is based on the safety and overall interest of the child and the capacity to appropriately use a mask with minimal assistance."

Orban said that her daughter had already flown on four flights "since the pandemic, without ever having an issue."

Orban, who said that she and her husband are premier silver members at United, claimed that she and her husband are banned from flying on United Airlines.

According to United Airlines' rules related to the coronavirus pandemic, "all travelers are required to wear a face covering with no vents or openings that fully covers their nose and mouth," and that "children younger than 2 years old" are exempt from the mask mandate.

At the time of publication, United Airlines did not respond to a request for comment.

In September, a single mother and her 2-year-old son were kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight because the toddler reportedly ate snacks before takeoff without wearing a mask.