On Aug 31, 6:39 am, ZonedOut wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:29:57 -0000 'Duh_OZ'
> posted this onto rec.travel.air:
>
> >Love the snip: "four to seven men were possibly speaking Arabic in the
> >boarding area". Possibly speaking Arabic? Oh brother.
>
> >Full article:
> >http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/534860,CST-NWS-air30.article
>
> [snip]
>
> >The woman first complained to the flight crew that four to seven men
> >were possibly speaking Arabic in the boarding area. The woman added
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> >that they "had odd behavior." The crew decided to return to the
> >boarding area because the woman indicated she wanted off the plane.
>
> The obvious question must be why she didn't decline to board in the
> first place if she was that concerned. Would have saved everybody
> a lot of aggro.
>
> btw- something v/similar happened in Spain a while back on a flight
> bound for the UK. A bunch of hysterical passengers caused a furore
> on board before take-off when they heard two guys speaking in an
> Arabic sounding language, which turned out to be dialect Spanish.
> The captain eventually ordered the guys off the plane and they had
> to catch another flight next day.
It's basically called the "tyranny of the majority" and one notable
system was set up to supposedly prevent such things. It doesn't
seem to be working well these days.
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