#iceair — Public Fediverse posts
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low cost airline #AveloAirlines begins #ICE deportation charter flights out of #Phoenix Mesa Gateway airport in #Arizona sparking #boycott campaign by flight attendants union.
The #FlightAttendants union is particularly opposed to working an "entire flight of people handcuffed and shackled" which compromises ability to evacuate safely.
#CEO Andrew Levy , who started the emergent company after stints at United and Allegiant, calls becoming the newest #contractor for #ICEAir, as the #Immigration and #Customs and Enforcement's air flights are now known, a "sensitive and complicated topic" .
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They worried about what would happen in an emergency. Could they really get over a hundred chained passengers off the plane in time?
“They never taught us anything regarding the immigration flights,” one said. “They didn’t tell us these people were going to be shackled, wrists to fucking ankles.”
“We have never gotten a clear answer on what we do in an ICE Air evacuation,” another said. “They will not give us an answer.”
“It’s only a matter of time,” a third said, before a deportation flight ends in disaster.
#ICE #ICEAir #Deportation #Aviation #AviationSafety #CharterFlights