US Muslim forced off plane cites Islamophobia

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

My goodness. 20 violations.

Yep, got pretty intense here.

[X Factor 1,110]

Yep, got pretty intense here.

Must be from overeating all that turkey yesterday

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Must be from overeating all that turkey yesterday

:rofl:

That must be it.

[X Factor 1,110]

Good thing my family and I had meatballs yesterday. Was a good way to avoid the unnecessary stress of Thanksgiving

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Good thing my family and I had meatballs yesterday. Was a good way to avoid the unnecessary stress of Thanksgiving

We had both meatballs AND turkey. That must have kicked us into overdrive.

[Rob L 3,811]

We had both meatballs AND turkey. That must have kicked us into overdrive.

Am I living in a different America? When did meatballs for Thanksgiving become a thing?

[X Factor 1,110]

I don't like turkey except for turkey bacon

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Am I living in a different America? When did meatballs for Thanksgiving become a thing?

I made pasta with it. Then you had a choice of two meatballs to eat with the pasta. lol

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Am I living in a different America? When did meatballs for Thanksgiving become a thing?

It's not, but I know families now are trying to mix it up. My family did meatballs for those who didn't really like turkey.

[OriZ 3,157]

Neither my wife nor I eat Turkey. She's done homemade pizza instead for many many years now, before I even knew her. Needless to say I'm good with pizza.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Neither my wife nor I eat Turkey. She's done homemade pizza instead for many many years now, before I even knew her. Needless to say I'm good with pizza.

Ooooooooo homemade pizza sounds so delicious!

[Torete 121]

Saw a flight loading last summer, Amsterdam I think, it was a couple gates over. El Al profiles EVERYBODY. Only gate with machine-gun armed guards.

Yup, precisely my point. EVERYBODY.

Just checked with the wife and sure enough, I was traumatized the last time we flew. I should've reported it back then.

[eieio 1,594]

Yup, precisely my point. EVERYBODY.

Just checked with the wife and sure enough, I was traumatized the last time we flew. I should've reported it back then.

Your life has been ruined! You deserve millions. How were you able to overcome this horrendous act of cruelty?

[OriZ 3,157]

Yup, precisely my point. EVERYBODY.

Just checked with the wife and sure enough, I was traumatized the last time we flew. I should've reported it back then.

You don't seem to suffer from PESD(post el al stress disorder) so it couldn't have been that horrible. Nobody forces you to fly El Al - there's plenty of other airlines to choose from. They are a target and have been for a long time. Not sure what they did with you but the last time I flew with them which was many years ago after we landed and I was on my way off the plane someone walked over to me and asked to see my passport, then asked me a few questions and I was set, took two minutes, I have no problem with that.

What I do however have a problem with and actually had nothing to do with el al was every time my wife was flying continental from EWR to TLV they had some really strange security measures there that I have never heard of before. I don't remember all of the specifics though I could ask her but I doubt it would interest anyone here that much, but of the ones I do remember the gate was like split into three sections and you had to go through security in each of them, and if you left the gate(only that one specific gate) you had to go through it all over again. They had dogs there. You had to give them all your bags and take a step back for them to take everything out and apart. They stamp your ticket with a special stamp and if you don't have it on it to show them on the next security check you start all over, and some more strange things I don't remember atm. I've flown quite a bit in my life and never heard of anything like that before but it wasn't a one time thing - happened every time flying continental out of EWR to TLV. I asked my dad who also flies alot for his work and he's never had to go through it before either. To this day we're not sure why that's how it was or maybe still is done there but seemed a little excessive to me.

Personally I haven't flown el al in many years but that has nothing to do with security - I just don't really appreciate them as an airline. One of my favs is actually jet blue - better than alot of much more expensive airlines I've flown. But I've done Delta, United Continental(after the merge) and continental before the merge, AA, Alitalia, Lufthansa and many others. My dad swears by Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines. El Al wouldn't be my first choice that's for sure.

Ooooooooo homemade pizza sounds so delicious!

It is! It's funny how one never gets tired of pizza. But we never tend to like doing things traditionally.

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[Janelle2002 3,865]

You don't seem to suffer from PESD(post el al stress disorder) so it couldn't have been that horrible. Nobody forces you to fly El Al - there's plenty of other airlines to choose from. They are a target and have been for a long time. Not sure what they did with you but the last time I flew with them which was many years ago after we landed and I was on my way off the plane someone walked over to me and asked to see my passport, then asked me a few questions and I was set, took two minutes, I have no problem with that.

What I do however have a problem with and actually had nothing to do with el al was every time my wife was flying continental from EWR to TLV they had some really strange security measures there that I have never heard of before. I don't remember all of the specifics though I could ask her but I doubt it would interest anyone here that much, but of the ones I do remember the gate was like split into three sections and you had to go through security in each of them, and if you left the gate(only that one specific gate) you had to go through it all over again. They had dogs there. You had to give them all your bags and take a step back for them to take everything out and apart. They stamp your ticket with a special stamp and if you don't have it on it to show them on the next security check you start all over, and some more strange things I don't remember atm. I've flown quite a bit in my life and never heard of anything like that before but it wasn't a one time thing - happened every time flying continental out of EWR to TLV. I asked my dad who also flies alot for his work and he's never had to go through it before either. To this day we're not sure why that's how it was or maybe still is done there but seemed a little excessive to me.

Personally I haven't flown el al in many years but that has nothing to do with security - I just don't really appreciate them as an airline. One of my favs is actually jet blue - better than alot of much more expensive airlines I've flown. But I've done Delta, United Continental(after the merge) and continental before the merge, AA, Alitalia, Lufthansa and many others. My dad swears by Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines. El Al wouldn't be my first choice that's for sure.

It is! It's funny how one never gets tired of pizza. But we never tend to like doing things traditionally.

Pizza never gets old. You're making me want some now. And some more pasta.