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American CEO Robert Isom announced the disciplinary action this week in a note to staff in which he also denounced the troubling incident that transpired on a January flight from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

Texas cyclist, 69, mowed down in brazen hit-and-run ‘lucky to be alive’ as suspected drunk driver is ID’d as American Airlines worker“We are holding those involved accountable, including removing team members from service,” an airline spokesperson said in a statement. The trio from New York — Xavier Veal, Emmanuel Jean Joseph and Alvin Jackson — claim in the suit they suffered “blatant and egregious race discrimination” at the hands of the airline’s staff.The trio from New York — Xavier Veal, Emmanuel Jean Joseph and Alvin Jackson — claim in the suit they suffered “blatant and egregious race discrimination” at the hands of the airline’s staff.Eight black men were ordered off the plane on Jan.

They were ushered off the plane, but after being unable to find another flight, ordered to reboard, a tedious and frustrating ordeal that caused the plane to be delayed about an hour, according to the lawsuit filed last month.

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