Summary United Airlines defends flight attendants' right to wear flag pins representing their pride, including Palestine. StopAntisemitism condemns airlines for allowing staff to wear divisive political symbols. Delta had a similar incident last month, ultimately changing its policy to only allow USA flag pins.
United Airlines has released a statement following complaints about one of its flight attendants wearing a Palestinian flag pin while on duty. The airline cited its policy that allows flight crew to wear flag pins "that represent their pride." United defends flight attendant with Palestine pin As first reported by The New York Post , a United Airlines flight attendant working on a flight from Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) to Newark Liberty International (EWR) on Tuesday had a Palestine flag pin below her name tag, as well as a neckstrap in the pattern of a keffiyeh, a traditional Arabic headdress.
A passenger onboard the United flight notified Jewish civil rights group StopAntisemitism, which has since condemned the carrier for allowing its employees to display "divisive political symbols." StopAntisemitism founder Liora Rez said, "[We are] alarmed by the rising trend of US airline employees displaying Palestinian flags and keffiyehs while on duty. There are no flights to Palestine.
" United Airlines has since released a statement defending its crew's right to wear flag pins. It first cited its policy of encouraging national flag pins "to designate specific languag.