Is it OK for an Airline to Ban PAX on a Political Basis?

[RooFlyer]

Why have we rehashed a story from 2015?

Easily answered. Early posts in this thread were split off from another one, so the beginning context had been lost.

 

[CaptJCool]

So should an airline ban PAX WHO games the system and take advantage of “loopholes”?

Jokes
Seems this topic has “run its course”

 

[drron]

I know the AFP questioned the two and took their details. QF stated policy above is to ban pax until the AFP case is cleared.

The fact that another pax would have required a manifest change doesn’t excuse these pax leaving which would also require a change. If QF allowed pax to leave the cabin after boarding without an emergency or compelling reason that opens a can of worms.

I’m sticking up for the AFP who don’t work for QF. You’re the one that brought up an unrelated airline discussing an unrelated incident, I think that says more about your biases than mine.

Oh come on. If it is QF policy why didn't they notify him as soon as they were referred to the AFP. Why let him wait 4 days and when he then turns up for his flight so that anyone else in the vicinity hears he is on a no fly list.
And another irrelevance The AFP would have been involved only if QF advised them to get involved. They then cleared him quickly by their standards.

And of course you know why this was brought up in the context of a QF over enthusiastic fanboi who implied QF wouldn't ever do anything wrong.

Rex threatens to ban Tasmanian mayor for criticising airline’s price gouging

Rex is chronically full of cough A well known orthopaedic surgeon who commutes regularly between SYD and DBO says ZL is always late.

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

 

[tdimdad]

I'm running out of popcorn. Please send more...

 

[justinbrett]

Oh come on. If it is QF policy why didn't they notify him as soon as they were referred to the AFP. Why let him wait 4 days and when he then turns up for his flight so that anyone else in the vicinity hears he is on a no fly list.
And another irrelevance The AFP would have been involved only if QF advised them to get involved. They then cleared him quickly by their standards.

And of course you know why this was brought up in the context of a QF over enthusiastic fanboi who implied QF wouldn't ever do anything wrong.

Rex threatens to ban Tasmanian mayor for criticising airline’s price gouging

Rex is chronically full of cough A well known orthopaedic surgeon who commutes regularly between SYD and DBO says ZL is always late.

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

He was cleared but his female companion was not, according to the article above. They reported it was her that spoke to the QF FA.

Why would the AFP clear him and not her if they were both just bystanders? Why would the AFP get involved at all? Maybe the article misses the other side and those pax were disruptive. If they were both completely innocent why did they clear him and not her?

So many questions and yet you’re convinced it’s QF’s fault, as per usual.

In any case if there only crime was asking to get off the flight after boarding then QF has the right to categorise them as problem pax and ban them. It was not for their political views which whether or not you made the allegation personally is the flag you’ve been waving since you started this irrelevant tangent.

For the record, from what I saw of AJ’s ideology, he strikes me as the kind of person who would support that political view.

 

[drron]

@justinbrett
Well he also spoke to the FA.
My last beef that QF didn't notify him of the ban until they tried to get the flight home. Denying them the chance of arranging a flight earlier and likely causing embarrassment.
Not that QF have ever done anything like that before such as cancelling flights and not telling people booked on those flights have they.

 

[justinbrett]

@justinbrett
Well he also spoke to the FA.
My last beef that QF didn't notify him of the ban until they tried to get the flight home. Denying them the chance of arranging a flight earlier and likely causing embarrassment.
Not that QF have ever done anything like that before such as cancelling flights and not telling people booked on those flights have they.

I have no sympathy for the troublemakers and hope as much embarrassment and inconvenience was caused as possible. It’s just a shame it wasn’t a life ban.