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George Floyd mockery, Django Unchained reenactment: Lawsuit details racist conduct at Phoenix airport

A lawsuit filed by the estate of a former Piedmont Airlines employee has alleged a years-long pattern of racist conduct at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. These behaviours include white workers mocking George Floyd’s death, reenacting scenes from Django Unchained while appearing to imitate the Ku Klux Klan and leaving…

The Times of India · Aug 21

Exclusive: White airline workers acted out slavery scenes from ‘Django Unchained’ in front of horrified Black staff, lawsuit claims

A baggage handler at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport further claimed that two white supervisors reenacted the death of George Floyd in a ‘racially hostile and obscene’ photo that was posted on a bulletin board in the office

The Independent UK · Aug 20

American Airlines subsidiary fined for safety breach after worker ‘ingested into engine’

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined American Airlines regional carrier Piedmont Airlines for a breach of safety after a worker was “ingested” into the engine of an aircraft in Alabama on New Year’s Eve.

Tribune News Service · Jun 16, 2023