American Airlines Tells Flight Attendants They Can’t Have Passengers Removed For Body Odor After Gro…

American Airlines has told flight attendants that they no longer have the power to unilaterally decide to have passengers booted from flights for non-safety or security-related concerns following a recent spate of alleged discriminatory behavior by its employees.

The policy change followed an internal review of a controversial incident in which a flight attendant allegedly ordered eight unrelated Black male passengers off an American Airlines flight over a false…