American Airlines recently refused to allow a teen with Down syndrome
to fly from Newark to Los Angeles with his parents because the pilot deemed him a safety risk. The teen's parents, Robert and Joan
Vanderhorst, said they plan to sue the airline for discrimination under
the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Although not all details of case are known at this point, the
incident appears to be a troubling reminder of how precarious and
subjective airline security remains 11 years after 9/11. Even so, the
issue here wasn't terrorism, but an airline's subject determination and
fuzzy explanation about why the child couldn't be allowed to fly.
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