"In the first nine months of 2017, over 200 deportations of asylum seekers “failed” because German pilots for Lufthansa and its subsidiary, Eurowings, refused to take off with them on board, declaring that flight safety could be compromised if someone says they do not want to take the flight. In the UK last summer, a Turkish Airlines pilot refused to take off upon learning that a refugee was being deported against his will to Afghanistan."
https://972mag.com/i-wont-fly-refugees-to-their-deaths-the-el-al-pilots-resisting-deportation/132582/?utm_source=Small+Victories+Newsletter&utm_campaign=fa6dde3f71-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_26&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_636f315e88-fa6dde3f71-142026401
Unapologetically posting this because it made me feel better about the world.
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