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GlobalX flight attendants were told they would fly rock bands, sports teams and sun-seekers.

Then the company started expanding into deportation flights.

“They didn’t tell us these people were going to be shackled, wrists to fucking ankles.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-ice-air-deportation-flights?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #ICE #Immigration #Deportation #Aviation #Immigrants #Migrants #Trump

Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”

Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and to keep them safe.

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Apr 1, 2025 at 1:00pmWeb
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPEApr 1, 2025
@ProPublica In the UK the government reportedly had trouble finding airlines willing to fly the Rwanda deportation flights.
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@TimWardCam @ProPublica
The US has had issues sourcing lethal injection drugs for decades. States do all kinds of illegal things to get the drugs they use to kill people for justice.
Show threadMyphatselfApr 1, 2025
@RnDanger @TimWardCam @ProPublica "justice"
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPEApr 1, 2025
@Myphatself @RnDanger @ProPublica Wot you have to understand is that the "right to life" is only in the declaration of independence, not the constitution, only a second-class religious script, so they can decide it doesn't count when they feel like it.
Show threadMyphatselfApr 1, 2025
@TimWardCam @RnDanger @ProPublica oh i know. That's why I'm saying "justice" as it isn't really justice, but their current form of it, to them.
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@ProPublica not allowed to talk to a child experiencing a medical emergency??? The cruelty is the point.
Show threadlocusApr 1, 2025

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even more disturbing if this is the caliber of flight crew:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A4SciqtMCI

GlobalX A320 UNABLE TO LAND TWICE | Computer Problems?

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Show threadclawfulneutralApr 1, 2025

@ProPublica

They worried about what would happen in an emergency. Could they really get over a hundred chained passengers off the plane in time?

“They never taught us anything regarding the immigration flights,” one said. “They didn’t tell us these people were going to be shackled, wrists to fucking ankles.”

“We have never gotten a clear answer on what we do in an ICE Air evacuation,” another said. “They will not give us an answer.”

“It’s only a matter of time,” a third said, before a deportation flight ends in disaster.

#ICE #ICEAir #Deportation #Aviation #AviationSafety #CharterFlights

Show threadA Tattered ScrapbookApr 1, 2025
@ProPublica Flight attendants just following orders…
Show threadgehsteigerApr 4, 2025
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And to ensure that there are always enough people who have to do these cruel jobs, capitalism has no interest whatsoever in reducing or even abolishing the low-wage sector.
#TaxTheRich