BMI won't show you Israel, but it will point you toward Mecca
British Midland Airways (BMI), which began scheduled service between Tel Aviv and Manchester, England in March, has deleted Israel and all Israeli cities other than 'Khefa' (Haifa in Arabic) from all electronic maps supplied to passengers on its planes to 'avoid offending Muslim sensibilities.' The electronic maps also point passengers towards Mecca while they are in flight.Lufthansa is likely to gain 80% control of BMI on May 14.
The company said in response that two planes flying to Tel Aviv were originally intended to arrive in Arab countries and therefore the map was tailored to the passengers and showed mainly sites holy to Muslims.Dhimmis.
A "logistic failure" caused the map to be presented on the flight to Tel Aviv, a company statement said, and it will be removed from the planes flying to Tel Aviv. The company was making every effort not to hurt passengers' feelings by adopting a nonpolitical position, the statement added.
BMI flies to Damascus, Tehran and Beirut, among other destinations. I'll bet the Syrians and the Iranians now ask them to take measures to ensure that the planes that fly to Israel don't fly to Damascus or Tehran.
Heh.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:06 PM
6 Comments:
Dhimmis.==============
You are being too kind.
Anti-semitic shmucks is more like it.
"a nonpolitical position"??
How low the UK has stooped - when, in effect, denying the existence of the Jewish state is nonpolitical?
Scrubbing Israel off the map is good for business. The only people who get easily offended are the Joos and they don't count for much in the larger scheme of things. Its a reminder the business world is not about moral principle but about making money, hand over fist.
What could go wrong, indeed
"Scrubbing Israel off the map is good for business."So the Jews don't control the world? Some people are really going to be surprised...
Good post Carl. I've tweeted it...
The UK has become a sad joke. Unless the Brits revolt, Sharia law will become the law of that increasingly sorry land.
Yes, I said revolt. The country is so contaminated with raving PC lunacy it's going to take a revolution. And it better happen soon. Sorry, but that's how it is.
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