A flight of the American company United that was supposed to take off yesterday (Saturday) from New York to Tel Aviv was postponed to today at 07:00 am (New York time), this is because the pilot of the company refused to operate it, according to documentation from the boarding gate published by Gil Eyal, an Israeli who lives in New York and was supposed to be on the flight in question.
As you can see in the video that Eyal posted on his Twitter account, the company's representative at the airport explained that the flight would be delayed due to the crew's refusal to operate it.
The passengers who were there asked what they would do with the luggage and the representative explained that the luggage would be transferred to a new flight.
"The crew refuses to fly and I wonder why they dragged us all to the airport and couldn't the crew have refused before making us all come here," he wrote on his Twitter account.
The United company saw his tweet, and responded: "Hello Gil, we are sorry to hear about the delay. If you need assistance in finding a new flight, you are welcome to contact us."
In response, Gil answered them: "And now United claims that it is a curfew in Tel Aviv after your representative already said that it is a refusal of the crew to fly."
Gil's tweet was no longer responded to in the company.
Curfew?
Not what the crew said.
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— Gil Eyal (@gileyal) August 7, 2022
Itai, whose family was supposed to fly to Israel on the flight, said: "They said that the team is not ready to fly to Israel, so the flight is canceled."
Omar, who was supposed to fly on the same flight, said that at first they said that the cancellation was due to the weather or a technical fault: "I was supposed to be on this flight after a connection, but I was already moved to Chicago because of the situation."
Two other American airlines, Delta and American Airlines, also canceled two flights from New York to Israel yesterday, due to the weather conditions in New York.
As of this writing, there have been no official flight cancellations from the United States to Israel due to the security situation.
United has not yet responded.
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