Daily Mail:
Last updated at 10:19 PM on 21st January 2012
Restrictions: The Mail on Sunday is challenging the decision made by the courts that the pilot with terror links cannot be identified
A British airline pilot arrested over an alleged terrorist plot is claiming racial and religious discrimination after losing his job.
The pilot, a Muslim, was judged a security risk because of his close links to two alleged extremists suspected of ‘planning to use an aircraft as part of a hostile or terrorist act’.
Because of draconian reporting restrictions imposed last week by an employment tribunal, the man cannot be identified and neither can his employer.
Despite this, a well-known British carrier said in a letter that the pilot was ‘in a position to cause considerable harm’ and added that it was in the ‘national interest’ to ensure he never flew commercial aircraft again.
Concerns about the two suspected extremists – one is a business partner of the pilot’s brother – were first raised when they paid for flying lessons and a light aircraft in cash.
During a raid on the London home of one of the pair, detectives found documents relating to the operation of aircraft, a flight map of the UK and literature from an Islamic extremist group banned in many countries.
The pilot, who lives in South-East England and was based at Heathrow, has known the men for ten years and rented a flat from one of them.
Umm, is Islam a race?
How long before denying muslims the right to carry bombs in public is contravening their religion/human rights?
Common sense died a long time ago in the west. What is needed is some kind of a judicial accountability movement. judges must be held accountable for the rulings they issue from the bench and perhaps the fear of being housed with the general inmate population if they run afoul would help keep them on the straight and narrow. The system is clearly broken and justice only exists for the wealthy and minorities. If this pilot ever commits an act of terror or conspires, aids or abetts one, this employment tribunal should also be held accountable.
randy
Quite right. Judges should be held accountable for the mistakes they make just as doctors and captains of ships are. Even more so the politicians who have allowed millions of Muslims to settle in Europe, thus putting it in extreme danger of being wiped out as a historic Europe.