Assem Bayaa, an audit manager for Arthur Andersen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was kicked off a United Airlines flight from Los Angeles to New York, causing him to miss his connection to Saudi Arabia. In this case, the guy had been screened so closely and repeatedly that he was the last passenger to board. Then a flight attendant approached him and asked him to step to the front of the plane. Then some security guys showed up and told him "the crew does not feel comfortable with you on board." (Why couldn't the flight attendant tell him the same thing?) Beware the sneaky new Certified Public Accountant suicide bombers.
November 8, 2002 5:20 AM