Airline Pilot’s Suit Alleging Illegal Detainment At Airport For No Mask Dismissed

(December 4, 2023, 12:39 PM EST) -- SPOKANE, Wash. — A Washington federal judge on Dec. 1 granted the motion of an airport and airport police officers seeking to dismiss the amended complaint of an airline pilot who alleged that he was racially profiled and unlawfully detained by the officers in their attempt to enforce the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) COVID-19 masking policy as the pilot passed through security on the way to his flight....