United Airlines grounds pilot over past social‑media praise of Oct 7 attacks
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United Airlines has removed Capt. Ibrahim R. Mossallam from service pending an ongoing review while continuing to pay his salary, after he was initially suspended with pay in November 2023 and reportedly returned to duties six months later.
Mossallam’s 2023 social‑media posts praised Hamas’s October 7 attacks as “brave” and “not unprovoked,” and United flight attendants reported him again after the flydubai hijacking, calling for his dismissal; United resumed flights to Tel Aviv’s Ben‑Gurion Airport on September 9 after suspending service in February.