Nigerian Experiences Racism on Canada’s WORST Airline
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- Nigerian Experiences Racism on Canada’s WORST Airline is a video about a Nigerian who tweeted about his wife's experience onboard Flair Airlines in Canada. Flair Airlines is known as Canada's Worst Airline. Sassy Funke shares the experience with you and provides her honest perspective on the situation. What would you have done in a similar situation?
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Have you experienced anything similar before? and if you were caught in a similar situation, how would you have handled the situation? Leave a comment below
That happened to me in 2003 on BA Club World. It actually was from LOS- LHR. I was booked upper deck 64A. The flight attendant became hostile to me. I called the BA staff who made the reservation and they confirmed the woman, who was Nigerian was booked on Economy Class with her daughter who looked 8 years old. The FA didn't bother to look carefully at the woman's boarding pass from a previous flight. The woman tried to give herself a free upgrade. The idiot FA went red in the face and tried to laugh it off after being nasty to me. Ground staff had frogmarched the woman and her daughter down.
Mind you, I made the mistake on Lufthansa from Frankfurt to Lagos. We were in first class and the person who should have sat on 2A happily sat on my seat 2K because I was suffering from sub zero temperatured fever, which left me a little confused. What was key was the attitude of the Purser who calmly and quietly got permission from the rightful seat passenger before informing me of my mistake. I offered to go to my seat but the matter had already been meticulously dealt with - what a professional! Having grown up in Nigeria before transferring to secondary school in England, people could try to be racist but I was too confident in my African heritage to be bothered by them; I just considered them unenlightened. I also had an integrated upbringing with many nationalities because of my father's work at the NPA, so I was used to a different attitude of the expatriates in Nigeria
Thank you for taking the time to share this. Honestly shocked by the experience you had in 2003. How did they not check properly? And that woman, that was a serious upgrade she gave herself and her daughter 😩😩😩
This is not okay at all. I not sure what I would have done. I think that it is blatantly unacceptable and very unprofessional. I think that it is discrimination.
I would have been thrown off because I would not be this calm. She deserves all the accolade for being this cool despite their attitude.
I 100% agree
@Adeola Folake, I am with you.
Very possible she was being calm because shé is a nursing mother, and also does not want to upset the baby.
I am African American, but I will NEVER fly Air Canada, just because of this, even if It’s ever convenient to do so. Thís had me in tears, and very angry. I cannot forget this.🥲
This is a pure racism 😡
The airline should be sued for discrimination and breaking their rules. Its so annoying
Sassy, why do you so deliberately and passionately raise my adrenaline? For this I will reconsider liking you. 🙆😭
Ah why now 😭😭😭
I don't literally mean that. It's the impact of the utter rubbish of those guys that really put me off. I am so hurt yet I don't even know who that Nigerian lady is, nor her husband. An injury to one is an injury to all. My only true Nigerian (female) friend is Sassy. 🤪
Armed with video footage of that ugly incident, along with the relevant boarding pass as concrete evidence, I would have wasted no time assigning my attorney the task of filing a $1M lawsuit against that airline.
They have responded to the man's complaint and Flair offered a ticket refund ☠
@@SassyFunke I would have rejected that refund instantly and gone ahead to file suit.
@@riverbankfisher at least, there was a refund. If they had remained deaf, then the court would have been a last resort. That's what they call it settlement out of court cos it's obvious they have no money and are scared of going to court otherwise, they would go insolvent.
@@manlikeJ That refund offer was a lame attempt to evade litigation because the airline had no leg to stand on in court.
@@riverbankfisher 😂😂😂😂 that had no leg to stand in court got me laughing my ribs off... Of course it's like a low budget airline and any judgment given against them in court will signal the first step towards closing the airline cos they have no money
That worker needs to be fired this is clear cut racism. I would have been tossed for sticking up for that whole family
I had the same bad experienced severally between Atlanta Georgia to Chattanooga TN in USA. Most of the time I noticed all black passengers were allocated seat at the rear, near toilet. That's racism and it must stop immediately.
Yup, they are errogant in the South. Gig-Saw county is what we call it
I see yet again my post is not here from earlier!!! Guess as a Canadian against Flair airlines and is operational policies I don't matter enough to have my comments here again!!!!! I explained some of flairs operational tactics in my comment earlier today
What? It got removed? I feel that RUclips has censored this video. It isn’t getting as much views and on such a important topic
Sassy, this is so maddening! Someone claiming your assigned seat that you paid for on a flight and refuses to move. It's bad enough if this happens to a solo traveller but 1000% worse if you're traveling with your 12 week old child and your elderly mother. The airline is really at fault for this ordeal and yes if the perpetrator was a Nigerian, they will not hesitate to bring armed Marshalls to drag you off the aircraft.
Indeed maddening. I can't imagine how she felt....watching pure injustice and being told to calm down. 100% they would have dragged the person off the aircraft if it were a Nigerian. Double standards.
Hi, I want to know your advice on the best place to change your naira to British Pounds. Is it best to change it in Nigeria or in London? Who offer the best rate (I don't want to pay black market rate).
I have had similar experience before, unfortunately with an African airline.
Rather than politely asking you to change your seat,
They will typically advance on you and insist - Very annoying stuff.
I'm happy that she was calm and did not make a scene. I know that if it's an American airline, people will stand up for her and make the woman get up or be removed from the aircraft. However, she needs to get a great law firm to sue the airline. This incident should go viral. Thanks, Sassy Funke for sharing this. I pray to God to revive our country.
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I will call the attention of the air hostess, this has happened before on Virgin Airline and the other passenger was asked to vacate my seat and was shown to her own seat.
Yes that is indeed the proper course of action
Virgin Airline is simply the best 👏🏽👏🏽
Thanks For Info About Flair ,What The Hell.I WILL NEVER FLYING FLAIR.GREAT WORK
Just helping to bring attention to this. Hopefully they do better in the future
@@SassyFunke Great Work Sassy
Definitely Decrimanation, Wow! and they think we just going to settle for anything they do to us.
Suffice it to say that, you, Sassy Funke would have had to come bail me out of jail. Period.
hahaha Period!!!
This act is called, "Entitlement." of a majority group. Trully sad. I've had my own experiences... Just too long to share! Just like one of the comments said, "you need to enlighten the ignorant" and remain confident in your beautiful heritage. Thank you for the story! CC
I’m even so amazed for the fact the air hostess is an immigrant I strongly guess as she’s very UNPROFESSIONAL . She sounds Indian & obviously an immigrant that should know better. Yes ! believe it or not racism still exists .
It would be scary if there are loads of Karens in Canada too. I have never experienced it. The worst thing that can happen as a victim though is to be walked off a flight by the ground crew/security. The simple response would be that the Airline wants you off this plane and you have to comply. Your complaint will then only be addressed after causing inconvenience of a missed flight. They Should have taken that lady off the flight. The FA did not sound firm to the lady at all making her aware of the consequences. The flight crew are also under alot of pressure to leave on time to avoid fines and missing their slots for take off.
Hello Funke Sassy, I also had a terrible experience with Lufthansa airline and uptil now the have not refunded my money over two years now. How can I get in touch with you so as to tell you the full details pls? Thank you Funky
If you have reached out and nothing has been done to resolve, call them out on social media. If nothing happens, find a senior member of their company and email them
The airline need to discipline their cabin crew because they were clearly wrong in this case. What is the point of making seat selection when anyone can just board the plane and occupy any seat they want. There is racism here no question about it. Had it been a black person on that seat, he/she will not be making that flight. The cops would have been called and he/she will be escorted off the plane.
Well said Osi. Definitely they will to discipline their cabin crew for such when a plane is not a MOLUE
@@SassyFunke All the crew had to do was check the boarding passes where the seat assignments are and ask whoever is wrong to go to their assigned seats. It is not rocket science.
I'm so angry that I don't even want to say anything..... Na to hold her hair carry fling her comot for that sit, shey she dey chop soap ni? Like..... she dey crase?
Honestly it’s the sheer audacity
But even the cabin crew are not even from Canada
Sassy, I can’t imagine a viable excuse to sit someone in someone else’s assigned seat w/o an upgrade and, even more so, why the flight attendant would not clear her out. This is so egregious, but I can’t definitely attribute this to racism but definitely discrimination because the woman sat down/ was placed in an empty seat without knowing the race of the real seat holder. There should be a means of satisfaction in place to go up the ladder and be compensated for this inconvenience. Your platform is more effective than some government bureaucrat and thanks for your invaluable service in pointing out these indiscretions going on in the airline industry!
Thank you for sharing Demetrius. I think people felt it was racism on the part of the flight attendant. Would they have acted the same way if the passengers were reversed? Who knows!
@@SassyFunke You’re right, Sassy… this was a two-part process. Thanks for opening this Oyibo’s eyes into what happens behind the scenes 😊…
Privilege!
Very unfortunate & disgraceful, that's why whenever I fly I try to fly African airlines whenever possible.
Indeed very shameful. Hopefully him sharing his story will reduce the instances such things happen
Sassy as an African American I can tell you that was DAMN racism and discrimination. A nursing Nigerian Woman, Black Woman with her Baby, cannot get proper assistance for the seat she chose and paid for. She had a right to show her anger had she chose to.
So far I only had one personal incident.
DC-Atlanta-Lagos.
Delta Airlines. I always choose aisle seats. So when it was time to board by the time I got to my seat
an older white lady was sitting there. I said sorry but this seat is assigned to me. She said there are no assigned seats “Honey Chile”. You can just sit by the window. Atlanta, GA the South and that dismissive tone with “Honey Chile” and telling me where I can sit. Sassy I could feel the heat rising in my face. So I knew that heat feeling in my face was NOT a good sign. I put my carry on in the storage above. Placed my purse strap on my shoulder. I said see this boarding pass, what does it say? She answers. What seat are you sitting in. She answers. Then I said in a low voice only she could hear, “So You Move Your A**to the window seat NOW HONEY!! GET UP!!! She hurried her decrepit self to that window seat. After that she was very polite when she had to go to the toilet. I was polite to her too after that first encounter. She tried it though.😂
I am very polite normally in my life, but I am NOT pacifying this type of behavior.
hahah I cracked up reading your story
@@SassyFunke 🤣❤️
Well at least some people cared ❤❤❤ so sweet of them
Very kind of them
She said she is not leaving the seat because she knew the flight crew were all in on it and would not remove her for a black woman. Bottom line.
It's on principle that she was insisting to sit on her assigned seat. She was absolutely right and I would insist the same too! Totally ridiculous that the airline staff entertained this. Poorly trained staff, ill equipped to deal with it. What was wrong with asking the woman in wrong seat about her boarding pass to check seat number?
This is not okay all.
I'm not surprised actually. The airline is a terrible airline and no form of coordination whatsoever. It happened to a friend of mine while he traveled from Toronto to fort Lauderdale, but he insisted that he paid for that particular extra leg room seat and he'll never trade it for anyone. They need to step up or else...
Thank you for sharing. Glad your friend insisted.
I wouldn't call it racism, but the flight attendant didn't handle it well at all. They should have told the woman to move as it was not her assigned seat. The other thing was the attendant telling her to calm down which could easily result in the opposite as she was already calm.
They should chase this up with airline.
The airline has since offered a refund of the ticket 💀 I am just perplexed as to why they didn't insist for the white lady to get up? fear?
Why are people thinking that racism ever ended anywhere in the world? The years don't make any difference. It's done differently.
That one who is saying calm down will call for all kinds of higher ups. She would not have settled for it. I will never fly flair.
Discrimination. My case was reversed in feb from Lagos but I left the seat for the lady because she had a baby n went to another seat
Was it your assigned seat you left?
@@SassyFunke yes the airlines moved the lady n baby twice hence l left her to sit there
I was born and raised in Canada. I've been to 14 countries and lived in a few like UAE, UK, Japan. I've only ever experienced racism in Canada. In fact, my first day back in Canada from Japan I was racially profiled. For most Black people, Canada is a bad idea. Glad I left.
Interesting that many people are quiet about this. Canada is the top migration destination for many Nigerians. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏾
How incredibly horrible to be treated that way! Black, white, or any other colour. The response to the black lady who told the flight sttendant the problem should have been, "Thank you for bringing this to my attention." Then turning to tge lady in the incorrect seat, "May I see your boarding pass please?". Then show the white lady where she should be seated and, if she refused to move, insist that she do so. If she refused to move, have the captain come to insist or put her off the plane. There was no need to tell the black lady to calm down; she was calm, even though she was not being served properly. Apologize to the black lady and, as a gesture of good faith, refund her ticket price.
For the first time I couldn't watch the video to the end Sassy. I can't stand that rubbish! I was going to get physical. Why do people treat African with such disdain?😢
It’s absolutely terrible
Its just absolutely wrong.
Saddest part is the crew is an INDIAN or so. I think the lady didn’t want to move because it’s a bulkhead seat and it’s purely racism and discrimination.
The Naija lady is a good person.
😮Hello Sassy Namesake. Wowwwwww all I am going to say is surely NOT RIGHT!! I don't see/hear anyone directing anything to the other person at all. Why Not? Do they know something about he Nigerian lady does Not know? She did well & I tell you, I would have asked the other passengers politely to be quiet and mind their business, waiting for only the airline staff to resolve this.
Sassy Namesake, do we know how this ended or what was the outcome? I would love to know please if you do!!!
Yes we know how it ended. Other passengers gave up their seats for the Nigerian lady and her family. After reporting the issue to the airline, they were offered a ticket refund. Watch here: twitter.com/ijesha_canadian/status/1648390952200052738
@@SassyFunke Thank you Sassy NameSake.
That seems to be an encouraging outcome & haven listened to the gentleman's response, I agree with him that we do not have to be silenced by anyone or Corporation when we have been wronged but we must speak up as others will not benefit if we refuse to speak up and it will be a catch 22 going round & round in a circle never ending ......
Well done Namesake for highlighting and this and for the Great job you are doing........
First off she was calm the whole time and it's disrespectful off the other person to keep teller her to calm down and she has the right to not be upset in this situation she paid for that seat and the lady that refused to get of that seat shame on all of them.The airline need to learn to handle this situation properly and give the attention and to correct the situation and let the lady sit in her own seat that she pay for.
Well said 👏🏾👏🏾
Never experienced yet. But I would have requested an attendant. After that I do not know what Id do. Call the pilots? Idk.
Its wrong just wrong. If the bp says its hers she doesn't need to argue.
It’s entitlement when victims are treated like they are the ones who are offending. What a shame when racism/discrimination is not even evident to the airline attendants. 😭😭😭😭😭😭. We just want to get what we pay for. Nothing more. Why don’t others see our plight?
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It's definitely racism. Don't tell me the air hostess doesn't know the right thing to do but they can't be bothered to secure her sit for her because she is black. Am glad she challenged it, even though she didn't get her sit back people could see the airline didn't handle the issue right. I would be asking for compensation from the airline for their discrimination and poor handling of the situation. Making it look like she is the perpetrator. I really don't know what our beautiful black skin does to them. I wouldn't take it lightly either. Anywhere we are discriminated against we should rebuke it. Totally unacceptable! They would have bundled them off the airline if they are the perpetrator. Am glad she stood up to them but it's sad we are still being prosecuted for the colour of our skin in 2023. Very Disturbing!
Very disturbing indeed
Well, calling on attention to the cabin crew members, checking my ticket, seat number and verification will be provide a clue immediately 😊
I am so angry about this
This how they say black people are aggressive. She really handle it well n l am glad that she record everything
I am so happy she recorded it all as I am sure the flight attendants would have recounted the events differently otherwise. If anything they were trying to get her to be aggressive but telling her to “calm down” repeatedly
That is what you get from an inexperienced Indian air hostess.
I've been on so many flights and I'm Black American why haven't I had hell in Europe, Middle East, Canada or the US🤔 But, I had problems in Africa. Everything isn't racism! I noticed Nigerians are very quick to use this word🤦🏿♀️
It is both racism and discrimination, discrimination on the part of the cabin crew as they are also people of color and were afraid to stand up to their white superiors, racism on the part of the white woman who I believe made a mistake in sitting on the wrong window seat but did not want to be corrected by a black African and felt that the Nigerian woman was well below her to point out her error so was to proud and pompous to stand up. Sadly nothing is going to happen to the white woman it's the Nigerian woman and the cabin crew that will take the hit. I have been racially discriminated against before and all that came out of it was that I was being aggressive or acting in a frightening way, that's just standard black people stereotyping.
I completely agree with your analysis. It’s sad that the main perpetrator isn’t called to order. We need to not accept such stereotypes by choosing to speak up if if we don’t feel heard. One day change will be made
The air hostess are Indians from they speaking and that is stupid of them it makes me angry we i hear word we want to help you.
Trying not to be livid. A nursing mother who ideally should get priority alongside an elderly woman irrespective of the demographics. I would have sued cause it's a very big emotional trauma for me, my wife, my 12 week old daughter and my mother in-law and the airline needs to be responsible.
100% I would sue. The airline has since offered to provide a refund of the ticket
Refund not good enough they need to sue the airline
Flair is our newest airline which is supposed to be providing us with topnotch services and at a cheaper rate. the truth is, they are the worst airline we ever have , 8 years ago, the talks wasthat they were supposed to put West Jet out of business. Instead, they are an embarrassment, even the employees are not treated very well
Sassy. I saw something else, you mentioned if it was a black woman. I say if the Nigerian lady was a black Canadian those Indians with very thick Indian accent wouldn't have acted that was. They were intimidated by the white woman, so they chose to do nothing
That’s such a shame
@@afrog3569 Yup unfortunately many Indo Canadians are brainwashed by white supremacy. They believe there is a pecking order in the world and black people are at the bottom of it. Hard as it is to believe, a white Hostess would have actually handled that better.
The flight attendant is Indian guess she was scared of the Canadian woman 😂😂😂
I thought of this too
If I paid for the seat she would get up or that plane would not fly.
Why they cover the faces? Let the world see the audacity and privilege! Make it go viral!
Sassy.. I think we need more info about this incident. Now, remember some airlines would not allow you to seat on the exit row if you have a baby. It could have been that reason because it absolutely makes no sense not to have her in her assigned seat.. that goes against the main premise of seat assignment in the first place and the airline cannot be that daft or condescending, no way. Just pondering here.
It wasn’t an exit row. The airline apologized and offered a refund of her ticket.
That's not the justification to put her through that ordeal. They could have explained the reason to her right there instead of telling her to calm down. It wasn't the crew members that change the sit. The entitled woman decided to stay put. Let's call a spade a spade. The whole incident stinks. The crew members acted unprofessional. Returning the ticket fare is not enough. They need to be taught a lesson.
Unfortunately they're DAFT.
Bullshit comment
@cezani Her assigned seat was the window seat, not the aisle seat. The person sitting in her seat should have been instructed to move, and find that person another seat, next to a window. The Mother with her nursing selected and paid for that row, that particular seat for a reason.
It is very clear what happened. It was very inappropriate for the airline to offer her a refund and another seat. The appropriate thing to do was to ask the person sitting there to move. “PERIOD FULL STOP”.
It is a Pure racial discrimination…I love her fight but wasn’t good enough thou considering she is a woman shaa..
I had once had the experience in one of Nigerians domestic airline wic I won’t mentioned for personal/security reasons…wic Omo I drag with the man till he leaves my seat for me…guess what our flights was grounded for a reasonable number of minutes…ppl are funny shaa
To me that is wrong
It’s not always discrimination. I’m guessing the black people talked nasty to the flight attendants & the white women didn’t! That would definitely change things!
Sometimes, I often sit back when I hear our black people cry and complain about racism in a white man's country and they forget where they are simply because I know deep down, they will not help and see us as potential steppers in their country. Its like begging to be in their spaces. I have seen this in many places.
First, I would double check to see if we both had the same seat number on our boarding pass and since I fly alone, I would be happy to move to another seat. If he’s with his family he stays with his family regardless of what color they are FYI I am a white male, but it’s just a seat to me. He needs to be with his family.
They had different seat numbers.
Like I said, I fly by myself and with him being with his family, I would have no problem moving so he could be with his family
Also, it really infuriates me that the flight attendants can take a calm situation and make it seem as if it’s hostile kudos to the gentleman for keeping his cool
Also, even if he wasn’t with his family and he was by himself I would still probably move. Most definitely to me it’s just a seat.
@@richardcampbell2357 She paid for her seat. She was a nursing Mother. The woman’s Mother-in-Law was assigned to sit next to her.
I blame the Flight Attendant also for not having the common sense to ask to see both tickets. For me the Flight Attendant was totally out of line. She could have easily confirmed the Mother paid for that seat. Every empty seat is not the right choice for a nursing Mother. The window seat is way more private.
thats pure racist approach towards the nigerian lady, she is seprated from her child. what kind of privillage is this that no one is looking at the person who is at wrong. both paid the same ammount for their seats, she is acting elite relaxing while this unfloads on the nursing mother. she is evil so it the indian flight attendent she has no idea what she saying. calm down , we are helping you. and then they are still not doing anything to improve the situation by sidding with the other lady who is at wrong.
The flight attendant are Indian what do you expect
You are absolutely correct, Indians funnily discriminate against blacks (they have a caste system in their country)....in fact I will go further than say apart from the air hostess not knowing her job, subtle racism can be adduced if you scratch beneath the surface!
@@niiade515 The Indians in America are worst....
Or white on white the person would have had to move
Na this kind case I dey look for like mad - omg! The airline go pay me like mad - bcuz I go make money from the airline head - Racism on the highest!
In fact they collect my human rights join 🤦🏾
Dey no try at all
Welcome to the West!
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That happens always calm down just directed to black people
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We should do reverse psychology and start telling them to calm down!
@@michigangirl5306 100%
I can't wait to have such a terrible experience with the same airline in a few days. Let them try am if na their papa born them
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