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The Palestinian pilot of United Airlines, Ibrahim R. Musallam, still flying Boeing 757s and 767s nearly three years after he was suspended following his public comments about the October 7 Hamas attack, which he described as "the resistance of brave people" and "not an unprovoked attack." United removed him from paid service in November 2023 while it investigated the dispute, but a federal court order later revealed he was allowed to return to flying after about a month. His anti-Israel messages continued after his return. In May 2024, he described Israel as "nothing more than a racist terrorist state," while other posts attributed to him referred to Israelis as "modern-day Nazis." Musallam currently serves as the Vice President of the Board of CAIR-New York affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. His official biography also identifies him as a board member of American Muslims for Palestine-New York and a board member of the Muslim American Association-New York. His continued employment is facing renewed scrutiny in the wake of attack on board FlyDubai, in which the Islamist Omani co-pilot Hammam Al Hamami attacked his captain with a cockpit crash ax and tried to take control of a passenger plane bound for Israel and crash it. The case brought attention back to the importance of background checks for airline crews, security controls for pilots at the airport and the importance of keeping religious fanatics away from the cockpit.

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The Palestinian pilot of United Airlines, Ibrahim R. Musallam, still flying Boeing 757s and 767s nearly three years after he was suspended following his public comments about the October 7 Hamas attack, which he described as "the resistance of brave people" and "not an unprovoked attack." United removed him from paid service in November 2023 while it investigated the dispute, but a federal court order later revealed he was allowed to return to flying after about a month. His anti-Israel messages continued after his return. In May 2024, he described Israel as "nothing more than a racist terrorist state," while other posts attributed to him referred to Israelis as "modern-day Nazis." Musallam currently serves as the Vice President of the Board of CAIR-New York affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. His official biography also identifies him as a board member of American Muslims for Palestine-New York and a board member of the Muslim American Association-New York. His continued employment is facing renewed scrutiny in the wake of attack on board FlyDubai, in which the Islamist Omani co-pilot Hammam Al Hamami attacked his captain with a cockpit crash ax and tried to take control of a passenger plane bound for Israel and crash it. The case brought attention back to the importance of background checks for airline crews, security controls for pilots at the airport and the importance of keeping religious fanatics away from the cockpit.

The Palestinian pilot of United Airlines, Ibrahim R. Musallam, still flying Boeing 757s and 767s nearly three years after he was suspended following his public comments about the October 7 Hamas attack, which he described as "the resistance of brave people" and "not an unprovoked attack." United removed him from paid service in November 2023 while it investigated the dispute, but a federal court order later revealed he was allowed to return to flying after about a month. His anti-Israel messages continued after his return. In May 2024, he described Israel as "nothing more than a racist terrorist state," while other posts attributed to him referred to Israelis as "modern-day Nazis." Musallam currently serves as the Vice President of the Board of CAIR-New York affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. His official biography also identifies him as a board member of American Muslims for Palestine-New York and a board member of the Muslim American Association-New York. His continued employment is facing renewed scrutiny in the wake of attack on board FlyDubai, in which the Islamist Omani co-pilot Hammam Al Hamami attacked his captain with a cockpit crash ax and tried to take control of a passenger plane bound for Israel and crash it. The case brought attention back to the importance of background checks for airline crews, security controls for pilots at the airport and the importance of keeping religious fanatics away from the cockpit.