Muslim pilot says he was fired in post-Sept. 11 backlash

Friday, July 18, 2003

ST. LOUIS -- A pilot for Trans States Airlines Inc. was fired a week after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks because of his Muslim religion and because he looked Middle Eastern, a federal agency claimed in a lawsuit filed Thursday.

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