He says he was racially profiled by security officers at Spokane International Airport. An American Airlines pilot is suing Spokane International Airport in Washington state, as well as three security officers over a 2021 incident which saw him indefinitely suspended without pay. Bahig Saliba filed the lawsuit in a Washington district court on August 1, seeking over $23.5 million in damages. The pilot says that one of the security officers stood "in a threatening posture," and the defendants berated him while not listening to his attempts to explain the exemption. American Airlines and Spokane International Airport did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment, sent outside US working hours.

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Persons: Bahig Saliba, Saliba Organizations: Spokane International Airport, Morning, American Airlines, Dallas Fort Worth Airport, Spokane International Locations: Washington