Nigerians boycott British Airways Petition : [ powered by iPetitions.com ]

#	Name	Comments
1	Chxta	This is getting embarrassing.
2	Ayodeji Daramola	The maltreatment of Mr. Omotade and the other cabin members must not go unpunished. We cannot stand for this disregard of human rights!
3	T Olutola	This can't be tolerated!
4	Lionel Iheanacho	To be treated like second class citizens is one of the most degrading experiences an individual can encounter. It has reached a point where our collective voices should be heard, so please my fellow brothers and sister let your voices be heard.
5	Bode Olajumoke
6	Anonymous
7	C SOGBESAN	Finally people see what i have been talking about for the past 3 years. BA is culturally insensitive company
8	John Molomo	BA has for years taken our money and continued to treat us like crap. I will never fly your airline again, and I intend to send this to everyone that I know.
9	deoye aremu
10	Femi Falase
11	Anonymous	Scandalous by BA.
12	Don Tcare	I work in Lagos (am British) and regularly fly on BA's flight to Nigeria. Hardly a flight goes by when a nigerian passenger doesn't speak rudely or treat with contempt the crew onboard the flight. if you lot do boycott british airways, i know i'll enjoy my flights to lagos more than i have done in the past because i won't have to endure your bullshit - and pit odor!
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14	Yemi Falusi
15	Chif Umejei
16	Ayo	BA needs to inform us how and why the action of their employees is within reasonable limits.
17	Engineer Bolex	That incident should not have occured , why would they drag a man away just for pleading for officers not to 'KILL HIM'. These immigration people are so full of thier jobs and they over-do it and so is the officers ... all the time. Am not bothered how they feel because my mum has had a similar experience with them and they are not bothered how we or any member of our family feels. Hence ... I am boycotting BA and any stupid airline that takes drastic actions against NIGERIANS as a result of over-zealous immigration workers.
18	Timi Akin-Balogun
19	Anonymous	Let the maltreatment of Nigerians stop....We are humans and the British are part of our woes.
20	jide	Racist @rseh*les
21	Fola Agoro
22	Folawe Agoro	We shouldnt be taking such crap from anyone or any organisation. We deserve to be treated as human beings and not monkeys. I hope this hits BA where it truly hurts (profits)
23	Tunde Oni	This is a ridiculous act by British Airways. If they do not recognize that Nigerians are indeed human beings that should be treated with courtesy, then they should request to discontinue that route. It is an open secret that the Lagos - London route is their most profitable.
24	Tunde Oni	This is a ridiculous act by British Airways. If they do not recognize that Nigerians are indeed human beings that should be treated with courtesy, then they should request to discontinue that route. It is an open secret that the Lagos - London route is their most profitable.
25	Bunmi Sowande
26	Anonymous	i think that incident was absolute nonsense. a total disgrace and humiliation to nigerians. british airways has to get their acts right.
27	Anonymous	enough of the shabby treatment
28	Anonymous	The Britons have never been fair to we Nigerians.They colonized us against our wish ,and when they left forcefully,they encouraged our leaders to loot our money to their country,Lets fight back.Boycott BA
29	Iyayi Oriabure
30	Emmanuella
31	Nonso	I couldn't agree more. Considering we make up a large part of their market, we should be treated with the respect we have economically deserved, and not the 'see finish' we often get.
32	Anonymous	Crazy british airways!
33	Bola Folami	This is not the first time this has happened. Fare paying passengers shouldn't have to endure distress or disrespect. I'm sure this wouldn't happen on a London - New York route.
34	Anonymous
35	Ogaga Onwah	I guess we need to tell BA that there are some Nigerians that are very proud of their Father Land and will do every thing to support their brothers.
36	Henry Okelue	I think this selective treatment ahs gone on for too long.
37	Ann Imelda	Utterly disgraceful and shameful, considering the Lagos -London route is one of their most profitable routes. It's aout time we stood up for our rights as a people. Other minorities wouldn't take this. BOYCOTT BA!!!
38	Addie	Enough is ENOUGH!
39	Anonymous	who do they think they are treating us like that? i think they continue to do this because we take it, this has got to stop! this is a good starting point.
40	Ajibola Akande
41	Anonymous	boycottttttttttt Bristish airways Klm is better
42	Israel Olupelumi	It's time for Nigerian government to do something about it. Not only Nigerian government but entire African countries.
43	Louise Lewis
44	Awoyo Ayodele	British airways, we need an apology immediately for battling and mal treating our nationals as if they were criminals. Even after your apologies, we will still boycott you airline for life.
45	gabriel edebor	This is a very stupid act by ba but it is rather a common thing for the staff to be rude to african passengers and also for ba to make their entire profit from fares to nigeria.pls everyone let us come together on this and boycott ba.I do sincerely hope that Ngerian goverment would pay attention to this matter.
46	Michael Orekunrin	I am a Nigerian and proud of my people regardless and I do not care whatever name or names given our dogs in order to hang us. The era of slavery and imperialism is over . I say to Hell with British Airways and those racist and jack ass British Policemen who were acting god in maltreating my people anyhow in their country. I will never fly BA again even if it cost one pound. I am a Nigerian- American Citizen and they can not harrass me anytime I come to their country. Ole, thieves, ITT, Jaguda, ajeloju onile, barawo people
47	Kay	Mr. Walsh, On the 27th of March 2008 137 passengers boarded flight BA075 bound for Lagos, Nigeria. Unbeknown to the passengers, the British Immigration Authorities were deporting a male Nigerian onboard this flight. In an attempt to restrain the already cuffed deportee, officers used methods which caused the deportee to shout “I go die o” (meaning: I am going to die). The noise coming from the deportee went on for about 30 minutes to the discomfort of passengers onboard the flight. Ayodeji Omotade, a passenger concerned for the life of the deportee asked the officers not to “kill him”. In response the deportee and Mr. Omotade were taken off the plane and Mr. Omotade subsequently arrested and detained. According to the Daily Mirror, “this outraged the other 135 passengers in the economy class section and they complained to cabin crew. Then the BA pilot took the extraordinary decision to boot off everyone who had witnessed the arrest of Mr Omotade, an IT consultant from Chatham, Kent. The captain took the view they were all guilty of disturbing the flight, although no more passengers were arrested. After the economy class section was virtually cleared, the deportee, aged about 30, was brought back on and the flight left. The passengers were booked on to later flights but Mr Omotade was told by BA staff he was banned by the airline for life.” The other passengers were asked to disembark and 136 passengers were prevented from flying majority did not fly that night when the flight finally departed. When you pay for a flight, you expect to travel in relative comfort and ambience. Mr Omotade and 136 passengers in the economy class of BA flight 0075 had every reason to expect a peaceful and quiet journey. The passengers were removed from the flight because they had exercised their freedom of speech to complain about the unfair treatment given out to a fellow human. There have been numerous stories of deaths caused by officers during forced deportations. This deportee might have ended up as another statistic if someone did not speak up. Mr. Omotade did, and he was thrown off the plane and arrested. There are also numerous accounts of less than acceptable customer service by BA staff to Nigerians on board flights to and from Nigeria. Such treatment must stop. Therefore, I am calling on BA to do the following: * Offer an apology to all passengers onboard flight BA0075 bound for Lagos, Nigeria on the 27th March 2008 in a National Nigerian daily newspaper; * Offer a written apology and appropriate compensation to Mr. Ayo Omotade; * Lift the life time ban imposed on Mr. Ayo Omotade; * Issue an undertaking from BA that henceforth such practices will desist. Nigerian passengers will be treated with respect within and outside Nigeria. If the above are not carried out, I will not be patronising British Airways in the future. Yours sincerely, Kayode Olorunfemi
48	C Riley USA	British Airways flight attendants are the worst customer service staff I have ever encounters in my life . They refuse to give me cold water to take medication because they were serving tea. They refuse to give me breakfast because when the trolley came past my seat I was in the lavatory.When requested I was given a rude look followed by silence .No food for 6hrs fight it was horrible. This petition should be sent to the Queen.
49	sbui rasat
50	Anonymous