All it takes these terrorist-conscious days is a tattoo to be thrown off a plane. No one has to tell Adam C. Pearson that is the reality.
The LA food stylist was on a Delta Air Lines flight at Los Angeles International Airport when he was asked to step off the plane. He was told by an attendant that another passenger noted his “suspicious behavior” because of the phrase “Atom Bomb” tattooed across his fingers.
Questioned by the captain and the flight attendant, Pearson said the tattoo referred to a childhood nickname, according to the Los Angeles Times.
After answering a few more questions, Pearson — who is a frequent Delta passenger and has flown more than 142,000 miles with the airline this year — was allowed to return to his seat.
"I was just shocked," Pearson said. "All eyes were on me. I felt everyone staring at me and I was like, ‘I didn’t do anything.’ "
He posted his experience on Twitter and soon got hundreds of responses.
Delta spokesman Anthony Black said Saturday that he did not have any knowledge of the incident but that pilots and flight attendants must use their judgment to handle similar incidents.
By David Wilkening
