Muslim Taxi Drivers

The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is inching toward punishing cab drivers who refuse to drive passengers toting alcoholic beverages.

The Metropolitan Airports Commission decided Tuesday to hold a public hearing Feb. 27 before it considers a proposal designed to curb such refusals, which drivers said are based on their religious beliefs.

MAC staff members propose suspending the [...]

Taxi drivers who refuse to transport alcohol-toting customers will face a suspension of their licenses, according to a new proposal put forward to the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) on Wednesday.

Airport staff want a public hearing on the new policy, which calls for a 30-day suspension of licenses upon the first offense and two years on [...]

Officials at Minneapolis-St. Paul International airport abruptly dropped a plan that would have allowed Muslim taxi drivers to avoid transporting alcohol-toting customers while maintaining seniority in line.

Citing a deluge response from customers all over the world, airport officials decided to negate the plan all together.

“The retribution would have caused [the plan] to fail,

Some Muslim taxi drivers who refused to transport alcohol-toting passengers due to religious concerns and Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) have reached today a tentative compromise aimed to restoring deteriorating service. Under the new pilot deal, taxi drivers have to buy and install a distinct top-light that would yield for airport employees to redirect passengers to [...]