Air Canada Fires Pilot Over ‘Unacceptable’ Social Media Posts on Hamas Attack

An Air Canada ticketing station is shown at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on April 8, 2020. The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette

Air Canada has fired one of its pilots for making what it says are “unacceptable” comments on social media regarding the recent Hamas attack on Israel.

U.S.-based group StopAntiSemitism recently shared Instagram screenshots featuring an individual identified as Mostafa Ezzo. In one of the images, Mr. Ezzo was seen wearing his pilot’s uniform adorned with Palestinian flags. In a separate photo, he was seen holding a sign at a pro-Palestine demonstration in Montreal that said “Israel, Hitler is proud of you.”