Captain you must listen.
A married man with two children has lived in Australia since the age of 18 months. He "did a crime" and he has "done the time", but since he is not natrualised he can be deported.
Steve Ongel is to be deported tomorrow on QF1 leaving behind; his country, his parents, his wife and his two daughters, Rumesya (7) and Sumeyye (5).
Section 501 of the Migration Act, and our industry, is being abused to calously wreck the lives of this Australian family.
Captain...and crew...and ground handlers...and refuelers...and ATC you must listen. Please don't let this happen. Don't be party to this injustice.
Some things are worth standing up for - the service of the people, by the government - is one of them.
(Read about it in the local (Bagdad, Tasmania) rag, The Mercury 8 Dec. 2003).