article_snippet: Paul Leary, 51, decided to leave the February 2 flight from Melbourne to Darwin before a Qantas flight from Melbourne took off, after an asylum seeker advocate on a Qantas flight from Melbourne began protesting the deportation.
article_snippet: Paul Leary learned Paul Leary was on the same flight as a 25-year-old Tamil asylum seeker, known as Puvaneethan, when Paul Leary arrived at Melbourne Airport to see advocates handing out flyers, and when the female protester refused to sit down as a Qantas flight from Melbourne prepared for take-off.
article_snippet: Paul Leary, 51, made a personal decision to leave the flight he had boarded from Melbourne to Darwin on February 2 but has now been banned from flying with Qantas .
article_snippet: a colleague decided a colleague was not comfortable being on a Qantas flight from Melbourne and Paul Leary stood by a colleague and also decided not to fly.
article_snippet: When a Qantas stewardess came over a Qantas stewardess indicated a Qantas stewardess was not comfortable with what was going on,Paul Leary Paul Leary explained.
article_snippet: Mr Leary’s colleague told a Qantas stewardessa Qantas stewardess .
article_snippet: When Paul Leary and Mr Leary’s colleague were back inside the airport the federal police took he and his colleague details but no one from Qantas informed he and his colleague at that point of any kind of flight ban.
article_snippet: It wasn’t until Paul Leary was returning from Darwin four days later after catching a flight with a different airline that Paul Leary attempted to return to Melbourne with Qantas and was told Paul Leary was subject to a no-fly ban.
article_snippet: Paul Leary was issued with this 'no fly notification' after Paul Leary walked off a flight from Melbourne to Darwin which was carrying an asylum seeker thought to have been taken for deportation .
article_snippet: ‘A manager came over and said “you are involved in a security review and won’t be flying today”,Paul Leary Paul Leary recalled.
article_snippet: Paul Leary was told to email Qantas security to find out more but when Paul Leary did that straight away Paul Leary claims Paul Leary did not hear anything back.
article_snippet: After six hours Paul Leary managed to catch a flight with a different airline.
article_snippet: After Paul Leary submitted Paul Leary complaint Paul Leary then received a formal letter on February 16 informing Paul Leary of a no-fly ban.
article_snippet: Paul Leary said Paul Leary has not been able to find out what the review process entails or if Qantas are going to refund the cost of Paul Leary flights to Paul Leary employer.
article_snippet: Paul Leary and Paul Leary colleague have also been banned from flying with Jetstar and Qantas affiliates .
article_snippet: The letter spells out how Paul Leary cannot ‘travel on any flight operated by a member of the Qantas Group or the Jetstar Group the Jetstar Group or travel on any codeshare flight operated by another airline (including Emirates) that has a Qantas or Jetstar flight number, such as “QF” or “JQ”, on your ticket’.
article_snippet: Paul Leary has complained to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal's human rights division that the ban discriminates against Paul Leary on the basis of Paul Leary political belief.
article_snippet: Paul Leary and His female colleague didn't want to do anything, we thought Qantas are a big company with a good reputation I’ll find out the facts and it will all go away
article_snippet: A Qantas spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia there was a delay in issuing the no fly notification to Paul Leary which is why Paul Leary did not receive it prior to Paul Leary next flight. '
highlights_snippet: Paul Leary, 51, walked off a Qantas flight from Melbourne to Darwin .
  
highlights_snippet: Paul Leary and a colleague told stewardess Mr Leary and a colleague were 'uncomfortable' with situation and wanted to leave a Qantas flight from Melbourne .
  
highlights_snippet: Discovered Mr Leary and a colleague was banned when Mr Leary and a colleague tried to board another Qantas flight .
  
highlights_snippet: Qantas says Paul Leary is banned while 'on board incident' is investigated .
  
highlights_snippet: Paul Leary accuses Qantas of discrimination based on Paul Leary political beliefs .