There are a lot of reasons someone might get twitchy or overly aware of someone of middle eastern descent.

maybe they were an airline pilot on 9/11

maybe they were active duty on 9/11 and spent their entire adult lives fighting in that part of the world.

maybe they lost friends or loved ones on 9/11 or in the fighting since

matbe they’ve seen first hand the Lying, deceit, saving face BS in that part if the world

Seniority has nothing to do with it. Life experiences do.

doesn’t make it right, or acceptable in our business, it just is. And I’ve yet to work with someone who can’t separate work from a personal prejudices and set those aside. At the same time, you have passengers, and FAs getting nervous and complaining? Pretty easy to say fly them from the 4th floor on the other side of the world.

you get what I’m saying, or you don’t and never will.