( January 9, 2024, 12:47 PM EST) -- SPOKANE, Wash. — An airline pilot who alleged that he was racially profiled and unlawfully detained by airport police officers in their attempt to enforce the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) COVID-19 masking policy as the pilot passed through security on the way to his flight filed a notice of appeal to the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 8 after a Washington federal court dismissed his amended complaint for failure to state a claim....