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ItsjustMe

(11,230 posts)
Mon Nov 1, 2021, 09:29 AM Nov 2021

Southwest pilot reportedly used anti-Biden phrase over PA system - (CNN)

Southwest Airlines says it is launching an internal investigation after a report that one of its pilots used the anti-Biden slang phrase "Let's go Brandon" over a plane's public address system during a flight.


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Southwest pilot reportedly used anti-Biden phrase over PA system - (CNN) (Original Post) ItsjustMe Nov 2021 OP
Adolescents should not be flying commercial aircraft Zambero Nov 2021 #1
That pilot Busterscruggs Nov 2021 #2
My thinking is that he needs an immediate dismissal. Diamond_Dog Nov 2021 #3
So now every Trump humping dickhead and every kid in school will be repeating it. We also doc03 Nov 2021 #4
Several Congresspeople have said it in speeches on the House floor IronLionZion Nov 2021 #5
Nothing can be done about it because 1. they can deny what anyone says they mean, & 2. complainers ancianita Nov 2021 #6
The piloting skills of Steve Canyon cloudbase Nov 2021 #7
 

Busterscruggs

(448 posts)
2. That pilot
Mon Nov 1, 2021, 09:56 AM
Nov 2021

Should be given an immediate psychological evaluation. He is clearly not well if he finds that behavior acceptable.

doc03

(35,345 posts)
4. So now every Trump humping dickhead and every kid in school will be repeating it. We also
Mon Nov 1, 2021, 09:59 AM
Nov 2021

know what radio frequency to tune into and listen to pilots use it or even do it yourself. I now expect
every Trump humper will have that on their yard signs or a flag.

IronLionZion

(45,451 posts)
5. Several Congresspeople have said it in speeches on the House floor
Mon Nov 1, 2021, 10:13 AM
Nov 2021

Reporters should ask them about it and see how they respond. I doubt they have a good explanation in relation to the rest of their speeches.

RWers love these cute phrases and symbols a little too much.

ancianita

(36,067 posts)
6. Nothing can be done about it because 1. they can deny what anyone says they mean, & 2. complainers
Mon Nov 1, 2021, 10:29 AM
Nov 2021

can be called conspiracy theorists and snowflakes

It's unprofessional. People should just shout it down as "Unprofessional! Unethical! Resign!"

cloudbase

(5,520 posts)
7. The piloting skills of Steve Canyon
Mon Nov 1, 2021, 10:39 AM
Nov 2021

combined with the brain of Elmer Fudd.

(That was the description by the head of the Southwest Airlines Pilots' Association when I took a class with him at the George Meany Center for Labor Studies thirty years ago.)

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