![]() ![]() Is it due to the vaccine mandate or is due to something else? We can only speculate at this point.īut Journalism 101: it’s best not to demand to speak to the flight crew while they are landing the plane. That means it will be highly unlikely a pilot will speak to a reporter, particularly on the record, about the reason for the sudden surge in such statements onboard. Southwest says offering political commentary onboard is unacceptable and has warned staff to keep their politics to themselves. If you have the balls to make the statements, have the balls to defend it, right? CONCLUSION If this incident did take place on the ground, I really have to frown on the cowardice of the pilots. But if that were the case, why would she fear getting removed from the plane? I don’t see how she would be subject to removal for asking to speak to the captain, even aggressively, on the ground. Now it could also be that Long tried to speak to the pilot after the flight and captain and first officer decided to sit in the flight deck with the door closed. ![]() Īlso in defense of airline I was asking them to open locked cock pit and probably sounded insane!Ĭan you imagine a passenger demanding to speak to the captain during the flight and then identifying herself as a reporter? Most airline unions tell their members to stay away from reporters. TFW you’re trying to go on vacation and then the pilot says the very thing you’re working on over the loud speaker and you have to try to get him comment but then almost get removed from plane. It isn’t clear if this happened on the ground or in the air, but it’s reasonable to deduce this happened in the air because she admitted that she almost got removed from the plane and added, “Also in defense of airline, I was asking them to open locked cock pit and probably sounded insane.” But this particular flight made headlines because there happened to be an Associated Press reporter name Colleen Long who also happened to be writing a story on that very phrase.Īpparently, Long got a bit aggressive once the captain made that statement and asked that “cock pit” (sic) door be opened so that she could speak to the pilot. I’m not going to lay out the “Let’s go Brandon” backstory again…you can read that here. About That Reporter On Southwest Airlines “Let’s Go Brandon” Flight Today I want focus on odd additional twist-the conduct of the reporter onboard who called herself “insane” on Twitter after the flight. ![]() Yesterday I (properly) criticized the pilot on Southwest Airlines who decided to add a “Let’s go Brandon” quip to his in-flight welcome announcement. ![]()
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