[S]ince ill-conceived right-wing boycotts rarely tend to hurt the businesses they target in the long term, it’s entirely plausible that the true outcome of this backlash is fewer passengers spewing toxic politics to their seatmates. Friendly skies, indeed.
Right? “I’ll never fly with that airline!” isn’t much of a threat when it’s coming from someone who’s never been more than fifteen miles from where they were born.
I’m an airline pilot and it’s funny how many people I work with that tell me they don’t want to move on to work with United and Delta because they have gone “woke”. United and Delta have always had the best pay and benefits and I’ve been shocked to see how many people put their own bigotry and racism before working for a company that will give you the best quality of life and pay.
I’ve been shocked to see how many people put their own bigotry and racism before working for a company that will give you the best quality of life and pay.
These are the people who have made it their political identity to vote against their own interests, so it shouldn’t be surprising.
I’ve seen this on Facebook. Now and then Facebook will show me a page that follows the investigations into these issues, and if I scroll through the comments, I’ll often see, “This is because of DEI!”
On a related note, I’m always amused that people are extremely personally invested in either Boeing or Airbus, as though their next personal jet airliner would never be of the other brand. Kind of like how some people are very loyal to their brand of car and fanboy the hell out of that brand. It just feels like more tribalism to me.
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