My latest in PJ Media:
The establishment Left is in an uproar (well, yeah, I know, that’s true on every day that ends with a Y), this time because a Southwest Airlines pilot allegedly signed off his in-flight announcements with “Let’s Go Brandon.” As it happened, Associated Press reporter Colleen Long was on the flight, and was even working on a story about the phrase, which arose from an NBC reporter’s possibly intentional mishearing of chants of “F*** Joe Biden.”
Long immediately stormed down the aisle and demanded to be let into the locked cockpit, which led, she claims, to her “almost get[ting] removed from plane.” But the pilot may be in even more trouble, as Southwest has (predictably) bowed to the outrage mob and launched an internal investigation into his wrongthink. One minor detail, however, could derail the whole high-tech lynching before it gets much farther: The pilot may not even have said “Let’s go, Brandon” at all.
Southwest, facing the potential ire of the authoritarian and intolerant Leftist media machine, on Sunday issued the usual protestations of ideological purity:
Southwest does not condone Employees sharing their personal political opinions while on the job serving our Customers, and one Employee’s individual perspective should not be interpreted as the viewpoint of Southwest and its collective 54,000 Employees. Southwest is conducting an internal investigation into the recently reported event and will address the situation directly with any Employee involved while continuing to remind all Employees that public expression of personal opinions while on duty is unacceptable. Southwest does not tolerate any behavior that encourages divisiveness, as it does not reflect the Southwest Hospitality and inclusiveness for which we are known and strive to provide each day on every flight.
Well, that’s just fantastic, but it’s hard to imagine that Southwest would have issued the same statement, much less initiated an investigation, if a pilot had concluded his greeting to the passengers with “Black Lives Matter.” In fact, in May 2020, a Southwest flight attendant got into a long conversation with a passenger over a book he was reading, Robin DiAngelo’s racist white-guilt propaganda tome White Fragility. The passenger turned out to be Doug Parker, the CEO of American Airlines (who was apparently flying Southwest because he couldn’t get a seat on a plane flown by his own airline). This allegedly heartwarming incident got a glowing write-up in Insider, and there wasn’t a whisper from Southwest about how “public expression of personal opinions while on duty is unacceptable.”
What’s more, this Southwest pilot, who is now facing getting suspended or fired, or worse, subjected to the treatment that the Left reserves for dissenters, may not even have said “Let’s Go Brandon” at all. Audio of his in-flight announcement was posted on TikTok as a video with subtitles.
While the subtitles say “Let’s Go Brandon,” the audio only has the pilot saying “Let’s go Bra—” before it cuts off. Could the pilot have been an Atlanta Braves fan and was saying “Let’s go, Braves”? The TikTok video was posted on October 11, while the Braves were in the National League Division Series against the Milwaukee Brewers. Maybe the entire pandemonium over this pilot is based on a mishearing. Or something worse: Colleen Long says she heard the pilot say this on October 29, 18 days after the audio was posted. The plot thickens.
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mortimer says
The “Let’s Go Brandon” chant is a double indictment: 1) it indicts the fraudulent, corrupt US president 2) it indicts the fake news media that cover up his gaffes and incompetence with outright lies such as ‘Let’s go Brandon’ to deny the real scurrilous words that were chanted.
The reporter lied about what she heard even though we clearly hear the three words that were being chanted (‘FJB’).
b.a. freeman says
well, i have to give chops to either the reporter or to the producer whispering in her ear for coming up so fast with an alternative to what was so clearly being said. that said, it’s really fun to tweak the nazicrat’s noses with what one of their own actually said … although it’s much more fun to repeat what the crowd there was chanting! as mr. spencer notes, of course, the left are equating such chants with violence; they will no doubt soon be “retaliating” against chanters. and in that case, i would venture a guess that civil war II is not far off.
sieg heil, f***ing nazis!
Infidel says
It’s a good thing that I haven’t had to fly in a while. I recall the days when SWA was my favorite airline
Colleen Long should have been ejected from that flight
bill says
Infidel. She should have bee arrested. Everybody knows that attempting to enter a locked cockpit is a a criminal offence
Kenneth J Johnson says
Anotehr one for SHERIA, where unfounded rumors are facts and grounds for actions.
KEN
b.a. freeman says
+1
Keith O says
Given that this individual tried gaining access to the cockpit through a locked door, she should have been removed from the flight by police and charged, as anyone else who does that would have been.
The world seems to be filled with jumped up wankers who have a high opinion of themselves and the media it would seem is over run with them! The “do as we say, not as we do” crowd needs to be thinned out a bit.
gravenimage says
The Southwest Airlines ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Narrative Appears to Be Crashing and Burning
Long immediately stormed down the aisle and demanded to be let into the locked cockpit, which led, she claims, to her “almost get[ting] removed from plane.”
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Well, she should have been. Especially post 9/11, you don’t want *any* unorthorixed people let into the cockpit.
A pilot could say just about anything–except something like “Allahu Akbar! I am crashing the plane!” and I would just make a complaint later, no matter how much I disagreed with the sentiment or considered it inappropriate for a pilot to air in front of passengers. I wouldn’t try to force my way into the cockpit–what stupidity is this?
James Lincoln says
Perfectly stated, gravenimage.
OLD GUY says
I guess she never heard of FREEDOM of Speech, except if it pertains to hers. What a B——-, you can fill in the blanks with what ever you want. GO BRANDON!