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Wait for it... Captain Tara Wright is about to announce to Alaska Airlines passengers that... (Original Post) demmiblue May 2018 OP
Cool! 2naSalit May 2018 #1
I liked the spontaneous applause & cheers. irisblue May 2018 #2
Awesome DarthDem May 2018 #3
That is fantastic! Dem_4_Life May 2018 #4
Bravo! gademocrat7 May 2018 #5
I would have cheered, too! Aristus May 2018 #6
nice dembotoz May 2018 #7
Absolutely fabulous! Glorfindel May 2018 #8
All I ever want to know about the pilots is that they are competent, licensed rurallib May 2018 #9
Throughout history it was assumed only one type of person has those quals IronLionZion May 2018 #10
I understand that. rurallib May 2018 #12
No joke, Freepers believe LGBT people are not qualified IronLionZion May 2018 #13
! rurallib May 2018 #15
They think lesbians have a death wish? WTH? 7962 May 2018 #20
General mental instability and suicidal tendencies, YOLO attitude IronLionZion May 2018 #22
I saw that episode! L&O always has a twist from what you THINK the story is going to be. 7962 May 2018 #23
Why would someone with a death wish bother flibbitygiblets May 2018 #24
Haters gonna hate IronLionZion May 2018 #27
But this is still cool. treestar May 2018 #28
It matters to me and it matters to them. And may it someday not. nolabear May 2018 #34
Well said padah513 May 2018 #35
Nice. whathehell May 2018 #11
The Right Stuff Plucketeer May 2018 #14
Hey! Way cool! calimary May 2018 #16
Milestones Are Milestones ProfessorGAC May 2018 #17
Very cool. Tipperary May 2018 #18
That's nice. :) Thanks for posting, Demmiblue. Hortensis May 2018 #19
All right! Love the applause. Love the love. mountain grammy May 2018 #21
I love Alaska Airlines OMGWTF May 2018 #25
Did anyone call 911? MontanaMama May 2018 #26
You know at least one RWNJ's butt was puckered flibbitygiblets May 2018 #29
HAHA!! We can only hope!!! MontanaMama May 2018 #30
I'm sure you are correct Kurt V. May 2018 #31
Offer them a parachute and show them the door n/t MarcA May 2018 #37
The RWer's butt puckered the moment he realized he was seated over the left wing. LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2018 #39
Kudos to them! sandensea May 2018 #32
I did smile heaven05 May 2018 #33
Love it!!! BlancheSplanchnik May 2018 #36
Me likey! Progress marches on. You go, gals! nt Honeycombe8 May 2018 #38

rurallib

(62,346 posts)
9. All I ever want to know about the pilots is that they are competent, licensed
Fri May 18, 2018, 11:01 AM
May 2018

and have no death wish. Anything else doesn't matter.

But beside that, good for them.

IronLionZion

(45,261 posts)
10. Throughout history it was assumed only one type of person has those quals
Fri May 18, 2018, 11:12 AM
May 2018

and it's important to show that more types of people are also competent, licensed, and have no death wish. It matters.

rurallib

(62,346 posts)
12. I understand that.
Fri May 18, 2018, 11:19 AM
May 2018

every time I got on a plane I never cared what the pilots looked like or their religion or sexual preference. All I ever cared about was whether they could fly the plane.

IronLionZion

(45,261 posts)
13. No joke, Freepers believe LGBT people are not qualified
Fri May 18, 2018, 11:25 AM
May 2018

Don't search for it unless you want your blood to boil, but they have plenty of threads there and opinion pieces on RW media on why it is dangerous to allow LGBT people to fly planes, drive trains, and other jobs where people's lives are in their hands. It has to do with the "death wish" part.

 

7962

(11,841 posts)
20. They think lesbians have a death wish? WTH?
Fri May 18, 2018, 12:00 PM
May 2018

Love to get the reasoning behind that nonsense!!

ETA: so far, the only cases of planes being flown into the ground or ocean on purpose have been flown by MALE pilots. Far as I know anyway.

IronLionZion

(45,261 posts)
22. General mental instability and suicidal tendencies, YOLO attitude
Fri May 18, 2018, 12:12 PM
May 2018

they cited some Amtrak crash and something that happened in the military as "proof".

There was also a Law and Order episode recently where they thought a female pilot was a terrorist because she's brown but actually she had been raped before by her white male copilot and he was trying to do it again in the air.

 

7962

(11,841 posts)
23. I saw that episode! L&O always has a twist from what you THINK the story is going to be.
Fri May 18, 2018, 12:17 PM
May 2018

I figured that was based on the Alaska Airlines case that we heard about recently.

nolabear

(41,915 posts)
34. It matters to me and it matters to them. And may it someday not.
Fri May 18, 2018, 01:28 PM
May 2018

I look forward to the day when it's matter of fact. Right now it's rare and special and wonderful.

calimary

(80,700 posts)
16. Hey! Way cool!
Fri May 18, 2018, 11:39 AM
May 2018

Congratulations to pilot, copilot, crew, and their passengers!

And further congrats to Alaska Airlines for being truly equal-opportunity.

ProfessorGAC

(64,425 posts)
17. Milestones Are Milestones
Fri May 18, 2018, 11:41 AM
May 2018

We can likely agree that it's about time, but a milestone should be celebrated no matter when it happens. Even those long overdue are important and good.

mountain grammy

(26,571 posts)
21. All right! Love the applause. Love the love.
Fri May 18, 2018, 12:03 PM
May 2018

Won't it be a fine day when this is normal? Every person to their full potential.

OMGWTF

(3,901 posts)
25. I love Alaska Airlines
Fri May 18, 2018, 12:26 PM
May 2018

Been flying with them for decades and have never had a problem. United Arilines on the other hand ....

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