Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

You Should Rethink Flying United Airlines
Townhall ^ | Jan 30, 2024 | Dennis Prager

Posted on 01/30/2024 5:11:27 AM PST by george76

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-74 next last

1 posted on 01/30/2024 5:11:27 AM PST by george76
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: george76

I flew United in the second week of January and it was a disaster. United is a garbage airline.


2 posted on 01/30/2024 5:13:29 AM PST by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

Mark me done with flying.


3 posted on 01/30/2024 5:15:32 AM PST by VastRWCon (Fake News")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

When the plane goes down, you can take comfort that at least the flight crew was diverse.


4 posted on 01/30/2024 5:15:52 AM PST by ProudDeplorable (Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. ~ Ronald Reagan)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: wildcard_redneck

Who does that leave us with? Frontier? Spirit?


5 posted on 01/30/2024 5:16:33 AM PST by crusty old prospector
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: george76

United’s CEO is a drag queen. They put color, sex, and queer factor over meritorious qualifications. I certainly will not patronize United Airlines. If they wanted a pro-faggot airline, they should resurrect TWA. (Trans World Airways).


6 posted on 01/30/2024 5:17:40 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

Un-tied


7 posted on 01/30/2024 5:17:43 AM PST by linMcHlp
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

My son is a pilot and works for a privately own company with a fleet of jets…because of what’s happening with commercial airlines. He says “dad, a lot of these pilots and maintenance guys are not qualified”.

Thanks, I’ll drive.


8 posted on 01/30/2024 5:18:36 AM PST by mikelets456
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

When my brother left the Air Force, he applied to almost every US carrier. The only one to not call him back was United. That was in the 90s. Even then, United was pushing AA. After he told me that, I boarded a United flight in Chicago and there were two young ladies in the cockpit. I no go, you know.


9 posted on 01/30/2024 5:19:46 AM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: VastRWCon

“Mark me done with flying.”

Understandable, but does competence in the cockpit really matter these days? Consider the the sophistication of today’s jets, and the highly skilled people who design and build them, before making such a rash decision.
.
.
Hmmmm.
.
.
Come to think of it, perhaps you have a point.


10 posted on 01/30/2024 5:20:55 AM PST by BobL (Trump gets my vote, even if I have to write him in; Millions of others will do the same)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: george76

The Bud Light Lesson has not been learned.


11 posted on 01/30/2024 5:20:58 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

I’ve posted about this before. A client/friend is a pilot at United. He warned me about this last year. He said due to the unqualified hires, it’s not if but when a major incident will occur.


12 posted on 01/30/2024 5:21:28 AM PST by BozoTexino (RIP GOP)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

Men are physically different from women in ways that matter for many reasons, not the least of which are occupations and war fighting. I hope this isn’t the slightest bit controversial here at FR.

Men are also mentally different from women.

Men score significantly higher than women on spatial relations tests. Funny, this matters when you’re piloting huge tubes of aluminum full of people and goods through the air around the planet. Especially if your highest goal is to not have them intersect, and take off and land and taxi safely.

We should expect to find significantly more men in pilot and ATC roles for this reason. That idiots are trying to force outcomes not based on skills and merit will result in failures to meet those goals, with tragic results.


13 posted on 01/30/2024 5:22:54 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BobL; VastRWCon

When the first Boeing 737Max crashes occurred, I thought to get on Boeing’s web site and look around.

It had lots and lots of DEI content.


14 posted on 01/30/2024 5:25:22 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: george76

Leftists destroy everything they touch.

I will not fly United. I will look for an airline that puts competence first.


15 posted on 01/30/2024 5:25:24 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: FreedomPoster

Boeing is the queen of DEI.


16 posted on 01/30/2024 5:26:31 AM PST by CodeToad (Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: crusty old prospector
Delta’s executive suites and CEO are very woke, but except for some token media-hyped cockpit crew here and there the airline itself still seems solid. Premium prices for average service, to be sure, but then other US airlines offer average prices for horrible service. Not sure how long any of them can last in the face of WEF-affiliated politicians who want the industry destroyed.

I heard Delta employs over 16,000 pilots. Replacing that many with DEI recruits is too large a challenge, so military veterans will predominate for quite some time yet.

Obviously, when flying internationally always choose a non-US carrier.

17 posted on 01/30/2024 5:29:31 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: FreedomPoster

It shouldn’t be controversial, but to some, it always is.

As you say, the truth of it is, there are differences.

Anyone who pays attention sees that men and women view things and operate in an environment in very different ways. We are wired differently. If aliens came to Earth, they would likely view men and women as different species.

I have long held the belief that those differences are exactly the reason that a man and woman together can, in many ways, be stronger in unison than either of them could be as an individual...when acting as a pair (not just co-mingling males and females together in the idiotic belief that dynamic works in a group)

Males and females compliment each other in a Ying-Yang relationship. We can each bring something to the table and supply something missing in the other, and vice versa. There are some things women do better than men, and some thing men do better at than women.

Smart, intelligent men and women recognize this fact, and accept it. In healthy male-female relationships, both recognize this as fact...and are better for it.

The mistake ideologues (almost entirely on the Left) make is assuming that benefit scales into all facets of society and culture, and it does not. It doesn’t mean what they assert in their asinine claims of “strength in diversity”.

It means that in a bonded couple.

It doesn’t mean that in combat, or a number of any other things. And pretending it does is going to get people killed.


18 posted on 01/30/2024 5:34:37 AM PST by rlmorel ("The stigma for being wrong is gone, as long as you're wrong for the right side." (Clarice Feldman))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Mr. Jeeves

“I heard Delta employs over 16,000 pilots. Replacing that many with DEI recruits is too large a challenge, so military veterans will predominate for quite some time yet.”

Russian roulette.


19 posted on 01/30/2024 5:35:45 AM PST by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: george76

20 posted on 01/30/2024 5:37:13 AM PST by DCBryan1 (Inter arma enim silent leges! - Cicero )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-74 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson