Posted on 11/12/2016 8:37:20 PM PST by nickcarraway
“And what I do ask is that as people we have the common decency to respect each other’s decisions and to get along,” the captain urged
A United Airlines captain warned passengers to keep politics off his plane or face removal after a politically-charged "scuffle" broke out aboard a flight from San Francisco to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, late this week.
A passenger recorded cellphone video of the captain’s brief sermon on United flight 1212 and it was posted on Jon Bauer's YouTube account Friday.
"On my friends@wirelessness flight from SFO to Mexico, some kinda scuffle broke out where an individual with a ‘plaid shirt and a camo cap’ said something racist (about being ‘glad to have kept his guns’) to an African American lady, and she began to cry and freak out,” Bauer explained in the caption.
Bauer said crew members “separated the two of them" before the captain of the flight got on the intercom system to deliver a heartfelt plea to his passengers, discouraging further political discussion.
The captain reminded passengers that they were clashing over politics while “in a metal tube at 35,000 feet.”
“I understand that everybody has their opinions. That’s fine. If you support him, great. If you don’t, I understand,” he said about president-elect Donald Trump’s victory.
The captain asked passengers to bear in mind that the trip to Mexico was so people could “have a good time.”
“And what I do ask is that as people we have the common decency to respect each other’s decisions and to get along,” the captain urged.
He continued, "Nobody is going to change their minds by arguing. And let's keep our opinions to ourselves, on this particular matter, at this particular time. When cooler heads prevail and we can talk and realize we're all human beings and we call can stick together and we can all pull for this country in our own way, then that's what we should do." If passengers want to “rant” and “rave,” however, the captain insinuated that they would be removed from his plane. "There's another flight tomorrow. You're not going to be on this one," he warned.
His broadcast was met with cheers and applause, and someone can be heard saying, “Hear! Hear!”
United Airlines spokeswoman Megan McCarthy confirmed that an incident occured on the flight, but didn't comment on the specific nature of the disagreement.
"Our pilot worked to diffuse an argument between customers and worked to get the flight safely to its destination," McCarthy said in a statement to NBC.
If true, that would be a massive defeat for the rational soul.
I gather the pilot supports Trump.
I gather the author never heard of the word “defuse.”
I gather any Clinton people in my row and deplane them.
How is saying “I’m glad I get to keep my guns” racist?
And how do you remove someone from the plane at 35,000 feet?
Give them a parachute?
I gather the pilot wants to peacefully fly his plane without idiots getting into scuffles in mid air.
“You two knock it off this instant or I’m turning around and we’re going home!”
I presume for the same reason wearing a cap with the Gadsden flag moto is racist. ANY resistance to the liberal agenda is now racisssss!
“If I have to put this on autopilot someone is going to go to the hospital”...
We can take one never trumpet and one diehard Hillary bot, and drop them from an extreme height to see if Galileo’s theory still works.
Horsesh*t. One of the reasons this nation is circling the bowl is that WE, on the right, haven't been arguing with our enemies. It might not change the mind of the person we're arguing with, but it might help that meek, silent conservative that's watching, to come out of the shadows and become a patriotic fanatic.
I understand the pilot has to keep the peace on his flight, but he's wrong. No one's going to change their mind unless we start arguing, rather than just flapping our gums here on FReep.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho! God Bless Texas!
// something racist (about being ‘glad to have kept his guns’//
How in the HELL is that ‘racist’????
My uncle flew B17s over Germany. Occasionally he flew transports with passengers.
To enliven a boring flight sometimes they rolled empty beer cans out of the cockpit.
That might have focused the passengers.
‘How is saying “I’m glad I get to keep my guns” racist?’
Because guns are black and saying anything about black objects is racist!
“If I have to put this on autopilot someone is going to go to the hospital”...
For some reason it brings images of a father having to backhand the problem in the back seat from the front seat while driving at 70mph! LOL!
Maybe he supports a safe and sane flight
This is NBC's version? You can be 99% certain the woman said something first about redneck Trump racists on board as soon as she saw the shirt and cap.
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