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‘Woke’ Airline Union Tells Pilots to Stop Using Words ‘Cockpit,’ ‘Airmen’
Daily Fetched ^ | June 20, 2024 | Jason Walsh

Posted on 06/21/2024 5:51:21 AM PDT by Red Badger

The world’s largest airline pilot’s union, Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA), has instructed its members to refrain from using the words “cockpit,” “airmen,” and “manpower” to be more inclusive.

The ‘woke’ ALPA published its diversity, equity, and inclusion language guide to “reflect the diversity we have at ALPA” and “create a more inclusive workplace.”

“While the word ‘cockpit’ dates back to the 1900s, it has been and may be used in a derogatory way to exclude women in the piloting profession,” the guide explained, according to Breitbart.

“Many women have heard a variation of ‘It is called a cockpit for a reason’ by a male pilot, suggesting that women do not belong in the piloting profession.”

“The intent behind the use of the word is important. … While the word ‘cockpit’ dates back to the 1900s, it has been and may be used in a derogatory way to exclude women in the piloting profession.”

The APLA also doesn’t like using “offensive” terms such as “mother” and “father” because those “may inadvertently ignore different family structures,” such as “caregivers, same-sex parents, stepparents, families with adopted members, and more.”

The ALPA released a statement to Fox News, saying:

“Flying is the safest mode of transportation in the world thanks in large part to airline pilots, professionals that are all held to the highest training and qualification standards.”

“There are real threats to aviation safety like efforts to replace pilots with automation or lower training and experience standards, but opening the doors of opportunity to ensure we have a robust supply of qualified aviators isn’t one of them.”

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby was slammed in 2021 for saying of the company’s graduating pilot classes, “We have committed that 50% of the classes will be women or people of color.”


TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans; Sports; Travel
KEYWORDS: alpa; aviation
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1 posted on 06/21/2024 5:51:21 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: 04-Bravo; 1FASTGLOCK45; 1stFreedom; 2ndDivisionVet; 2sheds; 60Gunner; 6AL-4V; A.A. Cunningham; ...

COCKPIT!

What will they call it now?...................


2 posted on 06/21/2024 5:52:15 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Before 9/11 I got to sit with the pilots in the front hole of the commercial airliner, it was interesting and something that will probably never be allowed again.


3 posted on 06/21/2024 5:54:10 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Red Badger
What will they call it now?...................

Hen house?

4 posted on 06/21/2024 5:54:11 AM PDT by Jonah Hex
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To: Red Badger
"COCKPIT!
What will they call it now?...."

Front hole?

5 posted on 06/21/2024 5:55:20 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: Red Badger

Front stick?


6 posted on 06/21/2024 5:57:27 AM PDT by pas
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To: Red Badger

On larger aircraft it sometimes is called the Flight Deck.


7 posted on 06/21/2024 5:58:27 AM PDT by Ed Condon (subliminal messages here in invisible ink)
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To: Red Badger

“What will they call it now?...................”

Cooter cabin?
Crack shack?
Poon saloon?
Slut hut?
Gash stash?
Estrogen estuary?

If they really want to go there, the options are endless!


8 posted on 06/21/2024 5:59:44 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Red Badger

The term cockpit has little to do with man vs wonam. I am so sick of the pandering!

“Interesting enough, there is also a connection that has nothing to do with deadly bird combat. It originates from the word coxswain, which was used to describe “the person in charge of a small vessel”. It comes from “cock”, which was an old English term for a small boat, and “swain” which is a servant. So simply put, a cockswain is a boat servant. Over time, the title led to the steering compartment of smaller boats where the cockswain sat, then the area became known as the cockpit. Of course, as other history fans may know, early aviation borrowed a lot of other terms from watercraft, which many believe to be the main source of the word cockpit as it’s used today.”

https://norfolkaviation.com/where-exactly-did-the-term-cockpit-come-from/


9 posted on 06/21/2024 6:00:08 AM PDT by Liberty Ship ("Lord, make me fast and accurate.")
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To: Red Badger

Bonus hole indentation.


10 posted on 06/21/2024 6:00:09 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: Red Badger

“‘Woke’ Airline Union Tells Pilots to Stop Using Words ‘Cockpit,’ ‘Airmen’”

Could somebody tell me how we’re supposed to win World War 3, or even what ‘values’ we’re fighting for when we got this kind of crap going on.


11 posted on 06/21/2024 6:00:51 AM PDT by BobL
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To: Red Badger

They want the Land Of Gibberish ,LOL


12 posted on 06/21/2024 6:02:38 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Red Badger
For those not in the aviation world, the word “Airmen” and “Airman” are terms of the art in official FAA and other government documents to refer to pilots.

For example adverse weather alerts and other relevant information affecting safe operation of an aircraft are listed in “NOTAMS to Airmen”

These DEI morons are demanding a re write of Federal Aviation laws and documents for no good reason.

Objecting to the word cockpit is just silly, stupid DEI garbage with no basis in reality. Changing basic traditional aviation terminology is a passive aggressive method for DEI zealots to exert power over others and impose their will and their agenda on other people.

13 posted on 06/21/2024 6:03:21 AM PDT by rdcbn1
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I will not comply


14 posted on 06/21/2024 6:04:23 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not "Quiet Quitting" -- it's "Going Galt".)
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To: Red Badger

Pilots need a new union


15 posted on 06/21/2024 6:05:31 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: rdcbn1

16 posted on 06/21/2024 6:08:53 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

That’s a loaded question there. 🤣


17 posted on 06/21/2024 6:09:32 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: rdcbn1

“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.”
― George Orwell, 1984


18 posted on 06/21/2024 6:10:15 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

COCKPIT!

What will they call it now?...................


“Honeypit”..


19 posted on 06/21/2024 6:10:31 AM PDT by AFret. (.)
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To: BobL

That’s the whole point.

We’re not...............


20 posted on 06/21/2024 6:11:29 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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