"Don't Tread On Me" flag hanging in SWA plane window

Twitter ^ | 11/12/2021 | Benny Johnson

[Excellence]

"This photo was just sent to me of a grounded Southwest plane flying a Gadsden flag out of the cockpit. The Hero Pilots at Southwest and other Airlines deserve our support. True patriots worthy of the American Freedom Fighter tradition. Don’t Tread On Me. God Bless Them 🇺🇸✈️🙏🏻

[Excellence]

Click on link for picture. Someone is claiming it's a twenty year old picture from post-9-11, so I can't account for its veracity. I've done a reverse picture search and word description search, and can't find anything. Based if true.

[MtnClimber]

LET'S GO BRANDON!!!

[Yo-Yo]

[aynrandfreak]

LUV!

[Castigar]

I didn’t know you could roll down those windows. Please tell me it’s the old roll-crank handle!

[Zathras]

I’m sure its there to help Air Traffic Controllers identify the plane. /LOL

[logi_cal869]

Critics claim time travel???

737-MAX8 didn’t exist back then.

[Obadiah]

South West employees doing more for freedom than all the Republicans in Congress.

[Yo-Yo]

I didn’t know you could roll down those windows. Please tell me it’s the old roll-crank handle!

I wonder if the pilots play "airplane" with their hand out the window while flying?

[dfwgator]

“My hand is a dolphin!”

[PLMerite]

"I didn’t know you could roll down those windows."

Of course, you have to be able to negotiate with the locals:

[Nik Naym]

Of course they do. How else is the pilot supposed to give his credit card to the guy at the pump?

[Gene Eric]

+1

[PistolPaknMama]

I didn’t know you could roll down those windows

Somebody has to be able to operate those little dials on the side of the plane. /s

[HollyB]

I personally don’t think it’s a SWA plane. But that’s ok. The pic serves its purpose in getting its point across.

[Az Joe]

Here’s a link to the pic in an article today

https://amgreatness.com/2021/10/11/a-southwest-pilot-explains-what-happened-over-the-weekend/

[TankerKC]

I didn’t know you could roll down those windows. Please tell me it’s the old roll-crank handle!

They actually slide back. Kinda like a side door on a van, but they slide to the inside.

[House Atreides]

“ I wonder if the pilots play “airplane” with their hand out the window while flying?”
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Only when they need extra lift!

[Excellence]

You can tell from that itty bitty picture the make and model?

[hoagy62]

The windows slide back and forth on a track. When they’re closed, they are locked into place.