Posted on 09/14/2025 6:09:49 AM PDT by Libloather
American Airlines and Delta Air Lines confirmed that employees have been removed from duty after making celebratory or mocking remarks online about the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy announced Saturday that American Airlines pilots involved had been “immediately grounded” and urged their permanent removal.
“This behavior is disgusting and they should be fired,” Duffy wrote on X. “Any company responsible for the safety of the traveling public cannot tolerate that behavior. We heal as a country when we send the message that glorifying political violence is completely unacceptable.”
American Airlines issued a statement saying it “condemns violence of any kind” and that “hate-related or hostile behavior runs contrary to our purpose, which is to care for people on life’s journey. Any such behavior is unacceptable, and we have already initiated action to address this with our team.”
FOX Business reported that Delta also suspended multiple employees after they posted on social media about Kirk’s assassination. Delta told FOX 5 Atlanta that the conduct violated company policy and could result in termination. CEO Ed Bastian reminded staff in an internal memo that “whether we’re in uniform and on the clock, online or out in public, our colleagues, customers and communities expect us to reflect Delta’s values.”
Kirk, 31, was shot and killed on Sept. 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University.
Fox News Digital's Sophia Compton contributed to this report.
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Excellent!
HR is addressing it
Wimps
I think they were TRANNIES...AT LEAST ONE OF THEM WERE!
And, if carmela had won, they’d still be flying.
I have several times thought, I don’t want the doctor who operates on me to know anything about my politics. People who could hurt you and claim it was an accident occur in lots of interactions. I’ve heard clerks talk about how they screwed this person or that because of (reason.) The people screwed will never know. The problem is that Democrats have proven time and again they ARE the people who passively aggressively hurt you if they simply disagree with you. As an organization employing people, they should get rid of those people when they reveal themselves.
There are millions of jerks who are glad he is dead. I would expect large numbers of them to gloat about it. Classless behavior.
Yep. And we’d now be getting 24/7 media lectures about how ‘hatred’ towards evil lunatics needs to stop.
God bless Charlie Kirk.
His death has caused the light of 1000 suns to shine on the Dark Side.
It just boggles the mind how some people you would think are very intelligent,accomplished, mentally stable and have great responsibility would do something this stupid and not expect it would destroy their career.
FAA issue now. And OSHA.
Indeed.
Exactly, these miserable libtard lowlifes are starting to discover that their actions have consequences.
I’m surprised there haven’t been cries of, “First Amendment!!” From the usual crowd.
Sure, you have freedom of speech. You also have freedom to take responsibility for your speech.
These leftists are simply proving that we’d wind up in cattle cars if they could somehow get away with it.
Well, not that surprising. Many years ago, airline pilots used to be predominantly conservative, usually ex-military (showing my age here, I know). But thanks to DEI, not so much now.
For what it’s worth since the first day I ever touched a patient, I had it relentlessly drilled into me that WHO they were or WHAT they were was outside of my job, and that how I am would have reacted to them on the street or socially was forbidden to me at the bedside.
I had the old kind of training. Definitely “shape up or ship out”. But it was good because it’s gotten me through lots of interactions that would have been a problem if I hadn’t gotten my head screwed on right in the beginning.
I don’t think my kind of training is available any more.
The doctor that treated Pres Reagan afetr he was shot, was a class act. Reagan asked if he was a Republican, and the doctor responded, “Today, we are ALL Republicans”.
It’s not safe to fly Delta their pilots are Mentally Unstable
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