Posted on 03/10/2024 7:33:04 PM PDT by T Ruth
A United Airlines plane flying from San Francisco to Mexico City made an emergency landing in Los Angeles on Friday after a hydraulics issue was reported by the crew.
The plane, an Airbus A320 jetliner, safely landed at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) around 4:30 p.m. local time Friday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
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This was the fourth emergency landing of a United Airlines flight this week and will be investigated by the FAA.
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"a 2010 video of Kirby performing drag at a U.S. Airways Halloween party went viral after it was posted by the popular X account Libs of TikTok. In the video, Kirby appears dressed in a drag costume while crawling toward the audience before breaking into a dance routine to Lady Gaga’s song “Bad Romance.”"
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX): “My personal distaste for United Airlines aside, *** we must do something about the monopolies airlines hold on certain routes. I have NO CHOICE but to use United to get back to Houston,” Crenshaw wrote on X. “They’ve downgraded my status, threatened me, and now their planes are literally falling apart and we still can’t choose another carrier. Congress should act.”
"United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby says they want “50%” of their hires to be “women or people of color.” He doesn’t care whether or not they can effectively fly an airplane – all that matters is race and gender. DEI is going to get people killed. — Michael Seifert on X
It’s not Boeing.
Well, at least they (maintenance) did it to an Airbus instead of a Boeing this time.
Maybe part of their diversity program?
Right. It’s UAL.
It’s not just Boeing
We aren’t going to fly on United Airlines ever again.
Ditto.
..... Ya ... Well that's typical for L.A. .... After all it's the land of Fruits and Nuts ......
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THE CEO boasts, brags, and advertises that they are the leaders in DEI, and diversity. They plan to hire a LOT of people that know very little about planes.
“Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX): “I have NO CHOICE but to use United to get back to Houston”
For those of us that DO NOT fly First Class, we often use Southwest to fly between DC and Texas.
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Sheila Jackson Lee made UAL remove a First Class passenger, so she could sit her big Fani, in FC!!
We were on a flight from NY to IAH, once, when Sen Ted Cruz boarded....and, took his seat, in Coach.
Crenshaw most likely likes First Class, like his cohort, Sheeeeeeila.
“We were on a flight from NY to IAH, once, when Sen Ted Cruz boarded....and, took his seat, in Coach.”
Good for Cruz! Slightly negates his deep freeze mess up.
Yes, it does (slightly negate) ... :-)
The sexual weirdo community is NOT going to be happy. Pilots should also be hired based on kink.... and kin... and and and... /s
“THE CEO boasts, brags, and advertises that they are the leaders in DEI, and diversity. They plan to hire a LOT of people that know very little about planes.”
A famous man once said “everything that goes woke turns to shit.”
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United/Kirby's goal of 50% DEI hires is aggressive and probably illegal. But, it could be viewed as a positive. If United soaks up all the DEI hires, then the other airlines will have to make do with the qualified personnel that United shuns. So United/Kirby's initiative could end up making the other airlines safer.
I think Crenshaw was in California when he made his comment.
Good points Ruth. Then again, the other airlines could just grow a backbone and hire based on merit. Lots of black people can be hired based on merit but hiring based on skin color (of any color) is stupid.
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