Posted on 02/19/2025 10:52:38 AM PST by Signalman
A regional airline operating the Delta Air Lines flight that flipped upside down upon landing on Monday is being criticized for aggressively promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion policies that critics allege may have contributed to the near-fatal incident.
Air travel was brought to a standstill over Toronto on Monday after Delta Flight 4819 capsized while attempting to land at Pearson International Airport, where wind gusts were reported to be as high as 65 mph. Video of the harrowing incident shows flames bursting from the bottom of the jet before a wing breaks off, and the intact cabin rolls onto its roof.
Days later, some of the most influential conservative accounts on X have resurfaced old social media posts by Endeavor Air, which operated the flight on behalf of Delta, including one promoting an all-female crew with a poor choice of words.
“Buckle up ladies and gentlemen, your flight is unmanned today. #girlpower” read a 2022 post on the platform which was flagged by End Wokeness. One user noted that a male member of the flight crew was heard on its transmission during landing.
But in a section of Endeavor’s website titled “our most important behaviors,” the company promises to “promote diversity and inclusion in all aspects of the airline and our operation.” Ironically, listed above their DEI promise is another stating Endeavor is committed to “put[ting] safety first–always.”
The revelation comes roughly six months after Delta was criticized for instructing boarding crew to refrain from using the phrase “ladies and gentlemen,” a change recommended by DEI & Social Impact Officer Kyra Lynn Johnson. Delta’s website and Johnson’s LinkedIn profile both indicate she still holds her position and job title.
“Use gender-neutral language and pronouns. Do not use language that suggests a gender binary (male-female),” read a Delta guide approved by Johnson that was distributed across the company in December of 2020.
Johnson became a prominent spokesperson for Delta Air Lines following the 2020 death of George Floyd when, during a panel on diversity, she pledged to ensure Delta would adopt “antiracist” policies in the workplace, including a diversification of its airline staff.
“To really come out and say, as an organization, that we are an antiracist company was really important to us,” she said at the time. “We are going to actively seek diversity. We’re also talking about how we’re going to boldly pursue equity. And we’re talking about the steps we’re taking to consciously promote inclusion. So, we realize, like many of you have, that it’s not enough just to say, ‘We aren’t racist,’ but to say that you are antiracist.”
Earlier this month, a Delta flight collided with a Japan Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner while the two jets were taxiing at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. A spokesperson for the company confirmed no injuries were reported, but that came as little comfort to passengers on board.
“So, we were sitting on the tarmac at SeaTac and another plane ran into us, just casually sliced into our tail,” one passenger wrote on X. “Very scary.”
Only a handful of passengers have been flipped while landing.
Ladies and Gentlemen, This is your captain speaking.
Ah I see the wind gust number is creeping up.
Does anyone know anything about the pilot and crew? Some of the passengers must know.
Not enough info to be making judgments, but what the heck …
The plane came in too hot, there was no flare, it just flew into the ground. Maybe the pilot thought there was an arresting wire like on a carrier?
Martha Raddatz can rest assured.
Maybe the hydraulics were gone
The only reason the gear failed was because the aircraft slammed onto the runway without flaring. Descent rate at touchdown was approximately 1,200 feet per minute, roughly twice the normal descent rate. This looks like it may be wind shear possibly combined with a too-slow approach speed, given the wind conditions. But there are usually additional factors that come out in the investigation that weren’t immediately apparent, so we’ll have to wait and see.
Well, one observation that can be made is how much difference the fact that this was a relatively small airliner, and not a 737 or larger plane, made in the outcome. Less kinetic energy leads to the plane’s fuselage holding together. The fortunate roll sheared the wings and left a lot of burning fuel behind and away from where the fuselage stopped skidding along. It was no picnic, but turned out pretty well, considering.
“Not enough info to be making judgments, but what the heck …”
How much more info do you need? These DEI policies are dangerous.
Any landing you can walk away from . . . .
When they don’t tell you who it is, you know who it is.
The black box recorder capture this ominous portion of the pilot Loquetia Hasan’s conversation before the crash “Ima powerful black woman that can land this bitch sideways while slappin’ you silly!”
Well, yes there is, but this support airline prides itself on having crews with no males either on the flight deck or flight attendants, so that feeds the speculation.
You don’t hear anything about who the crew was on this flight. The Delta Airlines flight that flipped over and crashed at Pearson Airport was operated by Endeavor Air, a company that has relentlessly pushed DEI initiatives and bragged about having “unmanned” all-female flights that contained no male staff.
That Endeavor flight appears to have been a too-hard landing that collapsed the starboard side landing gear, whereafter the starboard wing tore off and everything went tits up.
Endeavor Air - Taking the cock out of cockpit!
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