

Bear in mind that the Braves are playing Houston’s team, the. Conceivably the AP reporter had Let’s go, Brandon on the brain because of the story she was working on and jumped to a false conclusion about what the pilot had said. "Southwest is conducting an eternal investigation into the recently reported event and will address the situation directly with any employee involved while continuing to remind employees that public expression of personal opinions while on duty is unacceptable. The A also sounds like a long A as in Braves, not a short A as in Brandon.

Southwest does not condone employees sharing their personal political opinions while on the job serving our customers," the statement reads. "The Southwest Team takes pride in providing a welcoming, comfortable, safe and respectful environment for the millions of customers who fly with us each year. A Southwest Airlines flight on Saturday turned political when one of its pilots finished an announcement to passengers with 'Lets Go, Brandon,' a chant used to insult President Joe Biden. Southwest addressed the allegations in a statement, denouncing the comments by the pilot. "On Friday morning on a Southwest flight from Houston to Albuquerque, the pilot signed off his greeting over the public address system with the phrase, to audible gasps from some passengers," the Associated Press writes. A pilot on a flight from Houston to Albuquerque signed off his greeting on the PA system and allegedly used the phrase as a shock cherry on top. The Southwest flight is the latest incident to highlight the new phrase and inject divisive politics into all corners of American life.

"On Friday morning on a Southwest flight from Houston to Albuquerque, the pilot signed off his greeting over the public address system with the phrase, to audible gasps from some passengers." - Jonathan Lemire October 30, 2021
