{"id":949183,"date":"2021-11-01T11:14:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T15:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=949183"},"modified":"2021-11-01T11:14:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T15:14:36","slug":"southwest-launches-investigation-into-pilot-accused-of-saying-lets-go-brandon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/southwest-launches-investigation-into-pilot-accused-of-saying-lets-go-brandon\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Launches Investigation Into Pilot Accused Of Saying \u2018Let\u2019s Go, Brandon\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsouthwest-launches-investigation-into-pilot-accused-of-saying-lets-go-brandon%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=949183&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Southwest Airlines is conducting an internal investigation into reports that one of its pilots said \u201cLet\u2019s go, Brandon\u201d over the intercom during a flight<\/p>\n<p>The airline released a statement Sunday condemning the reported incident and announcing an internal investigation. The pilot allegedly said \u201cLet\u2019s go, Brandon\u201d \u2014 an anti-Biden phrase popularized after a reporter misheard a crowd chanting \u201cf*** Joe Biden\u201d \u2014 during a flight from Houston to Albuquerque.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Southwest Team takes pride in providing a welcoming, comfortable, safe, and respectful environment for the millions of customers who fly with us each year. Southwest does not condone Employees sharing their personal political opinions while on the job serving our Customers, and one Employee\u2019s individual perspective should not be interpreted as the viewpoint of Southwest and its collective 54,000 Employees,\u201d the airline said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SouthwestAir\/status\/1454900992718352387\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSouthwest is conducting an internal investigation into the recently reported event and will address the situation directly with any employee involved while continuing to remind all employees that public expression of personal opinions while on duty is unacceptable,\u201d the airline continued. \u201cSouthwest does not tolerate any behavior that encourages divisiveness, as it does not reflect the Southwest Hospitality and inclusiveness for which we are known and strive to provide each day on every flight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/shop\/lets-go-brandon-t-shirt\">Get your limited edition \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon!\u201d t-shirt here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the first <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ctlong1\/status\/1454460154435362817\">reports<\/a> of the incident came from Associated Press reporter Colleen Long. The alleged incident quickly spread online as liberal pundits and others condemned the use of the \u201cLet\u2019s go, Brandon\u201d phrase. A CNN contributor likened the phrase to \u201clong live ISIS.\u201d As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/southwest-airlines-pilot-says-lets-go-brandon-cnn-analyst-likens-remark-to-long-live-isis\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<p><em>CNN analyst Asha Rangappa promptly referenced the murderous ISIS terrorist group while addressing the pilot\u2019s reported comment on social media. \u201cAs an experiment, I\u2019d love for an [sic] @SouthwestAir pilot to say \u2018Long live ISIS\u2019 before taking off,\u201d she tweeted. \u201cMy guess is that 1) the plane would be immediately grounded; 2) the pilot fired; and 3) a statement issued by the airline within a matter of hours\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Rangappa, who is also a senior lecturer at Yale University\u2019s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jackson.yale.edu\/person\/asha-rangappa\/\">former FBI agent<\/a>, provided another example of legacy media critics indiscriminately comparing people presumed to be conservatives to terrorists, a trend that has metastasized from pro-life leaders to concerned parents at school board meetings.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Others hurled terrorist accusations at the airline, which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/southwest-airlines-walks-back-unpaid-leave-stance-for-unvaccinated-staffers-seeking-excemptions\">relaxed<\/a>&nbsp;its COVID-19 vaccine mandate after being forced to cancel more than&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/southwest-airlines-cancels-at-least-1800-flights-over-weekend-blames-weather-air-traffic-control\">1,800 flights<\/a>. Lindy Li,<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southwest Airlines is conducting an internal investigation into reports that one of its pilots said \u201cLet\u2019s go, Brandon\u201d over the intercom during a flightThe airline released a statement Sunday condemning the reported incident and announcing an internal investigation. The pilot allegedly said \u201cLet\u2019s go, Brandon\u201d \u2014 an anti-Biden phrase popularized after a reporter misheard a crowd chanting \u201cf*** Joe Biden\u201d \u2014 during a flight from Houston to Albuquerque.\u201cThe Southwest Team takes pride in providing a welcoming, comfortable, safe, and respectful environment for the millions of customers who fly with us each year. Southwest does not condone Employees sharing their personal political opinions while on the job serving our Customers, and one Employee\u2019s individual perspective should not be interpreted as the viewpoint of Southwest and its collective 54,000 Employees,\u201d the airline said in a statement.\u201cSouthwest is conducting an internal investigation into the recently reported event and will address the situation directly with any employee involved while continuing to remind all employees that public expression of personal opinions while on duty is unacceptable,\u201d the airline continued. \u201cSouthwest does not tolerate any behavior that encourages divisiveness, as it does not reflect the Southwest Hospitality and inclusiveness for which we are known and strive to provide each day on every flight.\u201dGet your limited edition \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon!\u201d t-shirt here.One of the first reports of the incident came from Associated Press reporter Colleen Long. The alleged incident quickly spread online as liberal pundits and others condemned the use of the \u201cLet\u2019s go, Brandon\u201d phrase. A CNN contributor likened the phrase to \u201clong live ISIS.\u201d As The Daily Wire reported:CNN analyst Asha Rangappa promptly referenced the murderous ISIS terrorist group while addressing the pilot\u2019s reported comment on social media. \u201cAs an experiment, I\u2019d love for an [sic] @SouthwestAir pilot to say \u2018Long live ISIS\u2019 before taking off,\u201d she tweeted. \u201cMy guess is that 1) the plane would be immediately grounded; 2) the pilot fired; and 3) a statement issued by the airline within a matter of hours\u201dRangappa, who is also a senior lecturer at Yale University\u2019s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and a\u00a0former FBI agent, provided another example of legacy media critics indiscriminately comparing people presumed to be conservatives to terrorists, a trend that has metastasized from pro-life leaders to concerned parents at school board meetings.Others hurled terrorist accusations at the airline, which\u00a0relaxed\u00a0its COVID-19 vaccine mandate after being forced to cancel more than\u00a01,800 flights. Lindy Li, whom Vanity Fair describes as a \u201cBiden operative,\u201d\u00a0tweeted\u00a0Saturday that the airline\u2019s \u201cCEO opposes Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate &#038; won\u2019t fire anyone who defies it, thus condoning bioterrorism.\u201d Li, who also called the pilot \u201cmentally impaired,\u201d recently appeared on CNN to\u00a0denounce\u00a0the \u201cheinous\u201d\u00a0Texas pro-life\u00a0law that\u00a0protects unborn children\u00a0with a\u00a0fetal heartbeat\u00a0from being aborted.\u201cSouthwest pilot screams out \u2018Let\u2019s go Brandon\u2019 over the intercom,\u201d\u00a0tweeted\u00a0Turn Texas Black falsely. \u201cRT if you won\u2019t book with Southwest Airlines unless this pilot is fired.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-949183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=949183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=949183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=949183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=949183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}