Southwest Sorry For Pilot’s Coded “F Biden” Message

The Washington Post reports:

Southwest Airlines is conducting an internal investigation after one of its pilots reportedly said a phrase used in right-wing circles as a stand-in for swearing at President Biden over the plane’s public address system — apologizing to customers and insisting it does not condone employees sharing personal political opinions while on the job.

The airline faced turbulence on social media over the weekend after an Associated Press journalist was on a flight from Houston to Albuquerque on Friday when she heard the pilot use the phrase “let’s go Brandon,” writing that it brought on “audible gasps from some passengers.

“Southwest does not condone Employees sharing their personal political opinions while on the job serving our Customers, especially when comments are divisive and offensive,” the Texas-based airline said in a statement to The Washington Post on Sunday.

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Southwest Airlines to investigate pilot’s reported anti-Biden chant, telling @Adela_Suliman it “does not condone employees sharing their personal political opinions while on the job serving our customers, especially when comments are divisive & offensive” https://t.co/1MdC21qsSF

— Sara Sorcher (@SaraSorcher) October 31, 2021