A few days ago, a Delta flight headed for Toronto took the landing hard and ended up flipping over on the runway. It was scary, but -- fortunately -- everyone survived. CNN was quick to blame President Donald Trump (of course), but the CEO of Delta itself set the record straight on the issue, much to Gayle King's chagrin.
The flight itself was operated by Endeavor Air, a subsidiary of Delta, and Endeavor made a point of praising its 'unmanned' flights. In other words, those with all-women flight crews.
We don't know the demographics of the crew operating the flight (which sends up red flags for this writer), but X users dug up an old Endeavor Air post from 2022 and had some fun with it:
Buckle up ladies and gentlemen, your flight is unmanned today. #girlpower
— Endeavor Air (@EndeavorAir) June 6, 2022
📸: Caitlyn M., FO, CRJ-900 pic.twitter.com/vL7ec2P3fX
Let the mockery begin!
Glass ceiling shattered. Literally.
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) February 19, 2025
Literally.
— Milo Stone (@GeniusMilo) February 19, 2025
This writer laughed out loud.
So . . . buckle up because it's going to crash? . . .
— M K (@Modster99) February 19, 2025
Lol
YUP.
This aged like milk left out in the sun in Death Valley
— Truetotherescue (@truetotherescue) February 19, 2025
It sure did.
If you fly UNMANNED you too can perform aerial acrobatics never seen in history like the elusive plane flip ON THE RUNWAY. WOW!!!
— Sam Wize (@SamWizen) February 19, 2025
Never, ever leaving X.
— Tommy Razan (@TommyRazan) February 19, 2025
You guys crack us up.
The pile-on got so bad they locked replies.
Probably a good idea to lock those replies, must be a man running the account. https://t.co/Q5gWvBVlJF pic.twitter.com/2rkgcshntw
— Gee That’s Sus (@KSMatrixSlides) February 19, 2025
Ouch.
Landing a plane upside down and not killing anyone is actually kinda impressive when you think about it. https://t.co/eQA3sEn2p1
— Kab (@soulofkab) February 19, 2025
Fair point.
Brace for disparate impact https://t.co/6Jm3Ui44Te
— stricture (@bog_beef) February 19, 2025
This. This is perfect.
Best case scenerio is that the plane is paralell parked at the hanger and they can't back it out. https://t.co/BtiwmcCJgH pic.twitter.com/ZzxjloaKHV
— Mr. Jason Mironchuck (@MironchuckNOW) February 19, 2025
Oof. Brutally funny.
Endeavor Air believes that they must exclude men in order for women to be qualified for the job.
— Ken (@Kheniwyze) February 20, 2025
Then they brag about it.
If you're going by qualifications, the odds of you having a single-sexed staff are pretty low. https://t.co/YldXMd2ZoU
We poke fun, 'cause that's what we do here at Twitchy, but the fact of the matter remains: no one on planet earth gets on a plane and thinks, 'Gee, I'm so glad the flight crew looks just like me!'
We all want the most competent, highly skilled, and well-trained people to pilot our flights and get us to our destinations safely.
It's not hard.
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