As Twitchy reported earlier, the Associated Press did a piece on the “Let’s go Brandon” phenomenon, adding the anecdote that on Friday, a pilot for Southwest Airlines ended his signoff with “Let’s go Brandon” “to audible gasps from some passengers.”
Southwest Airlines has been trending on Twitter all day — online, it’s the biggest news story there is — and we could fill posts and posts of people overreacting to what the pilot may or may not have said.
Our favorite reaction, though, is from Juliette Kayyem, Harvard professor and CNN analyst, who suggested that every passenger on that flight file a complaint with the FAA.
If @SouthwestAir doesn’t do anything, every passenger on that flight has standing to file a complaint with the @FAANews and they should do so. Southwest will then be compelled to investigate or defend him. Have fun with that. No messing around in the air. Bright line rule. https://t.co/L7VlZWJ0SU
— Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) October 30, 2021
Unlike some of you, I’m not saying he should fired. Only that there should be investigation. For all we know he was making fun of it. Either way — bad joke or asshole — it cannot go unaddressed lest it opens up other pilots to harangue passengers.
— Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) October 30, 2021
“Harangue passengers.” What about the passengers who didn’t clutch their pearls over it?
From a pilot. His opinion. Not mine. But we both like rules. @SouthwestAir @FAANews pic.twitter.com/2fbzJCsvdM
— Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) October 30, 2021
“Clearly the guy is stressed out enough about something — stolen election, vaccine mandate, Hillary Clinton.”
Lighten up, Francis.
— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) October 30, 2021
LOL. OK Karen.
— Proud Deplorable (@HKirsh1) October 30, 2021
🤡🤡🤡🤡
— Tim C. (@timtrek52) October 30, 2021
Get a grip
— Andrew Wagner (@andrewwagner) October 30, 2021
Right, because we all know businesses never dared to mock the president the previous four years. Clearly we need a federal investigation. https://t.co/wUIo43ey0m
— Brian Riedl 🧀 (@Brian_Riedl) October 30, 2021
Karen Kayyem literally wants you all to speak to the manager. https://t.co/JAyk23Sk5D
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) October 30, 2021
"Omg a pilot made a joke. What kind of pilot makes jokes? Would you trust a pilot who made jokes to fly your plane?" https://t.co/wkNJArEM6b
— Heimish Conservative (@HeimishCon) October 30, 2021
Take a pill, Karen. https://t.co/o2P0bFzRGy
— Robert (@TheCheekyTaurus) October 30, 2021
People that didn't like it should just build their own airplane https://t.co/CG86oOOZke
— JustBrad (@UTBBrad) October 30, 2021
Your ilk has been telling us for over four years that this type of dissent and resistance is the highest form of patriotism, bravery, and defense of democracy. What happened?#LetsGoBrandon https://t.co/GFeA1jTeiG
— kub3ctl (@kub3ctl) October 30, 2021
@michaelmalice this is a Harvard professor sounding like a hysterical 15 year old girl. https://t.co/36wUSVcJ27
— Soccer Thoughts (@_SoccerThoughts) October 30, 2021
https://t.co/I0HhRBPAfS pic.twitter.com/ndXyuE0ZK0
— The_Doug (@HeyImDoug) October 30, 2021
Any pilot who doesn't say this on every one of my flights is going to get a complaint from me .. https://t.co/FSOnZQXors
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) October 30, 2021
White woman demands to see the manager https://t.co/zBIuOJJWK9
— George Smith (@P1WestMichigan) October 30, 2021
These fucking freaks are having heart attacks over someone saying let’s go Brandon LMAO https://t.co/r7Ew8jqcBI
— Dani’Zorah Vas Anarchy (@DanneskjoldD) October 30, 2021
https://t.co/T3lrmbR1fs pic.twitter.com/19n4ukRnrK
— Nubian Queen Sensurround 🏳️🌈 (@sound_hologram) October 30, 2021
I’m so sorry this happened to you.
— CoryM (@itoldyoumonsoon) October 30, 2021
Imagine being upset at this.
— Vince Martin (@BankUnlimited) October 30, 2021
This is freaking hilarious
— GraceFace (@preachyourtruth) October 30, 2021
Stephen L. Miller would like to clear this all up:
Hello @SouthwestAir – I'd like to clear this up. I was a passenger on the flight in question. There was a young kid on the flight next to me with his mother who told me he was on his way for a bone marrow transplant. His name was Brandon and the flight attendant was aware of this
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) October 30, 2021
Also I'd like to state that the woman claiming to be a "reporter" was very disruptive to the flight and attempted to use a beverage cart to break down the pilots safety locked door. It terrified the entire plane. The pilot remained very calm and we were all relieved. Thank you.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) October 30, 2021
I met little Brandon in the departure area in Houston. Such a sweet kid! It would mean a lot to his mother if everyone could resply to any tweets about this flight with #LetsGoBrandon!
— Horst De Wermer, DVM, MD, PhD, GED, DDS, MOUSE (@Crapplefratz) October 30, 2021
I was on the same flight and can corroborate the story.
— Hamza (@alpha_dweeb) October 30, 2021
i was also on the flight
— subzero hedge 🌐 (@subzerohedge) October 30, 2021
The pilot is my neighbor’s dogwalker’s cousin. He is a big NASCAR fan. He was thrilled when Brandon won at Talledga…can’t stop talking about it.
— Lee Cordner (@CordnerLee) October 30, 2021
A lot of people in the comments didn’t get the joke. That’s sad.
Related:
AP reports Southwest pilot’s ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ signoff prompted ‘audible gasps’ from some passengers https://t.co/8tUPWnZjOX
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 30, 2021
