'But wearing a BLM pin is OK?' American Airlines assures passenger they're taking complaint of pilot's LGB tag seriously

As we told you yesterday, an elite status member (who subsequently locked her account) demanded answers from American Airlines after spotting a pilot with a “Let’s Go Brandon” luggage tag:

I’m so sorry this is happening to you pic.twitter.com/z5jpwyGiOl

— Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) January 9, 2022

American Airlines responded on Twitter:

Thank you for bringing this to our attention and we want to get this to the right team. Please DM any additional details.

— americanair (@AmericanAir) January 9, 2022

And later the airline also reportedly told the passenger via DM they’re looking into it and are sorry for her being triggered:

“We take this very seriously and have sent this over to crew leadership,” AA said in response to a direct message from the Twitter user who accused the pilot of displaying political propaganda supporting insurrection against the US government. “They will handle this internally after review. We assure you appropriate internal review will occur.”

People can’t help but notice that American Airlines didn’t seem to have any issue with employees making political statements under the proper circumstances:

I somehow doubt they’d be apologizing if it had been a BLM sticker https://t.co/3f6tsn3krI

— Abigail Marone 🇺🇸 (@abigailmarone) January 10, 2022

Actually, they endorse it…

Black Lives Matter is a political organization that wants to defund the police. Turns out American Airlines is ok with some political opinions but not others… https://t.co/h8aw8F9wEu

— Abigail Marone 🇺🇸 (@abigailmarone) January 10, 2022

Go figure.

Now apologize for allowing your crew to wear pins promoting a Marxist organization @AmericanAir. I didn’t post creep shots of them on Twitter or screech at your customer service reps about it because I’m not insane, but if you’re banning political speech, be consistent. https://t.co/mUUh0vS9rU

— Christina Pushaw 🐊 (@ChristinaPushaw) January 10, 2022

Yet @AmericanAir allows flight attendants to serve passengers while wearing pins of Marxist organizations.

If you're going to shut down political speech, be consistent. https://t.co/PrrKbwjZ0c

— 🚂 Wildest Ride 🚃 (@Wildest_Ride) January 10, 2022

"American Airlines made headlines in 2020 when the company allowed crew members to wear “Black Lives Matter” pins, according to The Dallas Morning News"

— Don Carter (@d1carter) January 10, 2022

Really @AmericanAir ? But wearing a BLM pin ok? https://t.co/yV3EXB72lT

— PhillyGirl (@FranklinPhilly) January 10, 2022

Free speech is only free if you push the far left agenda. https://t.co/6XGbgdpjgK

— John “Rambo” Gage⚔️ (@RamboGage) January 10, 2022

This from CBS News back in 2020:

American Airlines is now allowing its employees to wear a Black Lives Matter pin on their uniforms, the airline said in a statement Monday. The decision comes after American Airlines employees saw people at other companies wearing BLM pins and asked if they could do the same.

“American Airlines believes in equity and inclusion for all,” the company said in its statement.

That “inclusion” might not include employees who have LGB luggage tags. Stay tuned.

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