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If it ain’t a Boeing, I’m not going. No choice.
A note to those of you just coming up in this business.
It is very easy to become comfortable and even friendly with the person sitting next to you. Don’t allow yourself to become so comfortable that you feel that it’s ok to share your most divisive worldviews. You know what they are. If you find yourself wearing your political beliefs on your sleeve, or are speaking about another employee or, workgroup, or subsection of your own workgroup using pejorative terms - that should be a red flag. You don’t KNOW the person sitting in the other seat and you certainly don’t know them well enough to show your ( . ) by using disparaging language regarding their race, sexual persuasion, ethnicity, religion, vaccination status or socio-political beliefs. If your company is advocating for action on some global topic that goes contrary to your belief system, trust me the flight deck is NOT the place to discuss that, nor is the hotel shuttle, or at dinner with the crew. Definitely don’t discuss within earshot of the passengers, especially if you’re using coarse language. You are putting your coworkers in a tough position when you behave that way.
There are dozens of topics of conversation about hobbies, travel, family, airplanes, or even the contract. But if you are about to broach a topic that you’ve heard some talking head bloviating about on your news program of choice, you’re making a bad workplace decision. Remember that not everyone is like you. Not everyone believes the same things that you do. And our differences are what make the world go around, so please don’t build walls that prevent good crew communication by saying something that your fellow crewmembers might find offensive. If there’s any question, keep it to yourself. It’s a workplace, not a flying club.
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
It is very easy to become comfortable and even friendly with the person sitting next to you. Don’t allow yourself to become so comfortable that you feel that it’s ok to share your most divisive worldviews. You know what they are. If you find yourself wearing your political beliefs on your sleeve, or are speaking about another employee or, workgroup, or subsection of your own workgroup using pejorative terms - that should be a red flag. You don’t KNOW the person sitting in the other seat and you certainly don’t know them well enough to show your ( . ) by using disparaging language regarding their race, sexual persuasion, ethnicity, religion, vaccination status or socio-political beliefs. If your company is advocating for action on some global topic that goes contrary to your belief system, trust me the flight deck is NOT the place to discuss that, nor is the hotel shuttle, or at dinner with the crew. Definitely don’t discuss within earshot of the passengers, especially if you’re using coarse language. You are putting your coworkers in a tough position when you behave that way.
There are dozens of topics of conversation about hobbies, travel, family, airplanes, or even the contract. But if you are about to broach a topic that you’ve heard some talking head bloviating about on your news program of choice, you’re making a bad workplace decision. Remember that not everyone is like you. Not everyone believes the same things that you do. And our differences are what make the world go around, so please don’t build walls that prevent good crew communication by saying something that your fellow crewmembers might find offensive. If there’s any question, keep it to yourself. It’s a workplace, not a flying club.
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.