It is amazing to see the lack of respect for the Constitution and our right to free speech on this board and from fellow pilots.

It is a good thing this kind of thinking was not prevalent in the early days of Flying the Line or the early days of our country. None of you would be where you are.

The photo was picked up from the web, been around a long time and posted by twitter or someone else with a political agenda.

While it is true that the first amendment applies to government actions, we as Americans should expect to be protected from persecution by big corporations and employers. After all, other so called protections such as equal opportunity, affirmative action etc are now required of all employers as well as the government. Free speech should not be exempted.

How ironic that so many so called "ALPA members" on this board will violate the ALPA code of ethics by publicly making false claims and criticisms against a fellow pilot. What a load of hypocrites.

I don't know this guy other than to have flown with him a couple years ago. I remember he is a good pilot and passionate about representing his district.

He is also an elected official- a state representative. If anyone should be afforded an extra measure of protection under the first amendment it should be an elected representative.

The fact that he works for United is just leverage the detractors of his political party are trying to use to shut down the political discourse. Apparently they are being somewhat successful, and supported by some people here.

Many of you apparently don't know that many state legislators are part timers and get a small stipend ( a couple thousand a year) for their service, so they must be employed in the private sector.

The US congress used to be made up of part timers. Good thing they were not sucessfully shut down in their criticisms of King George.