Originally Posted by ZapBrannigan

There's undoubtedly a problem at the airline. Between the open mic incidents disparaging homosexuals, the "rolling coal" comment, FAs writing up pilots for behavior at hotels, the website and billboard. There's a segment of pilots that can't wrap their head around anybody that doesn't look or act just like they do.

It's no wonder the company wants to do DEI training... there's, what 60,000 employees? There will always be differences in groups that large. You can't expect everyone to share your world view.

This is a cultural problem that should be addressed in hiring and will likely only be solved by a generational shift.

Until then, it's best to just keep politics and religion out of the cockpit, and be careful what you say in mixed company. You don't know what the other persons beliefs are, what their sexual orientation is, or even the ethnicity of their family members. If something is shoved in your face that you don't like, ignore it and move on or change the subject. Be the adult in the room.

Look I get it. The pendulum swings too far to the left and right sometimes and maybe it's swinging a little far left right now. But we all have to work together, so let's just try and ignore the noise from the company and talk about things that we can all agree on regardless of our politics, like BBQ, vacations, cars, or even the contract. Show a little empathy or just walk away if you don't like the conversation.

This is going to get harder before it gets easier. We're on the eve of yet another election cycle that is likely to be contentious and noisy. Everybody will have their opinions and want to share them.

To which your answer should be changing the subject to more important stuff like,... "so you ever use one of them Big Green Eggs?" or, "Is that Fiat Spider just a Miata with Fiat badging?"