Originally Posted by
SlipKid
Amen brother.
For most of my time here at SW, with very few exceptions, everyone got along, respected one another and we all pulled on the same rope to keep the place running. It was, overall, a pleasant place to work.
I treat all of my co workers well, and have never had any personal issues in the past, even with some well known "problem children" that others have had issues with, regardless of their pronouns, religion, race, lifestyle choices etc.
All I care about is that my co workers do their jobs, and treat each other and our customers right.
That's awesome that you're like that. Seriously. I try to act the same way, as I know the majority of us do.
Unfortunately, the minority is trying to do its darnedest to ruin it for the rest of us, which is resulting in more and more measures to get them pulling in the same direction as the rest of us.
Things I have personally witnessed: a captain soliciting sex from a flight attendant in exchange for buying breakfast, a captain telling a male flight attendant that his gay marriage is an abomination in the eyes of the Lord, a captain complaining to a new hire flight attendant who had just finished her first day on the line that "man, it's been a long time since I've seen a new hire flight attendant's breasts", homophobic slurs, complaining about Atlanta sucking because of "the blacks", complaining to flight attendants how there aren't any sexy room parties any more, and the list goes on and on, to say nothing of the constant calling women "sweetie", "honey", etc. That's directly to their faces, and also does not include the numerous 5am cockpit rants with the door open during boarding.
This training, and the increased crackdown, is for and because of them.
I don't get mad at DEI training when I see it in class or on a DL. Sure it's annoying, and the not-so-subtle pilot hating that goes on with it is offensive, but I simply don't let it get under my skin. I'm an adult and am capable of listening to boring workplace seminars on things that don't apply to me or are offensive to me without getting worked up.
I absolutely wish that some of the most easily offended ones would grow the hell up and get even the slightest more thick skin, but I also know that it's not happening in a vacuum, because of some of the absolutely horrific things I've heard and seen.
Treat it like the lessons-learned stuff like unstable approaches or flawed decision making that we get to learn about in DLs and CQT: it doesn't apply to me, and so the purpose of that training is to reinforce my good decision making and helps keep me honest.
The biggest action item that I channel my energy into after listening to those presentations is that we need separate hotels. For everybody's sake.
This kind of training isn't new, it's been happening and getting updated for the better part of 60 years. Just put those sections on mute if you really don't want to hear them.