casual observer

I don't know the context, but generally, I agree with this sentiment.

9 times out of 10, people that charge racism are engaging in a bullying tactic and should be called out on it.

When you overuse the charge of racism, you are complicit in making the world safer for real racists.

FlyDL

Steam hiss!

Learflyer

Thank you. The country is just tired of it at this point.

GogglesPisano

Yup. He's probably one of those guys that thinks Islam is a "race."

notEnuf

Sexism maybe or classism. Would he have jumped in if it were guys? Women wearing suits? White, Asian, Hispanic? I don't know. Best thing is to avoid the situation and get the people who are trained to deal with this involved. Yeah, I said it. Bring the hate.

GogglesPisano

Definitely classism (as in they had none.)

casual observer

Ism's are used to create a victim. Victim status has been used as a trump card to subvert common sense to the detriment of us all.

People are getting it and that's why more and more people are offended by it.

ItnStln

Well said!

Karnak

Excellent point! We're always going to be judged. Comes with the job. Wear a uniform, and people are going to stop you to ask non-pilot questions in the airport. They're also going to judge us based on our landing, even if we handle it masterfully in difficult circumstances.

Being expected to intervene in a disturbance on "our property" is part of that.

So your point about which situations would make us intervene is the core of this issue. Well done. Let's see if it will draw more responses.

I'll try:

> 2 kids (12 or under) tussling with no parents around? I'm in. ("supervisory liability")
> An elderly person being attacked by a young adult? I'm in.
> 2 women whapping and choking, as in this incident? I keep others from getting hurt, while I score it like a wrestling ref (Take down, Escape, Reversal) from a safe distance.
> 2 deadheading pilots who are senior to me grappling like sumos? I enlist able-bodied volunteers to help me shove them off the jet bridge.

Seriously, I can imagine scenarios that would cause me to intervene...and others that would not.

deadseal

wouldnt we all be hard pressed to not jump in if we saw one person choking the **** out of another? its kinda in our dna or we wouldnt be pilots to begin with imo. idk, i guess the big question is, can we accept the fact that we are no longer leaders in and around the airplane, but just system operators that need to stay in our cubby and cuddle our stapler