Go to work, keep your head down, do your job and go home. You are too old to be watching and getting upset about social media. This is wild Karen behavior.

 

Haha! You’re straight up gaslighting brother.

Did you have that same attitude when SWA management referred to your pilot group as “plumbers”? You want to be treated like a professional? You want to be paid that large amount of cash money like a professional? Apparently not, because anyone criticizing these “influencers” who wear their company uniform to film themselves literally clowning around are “wild karen’s”. Yikes dude, bad take.

 

I’m hoping she takes the hint. Lot’s of bros out here obsessed. Only Fans!

 

I’ve made the mistake of drinking and posting as well.

 

Honestly very well said. When has someone’s personal Instagram ever been the major concern? Yet we have guys who almost took off from a taxiway. One makes APC the other makes APC and CNN.

 

this is what you sound like….

 

Just to add that most of us leave each other alone—but one of the majority causes of pilot terminations at WN relates to social media posts. This comes from a conversation I had with a deadheading pro-standards pilot. This is another reason I don’t FB, TikTok, or IG.

 

Wise words right there.

 

The best thing you can do if you insist on being on social media is:
Absolutely have zero connection to work, including pictures in uniform, etc.
Lock down permissions
Don't write anything that could possibly be construed the wrong way, even if you think it's super funny or cool.
If you have trouble with that, just don't comment or post on anything period.

There was a SWAPA number podcast a while back that talked about a guy who made an offensive comment on an aviation related forum where they were not identified as a Southwest pilot. The offended person then did a little reasearch and found their social media with Southwest stuff on it. They then took their screenshots and sent them to the company. The pilot was disciplined.

I basically don't post or comment on anything on social media unless it is strictly informative and non-controversial. It only takes a second for a screen shot to make its way to employee relations. It simply isn't worth it.

Big Ern, Captain Morgan, etc have all gotten the company's blessing to go forth and do their thing. If you don't like it, then you probably aren't the target audience. I certainly don't watch it. It doesn't bother me, though, because I simply don't care.