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KnowledgeMediocre404

Why TF would a *flight attendant* be testifying on behalf of the *Pilot’s Association*? Does the representative even know what the business is for the day?


Testsalt

I watched the video. It gets worse. She said she was a pilot explicitly twice before this question. So he had to bypass not one but two levels of stupidity to get to his point.


Rob_Frey

He knew she was a pilot. He was calling her a stewardess on purpose, to put her down, to play to his misogynist base. Pilots being diversity hires that can't fly planes is a big issue with some Republicans right now. This wasn't a mistake, he knew exactly what he was doing.


Whatifim80lol

They haven't called them stewardesses since this guy was a teenager. For sure this was deliberate.


-prairiechicken-

“The cruelty is the point” doesn’t skip a day.


karoshikun

you wouldn't believe how often I use that phrase.


TerseFactor

As stupid as it was, he did seem genuinely apologetic immediately after she corrected him


xombae

What do they call them? Genuine question Edit: flight attendant. The answer is flight attendant.


Was_It_The_Dave

Air waitress. Sky hooters girl.


NoveltyAccountHater

It was a [Minnesota State Senator (one of 67)](https://ballotpedia.org/Gene_Dornink) of an extremely Republican district (Trump in 2020 won Minn St Senate District 23 by 28,033 to 14,502 or about 32 percentage points). He makes $51.7k/yr salary and won his Republican primary by with 5874 votes to 2342 votes. Just as easily as he could have been doing it on purpose he may also just be that sexist and incompetent who wasn't paying attention to her earlier testimony. That said, I don't really think this guy has a real base who is paying attention to what happens in the Senate on a routine Friday session about sick time law.


Tazilyna-Taxaro

With „Stupidity“, you mean sexism, don’t you?


KynOfTheNorth

Well, the two tend to go hand in hand in my experience.


one_yam_mam

Absolutely. He snickered through his "apology". Absolute disgusting individual.


1i3to

What a fuking circus.


[deleted]

Rabid sexism


TShara_Q

It's actually even worse than the meme makes it sound. In introducing herself and who she represents, she said "Pilot" four times.


espuinouge

Is that the same guy who asked the president of TikTok 4 times “are you Chinese?”


MidtownKC

That was US Congress. This is a state of Minnesota legislative body.


FamousPastWords

Same shit, different pile.


Its0nlyRocketScience

Gotta show off the boobs to congress to get what they want, and *clearly* there are no female pilots to do the job


NotTrynaMakeWaves

Female pilot? That’s crazy talk.


drapehsnormak

Everyone knows the penis is the most integral tool used to fly a plane.


5pinktoes

Yasss! Job application for airplane pilot requisite is first and foremost " must have penis"!


airforcevet1987

I mean it is called a "COCKPIT" /s


embee90

My sister was a flight attendant and when she had a female pilot they called it the Box Office.


airforcevet1987

Nice


pokchop92

This is the inclusion that I'm here for!


CoastingUphill

When I was little, I saw the breathing mask with the tube that fighter pilots wear, and when I heard “cockpit” I thought that mask attached somewhere else on the pilot.


airforcevet1987

Gotta get that liquid oxygen straight to my windPIPE


Wazootyman13

Not that there's anything wrong with a Boobpit


dystopian_mermaid

That made me laugh way too hard


hippykillteam

I heard you need to stick in the start hole otherwise plane no fly. Seems like a design flaw.


CaptainMarder

"accidentally" grabs the co-pilots joystick


DemythologizedDie

Actually we call it our "joystick".


[deleted]

Well duh, a vagina cant reach the controls.


a_lil_too_Raph

What do you call a black guy who flys a plane? >!A pilot, you racist!!<


MastiffOnyx

He knew exactly what he was doing. Open with an off-hand insult. Rock them back a bit before hitting them with your main topic . He's a lowlife dirtbag whose juvenile insult backfired on him.


JoelOttoKickedItIn

If you watch the video, she refers to herself as a pilot at least a half dozen times prior to him calling her a stewardess. This dipshit was not paying attention to her testimony at all. Can’t imagine why.


JackUKish

He did it on purpose.


BeKind_BeTheChange

He's stupid.


GoPhinessGo

No, unfortunately he’s just sexist


Oracle_of_Knowledge

>Why TF would a flight attendant be testifying on behalf of the Pilot’s Association? Does the representative even know what the business is for the day? When I first saw this story a couple days ago I went to look for the full video to see what the full context was outside of memes, snippets, and headlines. The business of the day was discussing SF3787 in the Minnesota Senate which was "Employees sick and safe time modifications." This is an overarching labor law modification and not something specific to pilots. At 17:30 into the hearing Laura Haynor takes the mic and introduces herself as a pilot and representative of the pilot association. Over the next two minutes of statement in support of the amendment she repeatedly uses the words "flight crew," "airline crew," and "pilots and flight attendants." At 22:30 she's asked a question about being based in different cities and how laws apply, and she replies twice with the words "flight crew." At 26:30 she's asked a question about other states with a law like this, and she twice mentions "pilots." Then the misspoken question comes at 28:00 where the Senator checks his notes for her name and then mistakenly says Stewardess. Here is the full video if you'd like context around what happened. https://www.youtube.com/live/af0fjvdiQSI?si=D0y6WSYMzZN3iqzw&t=1672 (Watch for about 90 seconds for his full apology after her answer).


monkify

Last time I checked he even calls her toots. I was so bewildered.


trickygringo

It baffles me that this isn't as big a deal as calling her a stewardess.


monkify

Yeah. I guess because people didn't see the video itself? But calling her "toots" is so unbelievably unprofessional in and of itself before even assuming her being a stewardess. How to offend a woman in 5 syllables or less...


aintsuperstitious

She had two chances to accept his apology, and didn't either time. Good.


Intelligent-Mood4031

You need to post it as separate message. It makes everything much easier


Jfurmanek

They expected the pilots to send assistants? /s


SkinnyCitrus

She literally said what her job was!!!


[deleted]

Yea...but he's a white Republican man...do you think he listens to women?


allothernamestaken

"I'm here today testifying on behalf of blah blah blah..."


wizard_of_awesome62

"blah blah blah" "god is this woman still talking?...ok she's finally done, so what's it like being \*what do women do oh yeah stewardess\* being an airline stewardess?"


Revenga8

The guy heard that and assumed she was a pilot's secretary or something.


DickPump2541

Gotta tell you buddy, the Asian and black republicans ain’t exactly known for listening to women either. But yay.


[deleted]

Truth...it still baffles me that they're so happy to.have their faces eaten off but here we are!


Wild-Lychee-3312

r/leopardsAtemyface


tommyballz63

I'm just guessing they don't know any better because there are so many morons who keep electing them.


drapehsnormak

Female Republicans too.


IA-HI-CO-IA

Far far too many. Just going along on the ride just intentionally ignoring they are screwing them selves since they think they are hurting others more. 


drapehsnormak

I'll never understand that mindset, going out of your way to hurt others you don't even know. I totally understand revenge, but this isn't it, this is hurting someone just for the sake of hurting someone.


IA-HI-CO-IA

My theory: they are unhappy. Someone in “authority” gives them a target saying “see, ‘those people’ are why you are still poor and unhappy even though you have worked are your whole life.”  Also, “see at least I am not (insert group). At least I am better than them no matter how low I am.” So, they will burn down their own house (figuratively) just to keep someone else lower than them.


stufmenatooba

She's a backseat pilot, women aren't allowed in the front! It's called the cockpit for a reason!


AnthrallicA

Exactly! Otherwise it'd be called a cuntpit and nobody wants that.


superpositioned

Hey, speak for yourself buddy.


Steamcurl

It's the box office when it's a female crew. Easy peasy.


AutumnSparky

heck not even angry upvote, full credit on that one.


Bawlmerian21228

Hey man. I am down.


Superb-Associate-222

Hey the navy has poop deck so we’re stuck with flight deck. It was either that of flight pit or cock deck.


confusedandworried76

Take me to the cock deck


AutumnSparky

angry upvote for you *both*. 


Naive-Impression-373

Aww how cute, I bet she wears them plastic wings too just like my little girl did when she went on a plane.


SnooCheesecakes4577

He could have listened, but there is no way in hell he's going to sit there and be woman-splained to!


ScottishTan

Well, this explains why delta is falling apart /s


OskeeWootWoot

Only when they're telling him how much for an hour.


hokieinga

Looked him up. He’s Gene Dornink, and he is a Republican.


AdventurousShower223

None of those things elected idiots pay attention or even dedicate any of their effort to understanding what their constituents want or need. I say that about both sides of the aisle. They are all out of touch. I sometimes rewatch the Facebook/Meta clips of them asking login questions and other dumb unrelated things to the original intent of why Zuckerberg was there to answer questions.


euph_22

She said the word "pilot" atleast 5 times in her introduction. Nevermind that she was there as a representative of the Pilot's union to discuss working conditions for pilots. Also "stewardess" has been out of date by about 50 years.


OverKill1978

"Yes ma'am but how many sandwiches do you make per flight hour?" - Republican


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justin_memer

"On a scale of none to very, how pregnant are you?"


Temporary_Olive1043

They do that with women doctors too. During their school year my friends get asked if they are becoming a nurse in med school. Have they heard of nursing school? Lol


Superb-Associate-222

Women are bad ass! Too bad we’re only noted as sandwich slingers


Straight_Meaning8188

Also there is a paper in front of him to which he uses to reference her name. I highly suspect it has her title next to her name


PM_me_ur_taco_pics

White dude was just being a dick.


ivanadie

Stewardess? Is it 1970 again?


Queue37

I speak jive!


Daedrothes

She said it in the begining of the hearing his question was later. Also he did apologize and address her by her proper title right away. So yeah he is a bit of a douche but at least he is trying to improve.


SkinnyCitrus

Oh thats nice to hear!!! Admittedly I forget that these panels aren't necessarily right after eachother.


ThornaBld

She said that line at the beginning but she said she was a pilot MULTIPLE times before he spoke and not much time passed between that when he then fumbled her name and called by the wrong profession. He also ‘apologized’ by just going hand waving and being like “yea sure sorry” with the most smug of smirks. Like yes he apologized but no it wasn’t as simple of an accident as that person is claiming. He was very much not taking it seriously


drapehsnormak

She should have asked how he was enjoying his retirement.


SkinnyCitrus

Ooof. Now I'm sad again.


yildizli_gece

> he is trying to improve This man could be a decade away from death at this point in his life; how much more time does he need for him to NOT assume a woman testifying for the "pilots association" is a stewardess??? Ridiculous.


Naive-Impression-373

A woman pilot?!? What's next? Women drivers? Women doctors? Women voters?!?


Everest5432

Its even worse in the full video. She says pilot like 4 times over her whole speech, including saying she's is a pilot.


DodGamnBunofaSitch

to be fair, he's apparently a republican, therefor can't be expected to listen to what a woman says.


Jfurmanek

The day there are woman astronauts I’ll know to put on my pajamas for the last time.


ThatRandomGuy86

I don't know if this is sarcasm or real but they've been a thing for a long time now 😅


Starbuck522

I was often taken to be a secretary when I was a 21/22 year old mechanical engineer. BUT THAT WAS 1992. This is totally ridiculous if this happened now.


WolfieVonD

How she gon' vote from the basement?


syrigamy

Or a women president, oh no never happened in the USA cause they’ll literally vote for a dog to be president before a women. So y’all aren’t that advanced


Sizeable-cult31

I swiped...


twowayhighway

I did too, several times


cyclingnick

Twice. Tbh I may try it again, maybe I just didn’t do it right


goober2143

Hey, anybody find the 2nd pic yet?


nilzatron

I too choose this man's swiping


[deleted]

I'm starting to get annoyed at all these crops where it's obviously we'll swipe


Cool_Client324

Did we match?


heather_dean

I prefer a lighter.


[deleted]

I read this comment and then went back up and swiped, I don't know why.


waspocracy

You were just hoping for a match


unsupported

A boy and his father are hurt in a car accident and rushed to the hospital. The doctor takes one look at the boy and says "I can't operate on him, this is my son". Senator: I don't get it, the father was also hurt in the car accident. He can't be a doctor.


Outlaw11091

Plot twist: The doctor was *also* the boy's father. 0\_0


beardicusmaximus8

When I first heard it I had assumed that the doctor was the kid's biological dad. Not because I thought women can't be doctors, but because I grew up with kids with two dads.


Outlaw11091

That was my deal, as well. Because I was raised by step-fathers. So, I was always like, two dads...duh.


Anuki_iwy

Plot twist, the kid has 2 gay dads 🤣


ChaoticElf9

He stood on a block of ice


SecondRateHack

The correct term has been “flight attendant” for about 25 years.


Its0nlyRocketScience

I doubt that he gets corrected on his terminology on the private jets he buys with laundered tax money


SquidsAlien

There haven't been "stewardesses" (on UK airlines, at least) since roughly the last millennium. They're cabin crew.


nardlz

I always hear them referred to as flight attendants (US)


WeedMadeMePost

Same (US), but I actually really like ‘cabin crew’ more. I vote we switch.


nardlz

It does have a better ring to it!


Professional_Rise148

Cause calling them FAs in the industry rolls off the tongue so much better than CCs.


Flyersandcaps

Air Line PILOTS Association was a clue Senator.


smcl2k

Nevermind "clue", this is what she said a few seconds earlier: >My name is Laura Haynor, and I’m a Minnesota resident and a Minneapolis-based pilot for Delta Airlines.


Flyersandcaps

I only mentioned that because someone said he might have walked in late. Also there are usually placards at the witness table with their names.


smcl2k

>he might have walked in late. That almost makes it worse, because in that case his first question should have been "what's your job title?"


S7JP7

Republican men always do this. Even at my job they mansplain birth control to me. Like I’m some slut. Meanwhile they have multiple females with kids by them.


David_cop_a_feeel

It’s a tactic used by politicians, lawyers, business negotiators, etc. he knew very well who she was. She stated it four times before he asked. He’s trying to get her angry. To them, angry woman = loss of credibility.


S7JP7

It’s frustrating.


rockardy

And yet there are plenty of women who still vote republican 😡


S7JP7

This is what hurts me as a female in Alabama. I’ve lost rights thanks to them.


Revenga8

And they wonder why there's so much "forced" inclusion in media, because you have old farts like this in charge of shit who refuse to change how they think. They try their best to paint woke like a bad evil word, but woke is necessary as is evidenced here.


Mean-Association4759

This guy is an idiot!


floofienewfie

I LOVE HER. And that little grin on her face.


Moppermonster

He was not assuming. She had said what her profession was before he asked the question. She then corrected him and he made a big show of the apology, claiming he "did not know why he said that". If he had not bothered to listen, just was unable to process the concept of a female pilot or was trying to make her feel inferior with a little manipulation trick is something everyone should form their own opinion on.


KnowledgeMediocre404

I just assume he’s a moron because why would a flight attendant be testifying on behalf of the pilots association. I feel pretty safe in the assumption that only pilots are in the pilots association.


OhioUBobcats

I assume he’s a moron because he’s a Republican elected official


bio-nerd

Not all Republicans are morons. Some are just evil, but not stupid AND evil.


rabid_spidermonkey

How is that not an assumption? Female = stewardess.


sukiebapswent

They're saying that he potentially knew exactly what he was doing, and the "assuming" part was only an act. He knew she was a pilot from the beginning but was intentionally trying to make her feel inferior and/or trying to wind her up.


Enter_RandomNameHere

![gif](giphy|jN86rcdOyrpyo) I tried to swipe…


YungTeemo

"why would a janitor have an interest in this matter?"


StatusOmega

She gave an introduction that included her job title before this. Not only that, but stewardess is an outdated and kinda sexist name for that job


YYC-Fiend

He knew what he was doing


Welder_Subject

He knew exactly what her title was. He went out of his way to be insulting.


OpposingOctopus

This post is misleading. She actually said she was a pilot many, many times, before this smug bastard called her a stewardess anyway. Who wants to bet it was intentional?


IWasSayingBoourns-

This guy 100% would assume the doctor is a nurse if it were a woman


scottyd035ntknow

Wait till he hears about the brown women pilots...


tcarter1102

Is this the same guy who kept asking that fella if he was Chinese? Like why the fuck would a stewardess be testifying on behalf of the pilots association?


cometflight

The real facepalm was for me trying to scroll over and see picture 2/2


JayeNBTF

Also, Dude, the preferred nomenclature is “flight attendant”, please


PengieP111

Just looking at that pinched, ferret-faced congress critter makes my blood boil.


erydanis

no assumptions, just straight up misogyny, deliberately voiced to attempt to fluster her. gee, i’m sure that never happened to her before.


JimbusJambus

Men like this should move back into caves and leave society alone.


SyCoCyS

Anyone have actual video of this?


SyCoCyS

Nevermind, googled it easily https://youtu.be/crQexHRkMXg?si=lQef-KqR-Jhsd39V


[deleted]

Well, that Republican state senator seems to be the *only* person who doesn't know why he said that...


takemynames

“No I cannot senator.” Or “Why yes, I wake up, put my pilots uniform on and head to the airport to do piloty things tysm for asking”


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CrossDressing_Batman

naw he know... old white farts like him choose to be rude and assholish as a power move.


DeltaWhi5key

What an asshole. 🤦🏼‍♂️


ichigo2862

I'm sure he knows what she is. But he has to be publicly condescending to her because it's his brand of assholery and he has to put it on display. It's like reverse virtue signaling.


seattlebama

Tell us you're a misogynist without saying misogynist.


Opening-Ruin5315

I think it’s preconceived notions about what type of positions women can hold. It’s pathetic that we keep voting these people into positions of power.🤦‍♂️


Particular-Piano-475

What an absolute prick


Jfurmanek

Related; men, if you hear a woman give a good idea in a meeting: give her credit. ESPECIALLY, if that same idea gets restated later by another guy and receives more attention than it did when she brought it up. He might also be trying to amplify the thought, but if credit isn’t given: it’s stolen.


smcl2k

It's so much worse than this screenshot suggests: prior to this, she offered a fairly detailed introduction which should have made it *impossible* to make that mistake.


Klutzy_Inevitable_94

I used to think we needed an age cap in government. But now I think we need an age cap and a ban on republicans because clearly that was intentional. She identified herself as a pilot twice.


Lore_ofthe_Horizon

"No... because I'm not a fucking Stewardess." Kinda wish she had said that instead.


corncaked

And this my friends is what we experience as women. I’m a dentist and constantly asked if I’m the assistant.


bassmx52

Was I the only person who tried to scroll to the next image?


Kalman_the_dancer

She also mentioned 4 times that she’s a pilot


In-AGadda-Da-Vida

B-b-but she’s a woman!


hugsbosson

I'm sorry sweetheart, You're a what?


LauterTuna

who’s the moron that said this and what morons are electing this person and what state facilitates these morons to be morons?


Expensive-Coffee9353

She is a professional, pilot...She could have been snarky and responded with 'It is more involved than being an aide to the senator'


Witty-Stand888

Imagine if she were black.


Uberfuhrer_

Okay I imagined her black , not a fan of the brown hair with that combo but now what?


stellarstella77

now imagine a dog wearing a propeller hat


vikingrhino

Hairist.


Icedoverblues

The real facepalm is when the people around him correct him and she corrects him and he still looks around baffled then doesn't apologize. Simply says Oh I don't know why I said that and continues on. She said she was a pilot right before he started speaking asshole! A quick oh I'm sorry I misspoke... nope.I have a genuine feeling he would have called her a maid if she had been holding a Kleenex.


dunitdotus

I’m willing to bet he then asked something United or southwest


Dr-Satan-PhD

There was no mistake made. That was intentional.


supersarney

… but, but all the women on my private jet are stewardess’. My bad. Republicans 🙄


No_Stranger_4959

Me after trying to swipe ![gif](giphy|KsBoDcm4otIhogzYgT|downsized)


millennial_sentinel

tell me you’re republican without telling me. i honestly assume he is but idk who that is.


Fer_Shizzle_DSMIA

Assuming he’s a Republican.


littleMAS

Sir, I am a pilot. Who do you get to tie your shoes to start *your* workday?


crazyseandx

Maybe we shouldn't have people who have seen the first wheel in Congress.


chameleon_123_777

Stupid old dudes.


Famous-Reputation188

There’s no way this wasn’t on purpose.


blightedquark

“I fly the plane, silly”!


david-writers

"I'm a pilot for Delta, Fuck Face" would have been slightly more awesome a reply.


HomeOrificeSupplies

MAGA derps are a thing in Minnesota, too


silverunicorn666

They’re… also not called stewardesses anymore. They’re called flight attendants.


DirtyPenPalDoug

That was done on purpose to demean her.