A Delta Airlines pilot may be in hot water after blaming Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg for the dismal state of American air Travel during an announcement on the planeās intercom.
At least one passenger made the decision to become a political tattletale over the public service announcement, which took place Monday in Atlanta, according to Newsweek.
In a since-deleted tweet, a Twitter user with the account āStewart Lewisā notified Delta that a pilot had blamed Buttigieg for a ground stop.
ā@Delta it is not OK for the pilot of flight 2274 ATL-RSW to blame a Florida ground stop on @PeteButtigieg. Completely unacceptable political dig just made twice at gate over loud speaker,ā the tweet stated.
āATLā is the airport code for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. āRSWā is the airport code for the Southwest Florida International Airport near Fort Myers.
It wasnāt clear exactly what was supposed to have been said over the intercom, but the Twitter post still caused some turbulence.
The tweet was picked up by Christina Pushaw, a communications aide to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, with the comment, āGive this pilot a raise!ā
In another tweet, she responded to a Twitter user who wrote āSpoiler alertā¦.it is OK.ā
āYeahā¦ this isnāt China, Americans are allowed to criticize our government officials.ā
Delta Airlines told Newsweek that itās actively investigating the customerās complaint.
āDelta will look into this allegation,ā an airline representative said in a statement.
Thereās reason to believe that the reported criticism of Buttigieg may be timely and accurate.
The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday issued a nationwide ground stop to any aircraft destined for Florida, according to Airlive.
The delay on Florida-bound flights stemmed from problems with En Route Automation Modernization, a radar-tracking system used by the FAA.
Flights were snarled throughout the Sunshine State, Reuters reported.
The problem originated with the Federal Government this time, rather than a private airline. The FAA is part of Buttigiegās Transportation Department.
Buttigiegās talked a tough game regarding the airlines amid the holiday dysfunction blighting the nationās airports, but this isnāt his first month on the job. And itās his responsibility to fix it.
In fact, heās threatened consequences for dysfunctional airlines and promised improvement for travelers as recently as this past fall.
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Buttigieg was fine with publicly slapping the airlines with blame when they left thousands of American travelers stranded.
Oddly enough, he doesnāt appear to have lined up a series of cable news appearances when one of his own federal agencies is responsible for flight delays plaguing American travelers during the busiest time of the year.
Thereās no reason to let the airlines off the hook, but Buttigieg isnāt the guy to call them out.
Heās had two years to improve the gradually declining state of Americaās air Travel infrastructure, and heās delivered little but hot rhetoric on television.
Maybe Buttigieg thinks he doesnāt have to worry about criticism, since heās coddled by an establishment media that ignores his actual job performance.
Plus, he has loyal tattletales to snitch out any critics who might speak about his own incompetence.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.