American Airlines on Sunday announced that it will allow their flight attendants to wear “Black Lives Matter” pins on their uniform while on duty. In addition, the company is also working to design its own pin that will show its symbolic support of a diverse and inclusive work environment. But the announcement has prompted pushback from some of American’s staffers who have relatives who are police officers and view BLM as an anti-police movement. “I take offense to this,” one flight attendant said to airline management in an email obtained by The New York Post. “Serious offense. My husband is a LEO (Law Enforcement Officer), as was my deceased father and as far as I’m concerned ALL LIVES MATTER.”
“I am completely disgusted at the fact that we can’t show support for our GOD, our COUNTRY, our LEOs but when it comes to BLM organization (which is controversial in itself), American Airlines says that’s obviously different,” she wrote. “How is that right? Another flight attendant who spoke to out said that if the BLM pins are allowed, then they will be wearing their Trump pin to show support for the commander-in-chief. Frontier Airlines also made news this past week when an employee told a U.S. Air marshall that he could not wear his American flag mask on board the plane as it might offend some passengers, in a story that was reported on WBAP radio.