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Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l ALPA
Spirit Pilots Condemn Alcohol Ads on Flight Attendant Aprons
February 13th, 2009
Spirit Airlines pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), announced strong support for the Spirit Airlines flight attendants union in its demand that Spirit Airlines management end offensive marketing strategies. On top of the many Spirit Airlines campaigns that contain crude sexual innuendo, management has now asked that the flight attendants wear aprons advertising alcoholic beverages. “To ask safety professionals to advertise alcohol on a plane is not only offensive but degrading,” said Capt. Sean Creed, chair of the Spirit Airlines pilots union. “Unfortunately, if you look at their past advertising campaigns, it is also not surprising....
Source: Health Business Week (2009-02-13)
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