Pilots Oppose Flight Attendant Apron Ads

Spirit Airlines pilots support company flight attendants in their demand that management junk “offensive’ marketing strategies. At issue is whether cabin crew should 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. “The company’s latest marketing campaign would turn flight attendants into walking billboards by requiring them to wear alcohol ads on their aprons,” he added. “The recent US Airways accident in New York proved that flight attendants are definitely not ‘waitresses in the sky,’ no matter what Spirit management may think,” continued Creed. “They are responsible for the safety of millions of passengers each day, and they are the first responders should any incident occur. Management should stop these campaigns and run Spirit more like an airline and less like a frat house.”