“Lewandowski fired a US Coast Guard pilot after Noem’s blanket was left behind on a plane.”
This is true - After they fired him, and told him to take a commercial flight home, this happened:
The personnel action was reversed, though, when it was determined that no other pilot was immediately available to operate the aircraft for the return flight.
A DHS spokeswoman did not address the specific episode but said Kristi Noem has made personnel decisions intended “to deliver excellence.”
So they fired the guy, kicked him out, and then had to go get him back because these geniuses had forgotten that someone still had to fly them home.
Can you imagine that guy, stalking through the airport toward the Southwest desk to buy a ticket home with his own money, muttering angrily under his breath, when a bunch of ICE Apes roll up on him, and demand he return.
“Why?”
“You have to fly the plane home.”
“I’m fired, remember? Go find someone else.”
“There isn’t anyone else.”
“It’s an airport, there are pilots everywhere! Go kidnap one, and force him to fly her.”
“Yeah, that’s YOU! You’re coming with us, that’s an order!”
“I’m fired, I don’t take orders from anyone. And even when I wasn’t fired, I didn’t take orders from YOU.”
“If you’re looking for some trouble, you’re going to find some trouble,” and they all took a step closer, and slightly raised their weapons.
The pilot, trained to keep his head under extreme stress, didn’t flinch, and said “Listen, boys, this is an easy problem to fix. If you want me to fly that plane so badly - make me an offer.”
“Huh?”
“Make. Me. An. Offer.”
“An offer?”
“Did you hit your head? Go ask your boss how much it’s worth to her for me to enthusiastically fly her plane, or else I can fly my LAST flight as an unemployed, suicidal pilot, flying the psychopath who is FORCING me to work, like a slave. She’s got an unlimited budget, go ask her what she’ll pay “to deliver excellence.””
This is true - After they fired him, and told him to take a commercial flight home, this happened:
So they fired the guy, kicked him out, and then had to go get him back because these geniuses had forgotten that someone still had to fly them home.
Can you imagine that guy, stalking through the airport toward the Southwest desk to buy a ticket home with his own money, muttering angrily under his breath, when a bunch of ICE Apes roll up on him, and demand he return.
“Why?”
“You have to fly the plane home.”
“I’m fired, remember? Go find someone else.”
“There isn’t anyone else.”
“It’s an airport, there are pilots everywhere! Go kidnap one, and force him to fly her.”
“Yeah, that’s YOU! You’re coming with us, that’s an order!”
“I’m fired, I don’t take orders from anyone. And even when I wasn’t fired, I didn’t take orders from YOU.”
“If you’re looking for some trouble, you’re going to find some trouble,” and they all took a step closer, and slightly raised their weapons.
The pilot, trained to keep his head under extreme stress, didn’t flinch, and said “Listen, boys, this is an easy problem to fix. If you want me to fly that plane so badly - make me an offer.”
“Huh?”
“Make. Me. An. Offer.”
“An offer?”
“Did you hit your head? Go ask your boss how much it’s worth to her for me to enthusiastically fly her plane, or else I can fly my LAST flight as an unemployed, suicidal pilot, flying the psychopath who is FORCING me to work, like a slave. She’s got an unlimited budget, go ask her what she’ll pay “to deliver excellence.””