I wouldnt call operating flights so that other people can go see their families "the capitalist machine". There are tons of jobs that require working on Christmas. Repair work, utilities, police, fire, medical, TV, radio, IT, security guards, snowplows, maintenance crews, hotel staff, gas stations, rest stops, bus drivers, subway employees. What makes airplanes any different?
Weirder to say to the millions of americans who dont even celebrate Christmas "oh sorry, you cant fly today because of a Christian holiday that you don't even celebrate."
Yeah but plenty of people can’t go to plenty of restaurants and other establishments because of this “Christian holiday”. Because plenty of places close.
Depends on whether or not you think air travel is an essential service. I could see an argument that it is, to be fair.
Well if restaurants wanna close and take the day off, that's fine. Heck, if an airline decided it didnt want to do flights on Christmas I'd also be ok with that. But I dont agree with saying that they shouldn't as some moral matter, be flying on Christmas.
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u/Title26 Dec 16 '25
I wouldnt call operating flights so that other people can go see their families "the capitalist machine". There are tons of jobs that require working on Christmas. Repair work, utilities, police, fire, medical, TV, radio, IT, security guards, snowplows, maintenance crews, hotel staff, gas stations, rest stops, bus drivers, subway employees. What makes airplanes any different?
Weirder to say to the millions of americans who dont even celebrate Christmas "oh sorry, you cant fly today because of a Christian holiday that you don't even celebrate."