MONTREAL -- Flight attendants at Air Canada will no longer greet passengers as "ladies and gentlemen" or "mesdames et messieurs" as they have for years.
Flight staff will no longer use gender terms in boarding announcements as the company will be replacing scripted greetings with neutral words like "everybody" or "tout le monde". "We will be amending our onboard announcements to modernize them and remove specific references to gender," a media spokesperson for the company said in an email. "We work hard to make sure all employees feel like valued members of the Air Canada family, while ensuring our customers are comfortable and respected when they choose to travel with us."
This is getting ridiculous. Come on people.
Yup definitely Einstein was right. Technology has made us fucking dumb
Really pathetic that they pander to the 1% gender freaks🙄
Uh, excuse me attendant... I IDENTIFY myself a FIRST CLASS PASSENGER.
how stupid.
Most airlines such as Air Canada don't say 'Ladies and gentlemen' at the beginning of the safety video. Most of the times, the announcements on an airplane say 'folks' or 'ladies and gentlemen'. Saying 'ladies and gentlemen' isn't triggering.
It’s the other Trudeau legacy - massive debt is in first place.
Personally I think we should use a different word to greet the people who are mad about this. We should start greeting those people with words that actually describe them. I think saying 'welcome asshole' would be a good start?
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Might want to overhaul the entire French language then, considering is based on masculine and feminine words... *facepalm*
So why is it that gender reassignment surgery, only offers transitions to male and or female? Could it be...because there are only ladies and gentlemen? Just asking for a friend. 🧐
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I sure the pilots are smarter then that !
Seriously, I identify as a person with mental illness. Gay, Lesbian, Gender X, straight, mentally ill, white, black, mixed...we are all born male or female. The only reason they should change this is to include children: Ladies, gentlemen, and little one's.
Really don't get why people are angry about this.
Well done Air Canada!
I need some clarification. Aren’t ladies and gentlemen right? Men who act and feel/believe that they are women are ladies, right? Same thing with men and women who feel/believe and act like they are men, gentlemen?
I'd quit at this point..society has become so woke it's disgusting. A tiny small tiny tiny tiny percentage only gives a sh$t about this. So get over it. Just be on time..that would be fabulous
Ladles and jellyspoons...
The amount of hatred for this is troubling and funny. Is saying 'Hello, everyone' really that big of a deal to some people? Everyone is literally EVERYONE. So you are not being excluded or having any of your previous rights taken away. calmdown
Good for you AirCanada for being inclusive. One small request: can you do it with the Dr. Nick voice?
Next: Hello, human. Welcome aboard, aisle to the left.
But is Blackface still ok?
I like this :). The only issue I have now Is being labelled 'Everyone', I never wanted to be like 'everyone' else, because 'everyone' else argue over really small things and don't like a little change it seems. Can you instead say 'everyone' except me, much appreciated.
Stupid. You’re either a man or woman, period.
Fu^*k Air Canada‼️😡😡😡😡
If the word 'everybody' offends you, ask yourself why.
ClayTravis
This makes no difference to me since I stopped flying with AirCanada 20 years ago. Their 'We're not happy until you're not happy' attitude put me off for good. If we could only convince Delta to resurrect their recently discontinued CYYJ to KSEA flights I'd be ecstatic!
If Gillette did Airlines...
I will travel any other airline than Air Canada from now on. I'm so sick of the pandering to the few. If people are gay, they keep their gender; if they're trans, they change their gender. So, ladies and gentlemen should still stand. Or am I unaware of another gender? Dog, maybe?
Seriously... how about welcome ladies and gentlemen and everyone else. The world gets more ridiculous every day !!
No more flying Air Canada. Going to Westjet.
What nonsense. Society is being taken over by the fringes.
There are only two genders. MALE AND FEMALE. If there are more then I want to identify as a penguin. 🌍🤡
What a joke this society has become..
What a complete bunch of BS.
Good afternoon guests/everyone/passengers is ALL good, true and inclusive. After all nit everyone one wh on buys a plane ticket ACTS like a lady or a gentleman😉
Everybody is discrimination to me and goes against inclusiveness in my opinion..it will take on an emotional toll that I cannot bear..please change it to something more appropriate like 'alien' . Signed /crazy
Cue angry chorus of white male snowflakes and their mothers in.... 10...9...8... aircanada
In my opinion, to classify as a “Lady” or “Gentleman” a certain bar of courtesy, pleasentry and niceness has to be met. Reading some of the comments on here, people wonder why AC made this move? “Ladies” and “gentleman” are few and far between these days when it comes to flying.
Fine. But I wish AirCanada worked on things that mattered, like better service, better food, and clean toilets on its planes. I have multiple times have said to myself that I will never fly AirCanada because of these thing and not once because of the announcements. priorities
Idiots.
Another example of Trudeau's government influence and failure with his unnecessary gender equality ideas... a minority ruling how to speak.
True, the word 'everyone' would feel everyone included instead of 'ladies and gentlemen', but this adjustment by AC hardly worth a breath, b'c you know what makes everyone suffer? financial distress, job slavery. 1000$ a month of FreedomDividend or UBI is far more practical.
how will this help with their God awful service?
Awesome...more nonsense to accommodate the mentally ill.
Yo, dudes. Welcome aboard. Now sit down and shut up.
I find it offensive and weird that you're going to greet each individual as everybody. you can call me IT thank you very much. also don't look at me. I feel like you're judging me trying to figure out what gender I am.
Imagine what it'll be like with Trudeau for 4 more years? What a joke this country is becoming, I feel sad for mankind.
At the beginning I laughed so much when reading all the comments! I really enjoyed them, but later I realized that it is really very sad that only on twitter we say what we think...
Absolutely non-sense, how can words like Ladies & gentlemen offend any one. This is more polite than saying 'Everyone.' Air Canada! come to your senses and don't do silly things.
Now were going to delayed more to announce 27 genders.
DJGroyper I'd sooner walk than fly Air Canada
Maybe we should just say ‘ Welcome Passengers of AC’ that is more equal as someone will find ‘everyone’ as not inclusive. Considering more important items like seat size, security boarding, fuel savings, who had nothing to do
I identify as a lady and would like to be addressed as such.
I will greet them hello ladies and gentlemen.
Attention Peoplekind...
That shitty airline has bigger issues .
Myself and my family will no longer be flying with Air Canada, as Air and Canada do not fit with my gender recognized pronouns. Thank you for flying anyone else..
I’ve worked hard to become a lady. I’m finding this very offensive....
Include all kinds, who cares. Ppl are more judgemental than they think. One who has to go through the mental stress also doesn’t need to be reminded of how unsure they may be each time a group is identified. I think it’s more than them just being, but also what they are battling.
are they not using their manners now. OH BOY!
Are they going to greet us with “Boys & Girls”? 🤣
Why not?
Another reason added to the list of why the world laughs at Canada.
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The age of political correctness knows no bounds.
Hows about ladies, gentlemen and confused people?
Unbelievable. This is so stupid, I'm seriously appalled AirCanada. What is this society becoming? This has nothing to do with diversity. What is wrong with being a gentleman or a lady? Sounds to me that myself and many many more gents and ladys are being discriminated against.
I fully intend to be offended if they won't call me by my chosen pronoun, the world decline into complete stupidity continues
If the phrase Ladies and Gentlemen offends you, I think it's time you suck start a pistol, hypothetically speaking of course. Go back to your hobbit hole and let the rest of us live our lives in peace.
Air canada sucks anyway.
They only see dollar signs anyway so..
Why can’t the alphabet community just shut up for once damn
What a messed up world we live in.. so I’m not a gentleman anymore. Thank you
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Welcome aboard peoplekind.😂
Why?
These are also the new flight attendants.
Even the peoplekind they think were offended by “ladies and gentlemen” probably weren’t, great job though🤦♂️
so what exactly else is there? two ends of a spectrum, is there one that is exactly in the middle. this is just nonsense. society is so much weaker and dumbed down. who will cope in the coming harder times. educational brain washing
We were warned about the clear and present danger Canada presents in a documentary called, Canadian Bacon. It's all there folks.
AirCanada - Get woke, go... ah you know how this ends, fools.
What a joke. Now it will be, 'Welcome Aboard, Things'.
Agreed. I’ve flown Air Canada. No ladies or gentlemen to be found.
Another airline hits the dust. Goodbye AirCanadaVac AirCanadaRouge aircanada
I think as a world and country we have bigger problems that if we say 'ladies and gentlemen' or 'all'. We're doomed if this is our focus. There are a hundred other problems we could be focused on.
Imagine being so miserable in life that this article upsets you? Grow up, who cares.
Don't you just love progressivism!
Great. I'll make a staple to use those terms more.
Good whatever Peoplekind?
Welcome on board. Now sit the fuck down! This is embarrassing.
Too far
Westjet just got all my business!
How can air canada say they respect everyone when they change to suit a very small minority, if you were born with a penis then you’re a gentleman if you were born with a vagina you’re a lady, what you identify as now cannot change that fact one way or another so stop the bull.
What next - “Welcome they!”? Wish these companies would stop falsely pandering to everyone’s Whims and Fancies just pretending to be inclusive but otherwise, simply focused on their own self interests.
Welcome aboard you and you and you and you...and you
Just dumb.
SusanIverach Let’s thank Trudeau for this. People kind
Disgusting. I’m a lady and won’t be addressed as such because of WHAT?
A lady employee in pants, but no male in a skirt? I thought we were moving forward.
Really this world has go e nuts. What am I a helicopter?
Then they are joining the snowflake generation who think there's more than 2 human genders.
Well, Canada’s biggest problem is solved!
More liberal nonsense
WHY?
AirCanada who?!? Good! No reason to start using that trash bin now anyhow.
This is ridiculous!
Cant stand the airline anyways and rarely use it. But now never will.
I'm already offended, ever since I was a pewwie my dream was to be greeted as mademoiselle.
Their service always stunk so why wouldn't they forgo respectful pleasantries.
I always felt special and dare I say it, privileged, when I was addressed that way. I guess AirCanada thinks it’s customers are all communist ideologues now.
stopcorporatebailouts
Stupid airline.
When I read this I really hope climate change will wipe us all of the earth.
How About welcome homosapiens and animals
You could just do that & not say, no one would know or care, you could just welcome passengers aboard without any titles at all, however making a grandiose announcement is clearly an attempt at virtue signaling & patronization to trigger positive responses at best, why is that?
Even if the passengers happened to be ladies & gentlemen?
I question the safety and integrity of any airline which chooses irreconcilable ideology over logic and empirical data. Shame on AirCanada
Stupid
Pandering to the minuscule number of language weirdos takes away dignity from the MAJORITY of right minded customers.
Does anyone listen to them anyways?
That’s why I fly WestJet
Complete overkill...I suppose doctors should follow suit when announcing the birth of your newborn little “it” ! I applaud those who have the courage to not identify as a “he” or “she” but please don’t ignore the rest of us who are very comfortable with our gender identifies!
FFS what a load of bullish!t.
How about: « Ladies, trans, gentlemen and else »?
And here we have it: No solution to anything
Will not have any effect on me, can't even remember the last time I flew AirCanada
And here's another reason why I have never and will never fly with Air Canada. TrudeauMustGo
Go ahead, call me 'they' bitches.
Total. Bs
Why
Why? You’re either a male or female. What’s wrong with ladies & gentleman? Absolute nonsense.
WTF rude customer service is what I see coming so they're basically saying they're not even going to greet their customers
Just lost a customer.
More reasons to avoid Air Canada.
Being stupid is bad
Really?
Beyond ridiculous. No wonder no one wanted to go into business with you. baddecisions101 unsuccessfulbusinessideas howtofailinbusiness itakeoffencetotnis lawsuit discriminationagainstladiesandgentlemen classaction notnewtoaircanada
Bye AC, never fly with you again. Brutal decision AC, you changed to accommodate the 1%? 99% can now fly WestJet.
So straight to comrades. funwithculturalmarxism
Welcome aboard humans or other life forms!!! Omg. 😂
🤦♂️ Political correctness at its finest Why does the left always have to ruin everything?
I like being called a gentleman.
This is great actually. Attract all the nut jobs, fill the plane, let them know that fossil fuels are bad and then go no where, sitting idle on the tarmac - watch them all throw a fit and attack each other.
You mean they're going to be honest and call us all assholes? One stewardess demanded we put our phones in airplane mode then turn them off. Off wasn't good enough. Power corrupts, but stupid makes it worse.
I'm glad I already REFUSE to fly AirCanada , what a joke. NO more BAILOUTS for this moronic terribly run waste of taxpayer dollars
who cares! Lousy airline! Speak about being stupid!
Political correctness gone mad.
How about 'Welcome aboard to the 99.5% ladies, gentlemen and the 0.5% of the freak show passengers that get 99.5% of the special attention'.
I don't fly air Canada anyways, so no need to boycott, they've always been a joke and terrible at service. Like most union things.
Then they won't greet me or my wife. She's a lady and I'm a gentleman...
More political correctness we do not need. Maybe Air Canada executives can travel back in time for a few minutes and listen to the great George Carlin.
Good grief...have we lost our sanity?! Totally ridiculous.
All the people complaining probably voted for Caitlyn Jenner to be ‘woman of the year’
Oh ffs !
'Welcome peoplekind'?
I want to be addressed as your majesty
Who cares.. Just leave on time!
Sad
Utterly ridiculous. We are born with a gender whether we like it or not and I find it insulting that we forget manners to accomodate what
Call me whatever you like just stop charging me for luggage.
I'm already offended.
How about welcome aboard?
Was in a airport for a delayed flight a month ago - air Canada has the less stylish or attractive flight crew. Not a good look for peoplekind
Why not !! It’s two genders in existence if you’re not a male you’re a female !!
That's too bad. I like to check that the pilot isn't drunk or crosseyed. Lol
Ugh!
Well I'm female and I like being referred to as a lady.
LUFTHANSA all the way.
That greeting to Canada’s 78 genders is going it delay a lot of flights
That’s greeting of 78 genders is going to delay many flights
Looks like I stop flying AirCanada AirCanadaRouge now.
What has the world come too?
Just say welcome earthlings
I thought it was polite to say Ladies and Gentlemen. My grandparents and parents taught me my manners. I’ll continue to use the greeting.
We cannot address people as every”body” because the term “body” isn’t neutral enough.
Another politically correct shit, when people are going to stop this shit.
good evening over paying suckers and freaks who dont know what gender they are.
Brilliant idea
How about Welcome People.
Society is getting too paranoid.
This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. What is wrong with this world.
On the peoplekind express
Fire them
How about stop changing tradition ..fucking snowflakes.
Human(Huwomen) lost their confidence.Horrible
AIR CANADA SUCKS ...BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT...
Discrimination
What is happening? Why?
I guess they failed biology
Air Canada meh
Another reason not to fly air canada
Oh Peoplekind 🤦🏻♂️ society, a normal society that we all grew up in is circling the drain. Thankfully I never use Air Canada.
Now what new stupid politically correct greeting is it going to be!🤯
PeopleKind , please fasten your seatbelts.
The London tube did this two years ago.
It is what it is. Really dont care and its not an issue. If some one says greetings to ladies and gentlemen and if someone is offended just say im offended. And do the canadian thing and say im sorry
AirCanada
Really?
Totally stupid.
Now we’re getting too politically correct. ridiculous
Wow, look at all the people in the reponses being entitled little snowflakes.
So, instead of being INclusive to trans and the rest of them, they're going to be EXclusive to normal people. Thanks, AirCanada, for being so progressive.
How about: Welcome onboard all genders...!
RED ALERT 🚨🚨🚨 The right wing is triggered!
Are they gonna say, Peoplekind and Unicorns now?
....and Canada continues to fall down the sewer of stupidity! What a disappointment AirCanada! Show some guys and stop the craziness! The war against common sense is alive and well! 🙄
Society is on it's way to massive insanity the way it's going....cripes you can't even hazard a guess as to what lunacy you will hear next!
Good lord - let me guess - our dickstain of a PM JustinTrudeau is behind this!
Boys and gorillas!
I guess I'll walk
Omg give it a break! Enough already! Sheesh
It just gets stupider by the day.
If Air Canada wanted to truly embrace equality then they would give prioritized seating and boarding to Ginger customers before others.
Wow lmao ...what next ?
Earthlings
'Welcome aboard Earthlings and anyone traveling from other Planets'.
'Greetings slaves: fasten your seat belts, or we'll drop you into gulag'
Then I expect a reduction in airfares, not that I use air Canada anyway.
Totally ridiculous
😂, welcome aboard losers, we will treat you like crap and you can't do anything about it. We don't even give water to drink. This is air Canada, deal with it.
Political correctness gone haywire
All to appease a few snowflakes who will scream and need a safe place at the mere mention of what God created. The world has gone to hell.
Stupid. Fed up of the new movement bandwagon
C’mon AirCanada, don’t pander to JustinTrudeau and this PC crap. There is nothing wrong with “Ladies and Gentlemen”.
To all transgender 'Females' Ya you aren't and never will be a woman, get over it and yourself!
welcome to peoplekind
why are people offended about the decision to start saying “everyone” instead? it literally includes you & ...everyone else... you are not losing any privileges here
Sick !
This is why right wing populism is on the rise
Because that was so necessary...
angry tweet!!!! the world is CHANGING and i DONT LIKE IT!!!!!!!!
🙄OMG make it stop already. Read an anatomy book or something 🙄
Oh lord 😂🤦🏻♂️
good short signal
FFS.. Ladies & gentlemen & confused brains will do then. Isn't there an airline already called TransAir?
Is this because some people identify as bitches and assholes?
Great. Call us fellow human beings.
LOL
What a fucking joke this is talk about going way to far
Will they be using “Ladies and Germs” and then doing pistol fingers?