EastUS1 said:
Indeed. From another site: "Patriotic? More like insulting. As an outsider looking in, when I learned about what those ties were, it made me really disappointed.
The flag of our country is one that thousands and thousands have lost their lives fighting for. They didn't fight and die so that someone could use it for personal gain. The same flag that drapes the caskets of too many of our servicemen shouldn't be the symbol some use to represent financially backing one side of a seniority dispute at an airline.
Thats great that you want to show unity, but you picked about the worst symbol you could to do it. You're insulting a lot of people and our country every time you show your face in public with that tie on.
You all are making a lot of enemies and losing your public relations battle with a lot of people who have nothing to do with east pilots."
http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/american-us-airways-merger/91170-day-5-a-4.html
It seems I'm hardly the only person that finds their childish BS offensive. Perhaps the mighty "army" of "spartans"/"valor"-soaked "knights" (and of course equally proven "patriots") should've stuck to "Integrity Matters" and "Dire Wolf" T-shirts.
P.S. Scratch "offensive." Disgusting's more the appropriate term.
".....Also, your choice of ties to express yourselves embarrasses me. I have no idea why you couldn't have chosen something else to show your protest, but your ties are obviously not patriotic. It's like school on Sunday...no class."
http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/american-us-airways-merger/91170-day-5-a-5.html