he addressed the fact that since i was soon going to appear as the opposite gender, he personally did not condone this. he then inquired how i would go to the bathroom? i certainly would not be allowed to use the bathroom to match my gender because it would upset the balance of nature.

he specifically told me not to let my colleagues know as i had discussed with him that i was going to inform my coworkers. he told me it was none of their business as i was there to do a job and not socialize.

that’s ignorance.

soon after that meeting, i started getting written up for random things. i had received praise and thanks for jobs well done and suddenly other supervisors under his direction started finding fault with everything i did. they followed me to nitpick at anything i did. they even had a witness swear up and down that i had wrecked a work vehicle. i begged for a lie detector test and they denied me saying they knew it was me because a witness saw me.

they had this guy confront me saying he had seen me when i suspected it was this guy who really wrecked that vehicle. i felt alone as no one would cross this boss. i even asked them to get the security video that supposedly is all over the airport. they claimed the area was not within camera range.

this is only one incident they harrassed me about. there are more made up scenarios. i called human resources in st george to no avail as it was my word against his.

i quit or i would have been fired. after i quit, he informed other employees that i was fired for incompetence. other employees who witnessed how i was treated did not back me up as they did need their jobs. one employee had recently been fired for crossing the boss and we all knew it was wrong but i personally didnt say a thing because i needed my job, so i understood.

i was hired immediatey by Delta Airlines and it’s been a 360 degree turn. Thank God. i am now treated fairly. better pay. no one harrasses me. i get respect. i have been promoted to supervisor. they focus on my skills and not my sexual expression or preference. i have awesome benefits and it is GREAT not working with bigots.

it ended well and the boss ended up losing his department for, im assuming, poor supervisor skills. its still irks me that i was treated unfairly in this day and age.

totally unacceptable by any standard.

Almost everyone in a management position in corporate is a married, white male meeting SkyWest’s biased views. There are a few exceptions such as the VP of the People Department (a motherly job?) and the VP of Inflight. And, almost all the people in management positions coincidentally are not only related to someone else in management but also LDS. I see it every single day and the ratios are NOT equal.

I can think of a male CRJ captain who is homosexual, and who when other people ask if I know him, they always use “gay” or “homosexual” as a descriptive term. Example:

(using name John Doe to protect innocent) “Do you John Doe? Not the straight John Doe but the gay John Doe?”

This is coming from SkyWest employees. When did it become acceptable to use gender, race, sexual preference to identify a person? It would be the same as identifying the only african-american male in the building as “the black guy.”

SkyWest not only needs to be hit with affirmative action and bombarded by the ACLU, they need to educate staff on acceptance of ALL.

I’ve known so many men like you, and I feel so sorry for all of you.

Get over yourselves, morons. It’s not just US that can’t stand you. If you weren’t so insular and delusional, you’d realize how screwed you are the minute anybody finds out what you’re really all about. We’re biology. We’ll always be here. You’re just a collection of goofy ideas that the future will have less and less time for. Nazi motherfuckers.

“But we’re Mormons! But we’re just all really sweet and wholesome! My grandfather drug a wooden pallet across the plains because everybody wanted to kill him! We love absolutely everybody, just not what they do, think, believe, eat, look like, wear, how they vote, part their hair, do or do not have children, work outside the home if they are mothers, who they kiss on their own time….I’ll have to stop now because I ran out of pinky strength on my keyboard. Please don’t say that we’re not just full of love for everyone. It will burst our little balloons of self-delusional, self-righteous, chest swelling, ego mania.( And it will make our hero, Glenn Beck, cry!)”

After all, they are the church that invented love. They are the “ONE and ONLY true church”.(They really should trademark that little catch phrase.) ( Heard that in Fast and Testimony meetings millions of times, parroted like so much brain washed babble. ) They are the only ones that can define true compassion, true discrimination, what the U.S. Constitution actually means, true freedom of the press ( Oh wait, their fearless founder raided a newspaper office and destroyed it’s press. )(Hey but he was right!!)( His was the true press destruction!!)

OK. Exhausted now. Damn, it felt good to rant for a bit though.
Mormon trolls, keep coming back for more! Please! Great time had by all. Loved it. Love your Jello too.

Corporate GLBT groups and initiatives are mostly BS.

The only thing that has protected employee rights in the travel industry has been their unions. Its not about good corporate citizenship or outside groups pressuring companies. It is about giving employees a voice on the job.

Being a former employee of 20 years with a major carrier, I for one can say that most airlines discriminate against GLBT folks. The reason for all of the media hype these days concerning carriers who “do the right thing” solely depends on how influential and successful of a sales and marketing team they have….. After all, many people in today’s economy would tend to believe anything about a companies’ policies given the right corporate perks and lobbying tactics, and the major carriers have this strategy down to a science.

I have worked directly with corporate airline folks concerning corporate GLBT policy revision and I can tell you for a fact that the carrier in which I worked for ONLY supported GLBT non-profits and greased palms with the GLBT media and our national GLBT leaders solely to protect its corporate branding and to cover-up the REAL inside culture and policies which discriminated against GLBT folks, not just in benefits but also in employee hiring and promotion as well………. And of course since they were “Platinum” sponsors of HRC (the very organization which gave them a copy of the CEI index questionnaire ONE YEAR IN ADVANCE thus always guaranteeing the carrier 100% ) they were virtually “perfect” in every way concerning their treatment of GLBT folks, at least that’s what they wanted everyone to believe……….. in reality it was farthest from the truth

And they were very successful at it too, especially due to the fact they were very clever in forming a GLBT specific sales and marketing team consisting of high profile, influential GLBT corporate folks to accomplish this. And who would ever believe that corporate GLBT folks would ever sellout their fellow GLBT employees for the company bottom line………. Very strategically well planned.

The result of course is that discriminatory policies remain covered-up, overshadowed by GLBT non-profit protectionism (after all they are receiving corporate sponsorships too), and the discriminated GLBT employees are horribly retaliated against for speaking up in protest……….and yes folks, as unbelievable as it may seem even by our very own GLBT corporate folks who would do anything to keep their gay corporate status and glory……

Yes I feel that a corporation’s, and especially a major airline’s ideology does originate from the top and therefore establishes the corporate culture and sets the stage for diversity inclusion or exclusion. Please know, however, that most of them follow suit of the carriers mentioned above, especially one which has the audacity to name its “GLBT” Sales and Marketing team after a multicolored arc in the sky, a symbol which for years has depicted GLBT unity……… how blatantly hypocritical.

Thanks for letting me share my perspective and experience on this issue.

And yet you are defending a company as not being bigoted when the founder and board members donated to Prop 8. Just another example…

Again, your bigotry is apparent. His “Partner” is in actuality his LEGAL HUSBAND under California law. Skywests written policy states that legally marriaged people may give their spouse the full travel benefits. The fact that you just admitted that Caldwell doesn’t have the same benefits as he would if he had a hetro married couple ends the discussion. You are Mormon, you are spouting the party line, that is to be expected.

Argument:
Caldwell would like to have his partner be able to travel on Delta like his married hetero coworkers.

This issue is all about a “travel companion.” A travel companion has the same rights as that of a married companion, which is what United Airlines offers SkyWest. Delta offers it to their own employees but for some reason SkyWest does not have the same agreement with Delta that Delta has with its own employees. If you were to read the beginning of this article it states that Caldwell would like free flights like that of his hetero married coworkers. He has free flights with United but he does not with Delta, lets somehow blame the Mormons. HUH? If the Mormons did not wanted to discriminate against the gays then he would not have travel privileges with United.

I am betting that of all of these posts not one of you works for the airlines which explains alot. Our travel agreement with other carriers is ridiculous and does not make sense most of the time. We are a regional carrier that works for other airlines. I am a Mormon and I do not like the way that Delta has our travel agreement set up with them. United makes more sense and should it come to a vote to have the same privileges on Delta and United, which would allow for a “travel companion” I would vote yes. I am in full support of a change in our travel benefits with Delta to allow for Caldwell to have has married partner have the same travel privileges like that of a hetero married couple. A change is needed but blaming it on the Mormons is not!

Before you blame this issue on a Mormon, you should research the facts. I don’t buy that a lawyer has researched this issue and this is SkyWest’s choice. Before you tell me I don’t know anything, you should know that I am an employee with SkyWest and I have a travel companion with United but not Delta. This issue is with Delta and not SkyWest or some Mormon conspiracy.
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Nice Try thinly diguised Mormon…..HOWEVER, this issue is not about a “Travel Companion”. This issue is about a legally married couple that according to Sky Wests own written policy should be given full travel allowances. But again, nice try at misstating the issue and deflecting the truth, you Mormons seem to be nearly as good at that as you are at playing the victim anytime anybody points out your bigotry and hatred towards minority groups.

Am I talking about homosexuality or Mormonism?

Think about it.”

Mary, nobody gives a damn how Mormons live their lives. We may think their beliefs are whack but we aren’t trying to forbid them from having them. We aren’t trying to close down their churches, forbid their marriages, prevent them from adopting children, ban their magic underwear, bar their entry into the Celestial Kingdom, etc.

They, on the other hand, are pouring millions of dollars and countless hours into efforts to destroy every single piece of legislation that might give us rights equal to heterosexual people/couples, and even to put in place legislation that harms us.

Don’t even try to pretend our disdain for them is equivalent to what they’re doing to us. Our disdain for them is *because of* what they’re doing to us. If they’d leave us the fuck alone we wouldn’t pay them the least bit of attention.

You play the victim well. I realize that this role is integral to the identity of Mormons, but I think you need to wake up and realize just what the LDS church has become–a bully!

It’s shocking how uninformed LDS folks are about their own religion–past and present. The lack of awareness of what kind of organization they belong to is what is TRULY sad.

Face it: This policy is in place because the CEO is a bigot, as are most of his fellow members of the church.

Am I talking about homosexuality or Mormonism?

Think about it.
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Isn’t it a shame that one group has to attack, spew hatred and misinformation, lie, funnell money through front organizations, hide memos from their leaders, and do everything possible to preserve their tax exempt status even while they break the law by attempting to influence the course of elections. Am I talking about homosexuality or Mormonism? Think about it……………………………………………………
Oh wait, I thought about it, it’s Mormonism. The gay groups never mentioned Mormonism, it was the Mormon chruch that began attacking gays now that they are not allowed to attack, discriminate and try to make blacks 2nd class citizens anymore. And before blacks, it was women…..

Am I talking about homosexuality or Mormonism?

Think about it.

Annnnnnnndddddd SCENE! (Clap Clap Clap) So nice to see the typical Mormon defense of “We’re the victims, how DARE you not let us steal away your rights, put you down as second class citizens, deny your right to live?! You are all bigots for not letting us Ruin your lives!”……………………………………………………
Can I please inform the Mormons here now that your typical defnse of playing the victim card only works when you use it against people that you haven’t directly attacked and tried to destroy. It didn’t work when you were discriminating against blacks and not allowing them full membership until nearly the 1980′s in your church, and your Church’s P.R. had only JUST recovered from that mess when you went after another group, gays, with your Prop 8 attacks on us. So again, here is a thought, gays defending themselves against a large, rich, secretive organization that reached out to attack us isn’t bigotry. However, the Momon church’s history of organizing it’s funds and followers in an effort to stomp on the rights of Minorities IS bigotry. So go play your victim card someplace else, it won’t work here.

I’m a happy a-theist. I don’t believe in “sin” any more than I do a crazy belief that a magical diety came to 1830s NY and gave solid gold tablets to a convicted criminal and then took them away again before anyone else could see them.

I also refuse to structure my whole life around a Prada-wearing, Nazi who hates gay folk and who wears better drag than any queen and makes a fortune off of poor people whom he can fleece out of their last dime with promises of a peaceful afterlife. Ditto for the crystal-cathedral multimillion-dollar racket of evangelicalism. Why is religion the only facet of society in which we look to the past and not the future???

Go away, Mormons! You’re annoying and make no rational sense and have no logical arguments.

Interesting, God gave man the gift of sex to express love for his mate? Hmm, such a special gift…for such a special reason? If it is so sacred and special, mind if I ask why god then gave “Sex” to ever animal roaming the planet? Are the 15 male cats yowling outside my window expressing “Love” for the one female cat in heat taking them all on? Are the two dogs on my lawn expressing love before running off in two separate directions? You can try to paint it any way you want, but when you are with your wife, you can express love in many many other ways. Your opinion that gays just need to overcome their feelings is beyond ridiculous. It is cruel to the people that they woul marry. You say that you are a parent. Fine, then all those gays who are “Overcoming their feelings” should marry your children and your relatives. Since it’s all for a good cause you wouldn’t mind sacrificing your children’s happiness so that they can live a lie for the greater good now would you?

“important members of the Mormon church”, huh? I’ve never heard of them and I’m a lifelong member. I think important is a stretch.

Also, what’s the deal with halting freedom of speech? The Church is perfectly within its rights to voice opinion on issues (not candidates) and to advocate for those issues.
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And once again the Mormon lies and distortions continue. Hey “M” Please stop trying to pretend that there aren’t several site, books etc… out there that list ll the prominent Mormons in business. You can’t be in a room with a Mormon without them pointing at the TV and saying “You know, Glen Beck is Mormon” etc.. every time ANYBODY who is Mormon comes on.
…………..As for your idiotic comment about “Freedom of Speech” well, you’re either a liar or the schools in Utah are really sub-standard. Sorry bigot, freedom of speech is your right to express an opinion and not be arrested by the govt. for it…You do NOT have the right to not have to her people who disagree with you, AND you do not have the right to call actual discrimination, like the kind Skywest is doing, freedom of speech. Sorry idiot, speech is the expressing of opinions. Discriminating against this legally married couple is an action, not speech. So once again, the Mormons try to lie, to deflect, to cover, and to blame others. Nice try, but you don’t sound very bright…you were probably sent to Idaho for your mission, they didn’t want somebody with your low level of intelligence to embarrass the church in front of foreigners. The fact that Mormons troll the internet to look for any mention of the church, and then flock to whatever website mentions them just shows the small minded panic you people live with everyday.

As a result, I have come to the conclusion that generally, GLBTs are suffering from feelings and emotions that are very natural, but if acted upon, are wrong. God gave man the gift of sex for two and only two reasons – one to express love to our mate, and two, to procreate. The scriptures have many references to the sin of homosexuality, and more importantly, the sanctity of the relationship between a man and a woman. Generally, GLBTs have chosen not to exercise the discipline necessary to overcome the feelings they have for members of their own gender. There is no way you can convince me that the feelings of a homosexual are appropriate. I simply do not believe it. Now if two people of the same gender want to live together, I will not judge them for not resolving their feelings. But then, I will not judge a polygamous family or a May-December romance either.

No where does the bible hate on interracial marraiges. As a matter of fact God attacked Moses’s sister for dissing his Arab wife for being Arab…Moses had to beg for his sister’s life…look it up.

Lets be honest here. Ive heard all the crap being spewed about religion and i get it..i do. But you cannot attack them without facts cause they will crush you again and again.

Religion as you say is seperate from state so remember that when you accuse someone who does not support gay marriage for reason of his or her faith.

Also, what’s the deal with halting freedom of speech? The Church is perfectly within its rights to voice opinion on issues (not candidates) and to advocate for those issues. I’m sorry you feel differently than the Church and you’re certainly within your rights to advocate the other side of the issue. But for a people who are only now able to speak somewhat freely about their lifestyle in public, I think you would be more sensitive to freedom of speech issues.

The problem is by failing to recognize domestic partnerships and marriages, SkyWest is demonstrating poor corporate citizenship and it cannot be allowed to stand.

In addition to SkyWest, pressure should be exerted on Delta and United, its business partners. Also, please note that SkyWest is the owner of Atlantic Southeast Airlines. Pressure should be applied there as well.