JetBlue under fire for pro-Trump message: 'Last time I choose your airline'

[turbinetree]

By Nicole Charky-Chami
Published February 17, 2026 4:03 PM ET

A passenger flying from Los Angeles to Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday was shocked to hear a JetBlue employee thanking President Donald Trump during a special President's Day in-flight message on the plane.

Photographer James Weir posted his reaction to the announcement on JetBlue Flight 2010 on Threads, describing the moment an airline flight attendant tried to show gratitude for the Trump administration — and why he found it so outrageous.

"@jetblue The fact that the pilot or flight attendant chose to begin the flight by specifically thanking President Trump and his cabinet for all that they do means this will be the last time I choose your airline," Weir wrote.

https://www.rawstory.com/jetblue-donald-trump/

I have never and will never fly this airline.............showing support for a scab and someone that tried to take down this country ..............says everything.............

[vapor2]

1. Won't use them again either

[Raven123]

2. Was this an official corporate message or a rogue employee?

[EarthFirst]

3. Sounds like an in flight message from a rouge employee...

…nothing I’ve seen mentions it was corporate messaging or directive.

If I hear otherwise I will share and gladly boycott.

[BaronChocula]

7. I second

This doesn't sound like any kind of corporate directive in any political climate. I could never imagine any airline being that stupid. Well except for trump shuttle. And where are they now?

[ShazzieB]

24. If that was a rogue employee, I will still never use that airline until and unless I hear the rogue has been fired!

[Cha]

4. I would have Freaked the Fuck OUT.. and it

would have Ruined the rest of the Flight!

How Dare they? Not everyone who flies is a fucking PEDO Fascist Pusher.

[Initech]

19. This just furthers my theory that he ruins everything!

[legallyblondeNYC]

5. Let's see how they respond.

I'm guessing it wasn't authorized.

[kairos12]

6. Yes. It's Now JetScrew You.

[BaronChocula]

8. Just googled "james weir jetblue"

Lots of socials backlash against the airline. I think that employee will soon be toast.

[Cha]

11. TY! And typical Stupid PEDO protector..

Stupid.

[flvegan]

9. "Economy is so bad you have to fly this crap airline. Thanks, DJT." - Jet Blue, probably

[ToxMarz]

10. The priest in my mom's church asked everyone to pray for pres shit stain and his administration

Like that's what Jesus would be doing. That's why I quit going a long time ago. Unfortunately get roped into it occasionally, and they never fail to disappoint.

[kwolf68]

12. I am agnostic

But I don't hate TRUE Christians and I applaud the work people like james talarico is doing. We NEED a religious left, because if you read the passages in red in the bible (quotes directly attributed to Jesus) or read his Sermon on the Mount, it's actually "woke". Pure and simple. There is no hatred, violence, aggression, intolerance in a single word Jesus Christ ever uttered. And religious Liberals need to take that shit back from the Charlatans and whores.

[FakeNoose]

15. Totally agree with you

I wouldn't call myself agnostic exactly....

I was raised Catholic, and I'll never join another church, but at the same time I'm not a very good Catholic for the last 50 years. Be that as it may, I agree with your comments about a "religious left" because the so-called "religious right" is a total Repuke joke.

I was taught by many sincere priests and nuns, and James Talarico is a good example of the religious left. I don't live in his state, but if I did I'd definitely vote for him.

[crud]

16. It might be time to reclaim the Old Testament God too

It might be "Battle Hymn of the Republic" time for magats

[3catwoman3]

17. Maybe we need to change the spelling slightly and call them Charlatians.

[Layzeebeaver]

21. We do not need a religious left.

We need a properly organised and effective “left”. If folks in the left org decide to become or are already religious then fine.

But a “religious left” is just a different flavour of right wing religion. Do we want a leftist president who is religious pushing a government to embed leftist policies tied to religious themes regardless of the theme?

Be careful what you ask for…

[dobleremolque]

27. As an alternative, you could always agree to do so, but substitute

Psalm 109, verses 8 through 13 as your prayer:

8 Let his days be few let another take his position of leadership
9 Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow
10 Let his children wander as beggars let them search for food far from their ruined homes
11 Let the creditor seize all he owns let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor
12 Let there be no one to show him kindness let none pity his fatherless children
13 Let his descendants be cut off let their name be erased in the next generation

It ain't much, but it's every little thing.

[mwooldri]

29. That's actually common in Episcopal churches.

It's in the Book of Common Prayer - to pray for all leaders. However it is most certainly not done in any fawning way.

[ToxMarz]

30. She's catholic and he came off as a right wing tool

I bet her Pope would have put it differently.

[COL Mustard]

13. DOD will make it mandatory to use JetBlue for Government travel....

And they'll have kiosks on every base, that will provide you with $10 tickets to anywhere, as long as you support Trump.

The rest of us will pay double the market rate and like it!

[BidenRocks]

14. How much ya wanna bet,

they will never release the name.
They will say the employee was terminated. How do we know?
They should have lost take off clearance due to mental defect. I cannot trust a brainwashed dead flight crew!

There are NO excuses, and responsibility begins and ends with the CEO.
He fostered a workplace where this is acceptable.

[JoseBalow]

18. Adding them to my long and growing list of companies to boycott

Never again

[lonely bird]

20. Used to fly them on occasion

No more.

[EdmondDantes_]

22. I can't get worked up over this

There's no evidence it's a company policy. Should the attendant done that? No. But I can't fault an entire company because low level person did something I don't like.

[at140]

25. Sane thoughtful reply n/t

[Zambero]

23. Jet Red

Would be a very appropriate re-brand!

[iemanja]

26. Good to know

More people should hear about this.

[Freddie]

28. They were flying into the soon-to-be-named Trump Airport

Formerly PBI.
Being optimistic here…SOMEDAY he will be dead and the full extent of his crimes will be known and the truth will be accepted by most of us. Won’t the politicians of Florida be so happy they named an airport for a child molester?