Boycott of Southwest Airlines

Boycott Originator

trp76262

Boycott Title

End Human Trafficking

Boycott Description

Over 800 Change.org members have asked that major airlines include training for flight crew on how to spot human trafficking. When transporting people into a life of slavery — many of them girls and women victims of sex trafficking, a.k.a. transportation for repeated rape — traffickers often opt for the speed and convenience of air travel.

....if flight attendants know the typical tale-tell signs of trafficking and how to react, they can make sure that pimps never get their human trade off the ground.

Southwest Airlines' response? "I’m writing now to respectfully request your help in discouraging any further emails from the petitioners who support this particular cause on change.org." Would "this particular cause" be ending human trafficking, enslavement of children, repeated rape-for-pay of girls and women, etc.? "Our CEO, Gary Kelly, is still receiving several each day.  Given that we’ve engaged in communication on the subject" -- they said no to training to stop trafficking -- "and are firm in our position, we do consider this particular issue closed." That's right, dig into your bag of patronizing put-downs and tell hundreds of people concerned about trafficking that you've decided out-of-hand that the subject is closed.

Boycott Demands

That Southwest Airlines provides vital training to airline crew members to spot and act upon potential human trafficking by contacting airport authorities prior to leaving the ground. This boycott will not cease until it is announced in the paper that Southwest will comply with these life saving demands for the safety of girls and young women.

Shame on you Gary Kelly!!!