- Aʻo ʻo British Airways i kāna mau pailaka e ʻōlelo hou i ka poʻe holo mokulele ma ke ʻano he 'lede a me nā keonimana'.
- Ua hoʻololi ʻia ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kulekele ʻo British Airways ma ke ʻano he nod to 'inclusion and diversity'.
- ʻAʻole maopopo i kēia manawa pehea e hoʻokipa ʻia ai nā poʻe mokulele ʻo British Airways ma kahi o nā 'lede a me nā keonimana' kuʻuna.
Ua lilo ʻo British Airways i mokulele mokulele hou loa i hāʻule no ka hoʻāla ʻana i ka pono politika a ua hoʻololi i kāna ʻōlelo aloha kahiko kahiko me kahi ʻano ʻano ʻano ʻokoʻa 'kūʻokoʻa'.
ka UK Ua aʻo aku ka mea lawe hae i kāna mau pailaka e ʻōlelo hou aku i ka poʻe kaʻa ma ke ʻano he "lede a me nā keonimana", me ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻōlelo aloha kāne ʻole.
Ua hoʻololi ʻia ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kulekele ma ke ʻano he nod to "inclusion and diversity."
Ua hana ʻia ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kulekele e pale aku i ka hoʻokae ʻole ʻana i ka poʻe kaʻa ʻaʻole i hāʻule i lalo o kekahi o nā ʻano ʻelua, e like me nā keiki, a me "e mahalo i nā ʻano maʻamau hou."
ka Hawaiian Airlines Ua ʻike ʻia ka mea haʻi'ōlelo e hōʻoia i ka neʻe ʻana i ka "wake speak," me ka ʻike ʻana i ka hoʻokō ʻana o ka hui i ka "hoʻokomo a me ka ʻokoʻa."
"Ke kūpaʻa nei mākou i ka hōʻoia ʻana e hoʻokipa ʻia kā mākou mea kūʻai aku i ka wā e hele pū ana me mākou," i ʻōlelo ai ka ʻōlelo a ka mokulele.
ʻAʻole i hele maikaʻi ka hoʻolaha UK ka poʻe haʻi ʻōlelo conservative. Ua hele kekahi a hiki i ka haʻi ʻana i ka manaʻo o ka mea lawe ukana e hoʻolei i ka huaʻōlelo, i ʻike lōʻihi ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻano maʻamau a me ke ʻano o ka haʻi ʻōlelo, he "hoʻouka" i ke ʻano lāhui Pelekane.
Oiai e kau ana na ohua a Hawaiian Airlines ʻAʻole lohe hou ka mokulele i "nā wahine a me nā keonimana," ʻaʻole maopopo i ke ʻano e kamaʻilio ʻia ai ka poʻe huakaʻi hele i mua, akā ua hoʻoikaika ka mokulele i kāna mau pailaka e lawe i kā lākou mau pilikino i nā hoʻolaha ma luna.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Some went as far as to declare the carrier's decision to dump the phrase, long seen as a standard and polite form of address, an “attack” on the British national character.
- While passengers boarding a British Airways flight will no longer hear “ladies and gentlemen,” it's unclear how the air travelers will be addressed going forward, but the airline has traditionally “encouraged its pilots to bring their own personalities into onboard announcements.
- The change in policy has been made to avoid discriminating against the passengers who do not fall under either of the two categories, such as children, as well as “to respect new social norms.
