„A Québec pilot on a flight from Montréal just died? Throw in a Bonjeur! in there, it’ll be alright. No one will notice.“
Fucking insulting. And people wonder why quebecers have the Loi 101…
Knight_Machiavelli on
Air Canada’s explanation is plausible but he should have known better. They had French captions and put out a statement in French, so the phrasing was already taken care of for him. He could have at least read the French script. His French doesn’t have to be perfect, but it has to show sincere effort. Failing that they could have gotten a francophone executive to do the French message.
PoorAxelrod on
Two people died and we’re arguing about the language used in a condolence video. Let that sink in.
We also live in Canada. We have two official languages in this country. He used one of them.
But either way, two people died… Can we focus on that? Do you think the people who were left behind care?
If I lost a friend or relative to a scenario like this, I wouldn’t be concerned about the language. I’d want my person back.
Kessel_to_JVR on
These comments are ridiculous. He doesn’t speak French, it would be more insulting if he had tried. He is the CEO of a company, not the PM or an MP.
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How out of touch can you be?
„A Québec pilot on a flight from Montréal just died? Throw in a Bonjeur! in there, it’ll be alright. No one will notice.“
Fucking insulting. And people wonder why quebecers have the Loi 101…
Air Canada’s explanation is plausible but he should have known better. They had French captions and put out a statement in French, so the phrasing was already taken care of for him. He could have at least read the French script. His French doesn’t have to be perfect, but it has to show sincere effort. Failing that they could have gotten a francophone executive to do the French message.
Two people died and we’re arguing about the language used in a condolence video. Let that sink in.
We also live in Canada. We have two official languages in this country. He used one of them.
But either way, two people died… Can we focus on that? Do you think the people who were left behind care?
If I lost a friend or relative to a scenario like this, I wouldn’t be concerned about the language. I’d want my person back.
These comments are ridiculous. He doesn’t speak French, it would be more insulting if he had tried. He is the CEO of a company, not the PM or an MP.