Kinda worried w sky writing over my neighborhood right now! @WTOP pic.twitter.com/doMzpE8VgO
— Lisa Brown (@batesVA) May 16, 2016
#deny whaaaaat!? @WTOP pic.twitter.com/vTdRF4uV92
— Lacy Jackson (@lacyluu) May 16, 2016
Sky writing sighting above Sterling , Va. I can't decipher it. Can you? @WTOP @capitalweather pic.twitter.com/X3vEukHgz6
— Velginy H. Nguyen (@veleh1025) May 16, 2016
WASHINGTON — Don’t feel so bad about the typo in your tweet — it’s a lot harder to fix it with skywriting.
Above Northern Virginia Monday afternoon, many saw a message that read “#Deny NIA,” but the Air Line Pilots Association confirms it should have been “#Deny NAI.”
It’s part of the association’s campaign against allowing Norwegian Airlines to operate in the United States.
“[Monday’s] skywriting was part of ALPA’s campaign to demonstrate opposition to Norwegian’s request for a foreign air carrier permit. While the first pass was a bit jumbled, like Norwegian’s business plan, it is easily corrected. Norwegian should consider doing the same,” an ALPA spokesperson said in a statement.
The association — which represents and advocates for more than 52,000 pilots at 30 U.S. and Canadian airlines — realized the initial mistake when it started getting calls. The pilot made another pass around 5 p.m. with the correct message.
