Mr. Discount Airline Pilot Guy is grounded

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So it turns out discount airlines don’t like Bud Light’s “Mr. Discount Airline Pilot Guy,” a spot created for the “Real Men of Genius” radio campaign. Perhaps it’s the line, “Sure, we’re concerned for our lives. Just not as concerned as saving nine bucks on a round trip to Fort Myers.” Whatever the case, AirTran is threatening to stop serving Anheuser-Busch products on all its flights. (The ad was actually pulled months ago, but aviator Web sites just recently started buzzing about it.)

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