The woman who arranged for a plane to fly over pulling a banner that read “Thanks for the downgrade. You should all be fired.” originally conceived it as a protest over Washington, D.C.
The 50-year-old broker from St. Louis said she wanted to vent about the way things are going in Washington and thought to fly the banner over D.C. Because of flight restrictions, she chose New York City instead.
But the stunt may have sent a message she didn’t intend when the plane flew over S&P headquarters Tuesday.
Fortune reported:
"I originally wanted to fly it over Washington, D.C., but learned that you can't do that," says the broker, who asked to remain anonymous for job security reasons. "So I chose Wall Street instead, but didn't specifically intend it to fly over S&P. I'm just a mother from St. Louis who feels the only reason we got downgraded was people in politics."
S&P downgraded the U.S. credit rating last week. On Monday, the first day of trading since the downgrade, the market dropped more than 600 points. It recovered more than 400 points Tuesday.
