It is their airline, they do want they want.
If I had an airline, I would favor high flight experience and high education level for pilots.
In Spain the Basque ETA attacks, and the Al Qaeda train attack has left a lot of grief.
Exactly like in USA with the 9/11 attack, or the London terrorists.
Maybe the heads of airline want to show support for relatives of victims.
Nothing wrong about that.
Happy contrails