Heard about the pilot who got thrown off his own flight for using foul language while talking on his cell phone? Apparently he was having an “animated” conversation, including a few occurrences of words you can’t say on television. He was talking on the telephone, not to anyone present. He was having a bad day. Ever have one of those?
Then someone tattled on and/or confronted him, and that’s when he started cursing at the passengers. The cops were called, the FAA pulled him off the flight, and the passengers had to spend the night in Las Vegas.
No, his behavior was neither appropriate nor professional, but come on. Life is at least PG-13, and sometimes R. If it’s too much for you, then stay home and watch The 700 Club all day. Moreover, you’re leaving Vegas, fergodsakes–is this really worse than any number of other experiences you’ve had in the immediately preceding days? Did you call the cops on the stooges on the street passing out whorehouse brochures too?
I sympathize with the folks who had nothing to do with the situation and had a day of their lives stolen. But I relish the thought of the obnoxious do-gooders who escalated a pilot with bad manners into national news having their plans disrupted. Hopefully you’ve learned a little something about minding your own damned business and leaving your “I can’t WAIT to be offended” mentality at home. I hope your busybody asses spent the night in the airport. If you found a hotel, I hope your bed was lumpy, the curtains wouldn’t close all the way, there was never any hot water, and you found a cockroach in your omelet the next morning.
I had a sociology professor once who was fond of saying we were living in the “neo-Victorian age.” That was 1991.
Whew. That guy had no idea.
Thanks to rbr.com for the image.
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To be honest, I probably would have reported him, too. But I would have been angling for a voucher for a free flight. I’m a load on society.
I had not seen this story, but your rendition was hilarious! I love being in situations that are unexpected. Can you imagine being on that plane? Probably hung over, maybe still drunk, hating yourself for losing every dime you could get your greedy gambling hands on. I’m sure the pilot was not the only person onboard that plane using profanity when they found out they had to stay another night in Vegas!
Thanks, cat’s!