There are a few choice phrases you don’t want to hear a pilot say over the airplane intercom. Any including the words “brace” or “turbulance” normally don’t go down too well.
Neither do personal or political rants, it seems.
A pilot was removed from United Airlines flight 455 from Texas to San Francisco over the weekend after she launched into a tirade over the intercom about her divorce and President Donald Trump. Hillary Clinton also scored a mention during the transmission, which saw at least one passenger try and walk off the flight.
Passenger Pam O’Neal told Reuters the pilot asked everyone to vote on whether or not she should change into her uniform.
“She shows up dressed like a civilian and asks to us to take a vote to see whether she should change into her uniform or fly as is,” O'Neal told Reuters. The pilot then called both President Trump and Clinton 'a-holes', saying, "she had not voted for either Trump or Clinton because they're a bunch of liars."
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I feel sorry for this woman, she'll be unlikely to work as a pilot again, which is an outcome that probably could have been prevented with some timely professional help.
Well, first I hope she gets some help. I do worry in light of GermanWings, how things got to be that bad and nobody noticed or stepped in. Let's say she had the same mental state and just walked into the cockpit in uniform. Why didn't any flight crew stop her at the gate or move in when she was on the PA or the copilot call the alarm?
Was she that alone that nobody saw she was losing it? Not got enough airlines.