Airline passenger drops F-bomb, gets boot
An author of alleged “children’s books” needs to wash his mouth out with soap and find a new airline after dropping the F-bomb aboard an Atlantic Southeast Airlines flight.
Unlike the rain in Spain, Sayegh could not remain on the plane.
The Detroit News reports Brooklyn author Robert Sayegh is thinking about suing the Delta Connection carrier.
According to the article, the 37-year-old, was flying from Kansas City to Newark when a flight attendant overheard him ask “What’s taking so [bleeping] long to close the overhead compartments?”
The plane taxied to the runway but returned to have Sayegh forcibly removed.
Sayegh told the Detroit paper he used the F-word twice.
“I’m like, ‘Are they throwing me off the plane? This is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever been through in my life. It’s embarrassing.”
Sayegh, who’s also a TV producer, said he is not “a crazy maniac” and that in New York “we curse as adjectives.”
Oh well, at least he didn’t drunkenly flirt his way into the news.
The airline says the incident is under investigation.
Sayegh said would never intentionally disrupt a flight: “My cousin was killed in 9/11. A lot of friends died in 9/11. I would never come close to doing anything like that.”
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169 comments Add your comment
Relationship Expert
June 13th, 2011
1:53 pm
I am pleased that someone had the courage to address the profanity. We as males, might be able to tolerate others’ profane tirades. Nontheless, men with character don’t want their Mother, Wife, Daughters, Sisters, and Grand Children exposed to profanity.
JoyRide
June 13th, 2011
1:54 pm
@Relationship Expert – THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!
Jean
June 13th, 2011
1:55 pm
If I were a passenger on the flight, I would be more irritated by the plane returning to the gate than I would be by someone’s use of the f-bomb.
Devil's Advocate
June 13th, 2011
1:55 pm
Laurie,
That is an amazing point. People are so busy playing the Freedom of Speech card they fail to see the real problem here. But what is the airline to do? What if there were people on that flight who were not happy with that guy’s mouth? Should the plane continue and people be told to ignore this person? What if another passenger takes offense and a fist fight breaks out similar to what happened on a flight last week?
When people decide to act up on a plane, the airline is in a no-win situation. Let it go and risk escalation to the point of a real lawsuit or take action that might inconvience people but better protects the business from potential damages. I can tell you right now that airlines are going to try their best to supress any threat, no matter how minor the threat, from now on. They’d rather something like this get attention with one guy than risk 100 individuals suing for something greater due to potential negligence and inaction.
Why can’t people be responsible and not put others in a bad situation in the first place?
Mason Dixon
June 13th, 2011
1:58 pm
Typical NY behavior. Those clowns invent ways to use the f word out in public. Glad he got his NY butt kicked off the flight. He should be fined and never allowed to fly on Delta/Atlantic Southeast again. Keep the potty mouth at home. Must be a Mets fan as well as I have heard them cussing very loudly while families are close by at Braves games. NY punks like Sayegh (considering his girly-looking photo, it appears that the sissy has never, ever seen the inside of a gym!) should just stay home.
Atlantaphotog
June 13th, 2011
2:00 pm
“in New York “we curse as adjectives.”
That’s Bull. Cussing is cussing no matter where you live, and not everyone wants to hear those “adjectives” used in every sentence.
Lisa
June 13th, 2011
2:02 pm
Being a former New Yorker it is news to me that we curse and use these words as adjectives. I am not saying a New Yorker doesn’t curse but the majority of people I know, work with do not. There are alot of GA transplants from the North here and in 7 years here I have yet to hear that. My children, now adults with kids of their own do not speak like that. It is all in the upbringing and teachings in the home.
Native Atlantan
June 13th, 2011
2:02 pm
I wish the airlines had the guts to kick more people off flight.
Freedom of Speech
June 13th, 2011
2:05 pm
Sure, people have freedom of speech, but does his freedom of speech supercede my freedom not to hear him cuss? His expression of his freedom of speech was forced upon those around him in the aircraft, what about their freedoms? His behavior was rude and disrespectful(thank you Miss Manners), unfortunately a common quality demonstrated by many. I am all for his ability and right to express his frustrations and agonies, however, he should have chosen a more suitable avenue.
Does he use such langauge in the books he writes? Why not? Because parents would not buy them. What happened to practicing what you preach?
Mother That Was On The Plane
June 13th, 2011
2:07 pm
Thank you for booting this jerk off the plane. My children and I didn’t have to listen to his foul language anymore. If he wants to curse and behave like an idiot, let him buy his own private plane. Yaaaaay..THANK YOU, SOUTHEAST AIRLINES! You have a lot more customers thanks to making an example of this jerk.