SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A Southwest Airlines pilot departing from San Jose Mineta International Airport was caught on an open microphone, throwing an explosive blast at the liberal population in the Bay Area, according to published reports.
The aviation and travel blog One Mile at a Time published the account of a Twitter user who posted air traffic control audio starting March 13th. A person is heard saying that his flight is “ready to take off”, followed by a series of bombings f.
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“F- this place, damn the liberal devil-f.”
“Eight weapons here, somewhere as it is.”
“F-weirdos, probably driving around f-ing Hyundas, f-ing roads and s-going slow as f-.”
The audio was archived on Live ATC, a website that streams and records air traffic control transmissions.
Will Lawton, the Twitter user quoted by the blog, said in a Facebook post that he is sure that the person heard in the sound is a pilot from the southwest.
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“I’m pretty positive, relying on the same voice at the end of the debate,” says Southwest 531 ready to go, “said Lawton, who indicates he is a pilot on his Facebook profile.
A Southwest spokesman told the San Francisco Chronicle that the person heard in the audio was an employee of the airline and that he was addressing the situation internally.
“Our corporate culture is based on the principle of treating others with concern and dignity, and the comments are inconsistent with the professional behavior and general respect we demand of our employees,” a spokesman for Chronicle said in a statement. “This situation was an isolated incident involving a single employee and did not represent the nearly 60,000 hardworking and respectful people of Southwest Airlines.”
FAA spokesman Ian Gregor told the Chronicle in a statement: “FAA regulations prohibit airline pilots from talking about topics that are not related to safe flight while flying and flying below altitude. of 10,000 feet ”.
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“The FAA is investigating communications that an airline pilot made while driving at San Jose International Mineta Airport last week,” the statement said. “The FAA also reported the incident to the airline.”