Pilot removed before flight after complaining about Donald Trump and her divorce
'Don’t worry. I’m going to let my co-pilot fly it. He’s a man,' she says
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Your support makes all the difference.A United Airlines pilot was removed from a plane just before a flight after she complained about Donald Trump, Hilary Clinton and her divorce over the intercom.
The flight was scheduled to go from Austin to San Francisco and was delayed by than two hours after the woman, who has not been identified, apologised to passengers for being late because “she was going through a divorce”.
She had to be escorted off the flight, and video footage reportedly shows the pilot, who was in civilian clothes, telling passengers she will stop so her co-pillot can fly the plane.
At one point she apparently said: “Don’t worry. I’m going to let my co-pilot fly it. He’s a man,” according to Buzzfeed News.
The pilot also made reference to the recent US Presidential election.
“I don’t care if you voted for Trump or Clinton, they’re both a*******.”
Passengers reportedly tried to get off the plane as the pilot was speaking.
“People started to get pretty uncomfortable and several of us leave and she tells us we can leave if we want, but the flight needs to go,” Hayes Davis, a passenger, said.
A spokesperson for United Airlines said: “We hold our employees to the highest standards and have replaced this pilot with a new one to operate the flight, which has since departed Austin. We apologise to our customers for the inconvenience.”
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