Well, at least hell have time to get his Covid shot now. If youre going to allow your pilots or staff to incorporate politics into flights, then Ill find another airline, one person tweeted. A Southwest Airlines pilots recorded rant about Bay Area residents quickly went viral online this week, with the pilot at one point calling those who live in San Francisco goddamn liberal fs.. Id be concerned for the passengers on that flight. Why does he seem to feel so threatened by the issues he mentions? The FAA is investigating the conduct of the pilot because pilots and first officers are prohibited from speaking on open airways about "subjects unrelated to safely conducting their flight while taxiing and while flying below 10,000 feet.". Vous pouvez modifier vos choix tout moment en cliquant sur le lien Tableau de bord sur la vie prive prsent sur nos sites et dans nos applications. Unidentified Southwest Airlines Pilot Goes OFF On San Francisco Bay #FIRED. At end of recording, when climbing through 2500, seems to have not changed frequencies and called the tower when meant to call departure. March 24, 11:15 a.m. . ", NC mom warns others after son burned doing social media challenge, Warrant executed at illegal adult entertainment business in Raleigh, Free COVID-19 tests aren't guaranteed after May 11. A Southwest Airlines pilot is under investigation after he left his microphone open while he was talking to air traffic control and was caught giving an expl. The primary concern is this pilots capacity to lose it professionallty during what is arguably the most critical segment of any flight operation. "This situation was an isolated incident involving a single Employee and not representative of the nearly 60,000 hardworking, respectful People of Southwest Airlines.". The outlet One Mile at a Time was the first to report on the recording of the verbal tirade unleashed after being alerted to a tweet by Will Lawton, who is said to be a private pilot.Audio from the incident has also been archived on LiveATC, a website that records and provides air traffic control audio online.Just shy of 20 minutes into the audio feed is when the pilot's rant begins. "The FAA is investigating communications that an airline pilot made while taxiing at Mineta San Jose International Airport last week," the administration added. The pilot who delivered the anti-Bay Area rant has been confirmed to be an employee of Southwest Airlines, the airline confirmed exclusively to SFGATE. The FAA told ABC7 News, its regulations prohibit pilots from talking about anything other than safely conducting their flight while taxiing and while flying below 10,000 feet altitude. Do you imagine that the scientists at NASA and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences do not know that? The audio was archived at Live ATC, a website that live streams and records . Senior Editor at BroBible and co-host of Oops the Podcast. In short I dont give a rats hindquarters. The Hot Mic Pilot Who Hates Hyundais Is Extremely Specific - BroBible Copyright 2023 KGO-TV. While it would likely be more expedient financially to let him go and replace him, I hope SWA will look at this as a moral responsibility and not give him a pass, but help him rehabilitate himself.