Brooklyn Man Thrown Off Flight For Dropping F-Bomb Twice

You can buy an F-Bomb

Sure, airplane passengers have been thrown off flights for joking about bombs, but being thrown off a flight for dropping the F-bomb seems like a new one: Brooklyn resident Robert Sayegh says he was thrown off an Atlantic South Airlines flight to Newark Liberty Airport after he complained, "What's taking so (expletive) long to close the overhead compartments?" Hey, the plane had been at the gate at Detroit's Metro Airport for 45 minutes without moving!

According to the Detroit News, Sayegh, whose Kansas City-Newark flight had a layover in Detroit on Saturday, and his expletives were overheard by another passenger, who informed the flight attendant: "The plane eventually taxied to the runway, but soon returned, where airport police boarded the plane and Sayegh was escorted off." Sayegh claims he only 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... t wasn't like I stood up like a crazy maniac and was screaming, 'Move the plane!'" And he "said he grew up in Brooklyn where 'we curse as adjectives.'"

Sayegh is considering a lawsuit; Atlantic Southeast Airlines is investigating, but adds that Sayegh got another flight, plus it may remove people is "when the passenger's conduct is disorderly, abusive or violent" or seems drunk. Sayegh, who had been in Kansas City for a wedding, said he was only hung over and he knows not to be disruptive on 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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By Jen Chung in News on June 13, 2011 9:32 AM

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ChristineD

People need to chill the f... out! He was annoyed and used his freedom of speach. He wasn't harming anyone or being threatening, he was just anoyed and rightfully thought it called for the f bomb. So what. Keep in mind, I'm from Queens and here that word every day!

scallywag

One has to wonder if Robert Sayegh was jumping up and down, waving to the captain, not only would he have the police wanting to have a quick word with him but the bomb squad and whatever other government militia outfit that happened to be milling around the airport. But then again this is post 9-11 and a crackling of a potato chip on a plane can have you escorted off the plane with your seatbelt still jingling by your navel.

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Spirit of 76

And he "said he grew up in Brooklyn where 'we curse as adjectives.'"

Poor excuse. Almost all of us used swear words as kids, mostly because it was "cool." But eventually, we all have to grow up and learn where and when it's inappropriate to use such words. Unless you happen to be one of the lucky few who can earn a living as a foul-mouthed standup comedian.

whatidsay

You clearly did not grow up in Brooklyn, the land where no one ever grows up.

Spirit of 76

On behalf of everyone in Brooklyn: up yours.

ogie

the people told the stewardess they heard the guy drop an F-bomb and thought he was a terrorist.

Gwinny

yeah, maybe he misheard him and thought he said "fatwa."

hashedz

Wow, what a fudged up story.

JackBrat

The demographics of modern-day air travel. . . have certainly been raised to new depths! Wilbur and Orville are most assuredly astonished by this circumstance- remembering a time in the not-too-distant-past, when people actually dressed-up to travel by air! Oh well. . .
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ONE_LESS_FIXED_GEAR

Oh well is right. Those days are way gone, man. I guess it's a stretch to apply present-day commercial flight behavior to society as a whole, but I flew TWA as a youth regularly, and it was all shirts, ties, skirts, etc. And the stewardesses...HOT. I guess the only good thing is eliminating smoking, 1 minute after landing gear up, you couldnt see 10 feet in front of your face. Now it's all loud mouths, nut jobs, drunks, and tension. Even first class these days is not close to what it used to be. Sigh.

JackBrat

. . .I actually walked off of an American flight from JFK a few years ago-
when the guy I was seated next to in first class- was a Texas Oil Rig
Roughneck. . . and did, in fact, smell bad. . .
I just made it out the door before it closed. . . I actually surprised
myself in finding myself outside the airplane in this desperate act of
self-preservation! I was a few hours late to DFW. . . but to me- it was worth
the delay!

Guest

Wait - people flying from one urban asshole to another urban asshole were offended by the word fuck, when they should have been pre-occupied with their own safety on something called Atlantic South Airlines.

People just LOVE to be offended, don't they?