Brazil: Pilot Ejects Passenger Over Sexist Remarks

[Violet_Crumble]

A Brazilian airline said Tuesday that one of its female pilots ejected a passenger from a flight because he was making sexist comments about women flying planes. Trip Airlines said in a statement the pilot ejected the man before takeoff on Friday as he made loud, sexist comments upon learning the pilot was a woman. The passenger, who was not identified, was met by police officers at the plane and escorted out of the Belo Horizonte airport. The jet continued on to the state of Goias after a one-hour delay. The airline said it would not tolerate disparaging remarks made about any of the 1,400 women working for it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/23/world/americas/brazil-pilot-ejects-passenger-over-sexist-remarks.html

[Little Star]

1. Well...

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I'm glad she kicked him off but must admit my eyes bugged out of my head when I saw the word ejected. That would have been a little too extreme in my opinion, lol!

[Vanje]

5. Ejected !!!!

That does seem a bit harsh.


...."before the plane took off".
...Lucky this time. Perhaps next time Mr A-hole will keep his opinion to himself.

[Little Star]

6. lol!

[Recursion]

2. That's slightly less awesome than the headline lead me to believe

But still awesome

[seabeyond]

3. good. statement made. words matter. address the sexism out loud.

and even if a person feels the same, and is quiet about it, works for me. he/she can keep it to themselves. i dont need or want to know what kind of person he/she is.

[JTFrog]

4. I was just reading this on msn...

and came to see if it had been posted yet.

[BlueIris]

7. That passenger was an ass. nt