An investigation has been launched by the Federal Aviation Administration into the actions of a Southwest Airlines pilot who was caught on a hot microphone bashing the San Francisco area, especially their "goddamn liberal f**ks” and “f**king weirdos.”
The pilot also slammed people from the Bay Area as people who are "probably driving around in f***ing Hyundais. You don’t have balls unless you’re f***ing rolling coal, man, g*****n it,” he added.
"Rolling coal" is a term used to describe modifying diesel vehicles to boost the amount of fuel in the engine, resulting in the vehicle ejecting out black exhaust. Those who roll coal sometimes refer to their cars as a “Prius repellant.”
As a result, the FAA is investigating their incident because according to their regulations, airline pilots are prohibited from talking about “subjects that are unrelated to safely conducting their flight while taxiing and while flying below 10,000 feet,” according to the Huffington Post.
A spokesperson for Southwest Airlines told the San Francisco Chronicle, "Our corporate culture is built on a tenet of treating others with concern and dignity, and the comments are inconsistent with the professional behavior and overall respect that we require from our employees. This situation was an isolated incident involving a single employee and not representative of the nearly 60,000 hardworking, respectful People of Southwest Airlines."