Chemical engineer fired by pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline after racist, homophobic rant on plane

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. He complained about “all these f**kers before asking a Black female member of cabin crew: “What do you want, what do you want?” She responded: “For you to grab your bag sir so you can off this plane”, before pleading with the man politely as he swore at fellow passengers and searched for his cabin bag. Cabin crew continued help searching for the man’s bag, which he said was a “Swedish make” and “a better bag than most of ya’ll can afford.” The man went on to say that he was a chemical engineer for GlaxoSmithKline, calling it “one of the best f***ing companies in the world,” also mentioning that he was planning to leave the company. The passenger who shared the footage to Reddit added in a caption that he missed the man’s “copious usage of the N-word towards the flight attendants” before he began filming and that despite the situation, cabin crew handled it “phenomenally well”. “Drunk racist and homophobic man got kicked off my flight last night from Philadelphia to Dallas for being inappropriate towards the woman in the seat next to him,” the post said.