A Southwest passenger asked the pilot if he was drunk before his flight.

During boarding, a professional comedian travelling on Southwest Airlines passenger questioned the captain of his flight during boarding to inquire whether the captain was drunk.

The passenger, who identified himself as a comic, didn’t receive the reaction he was hoping for from his poorly chosen attempt at humour. The passenger asks the pilot if he’s had any alcohol at the start of the film. Right away, the captain responds, “You know what, that’s the stupidest fucking thing you could say to me.”

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The passenger repeatedly stated that he was only kidding, but the captain remained angry and even threatened to kick him off the plane. He clarified that a query like that would make other passengers question his professionalism. “I don’t enter your work centre and trash talk about your predicament. Don’t repeat it, he advised.

The “comedian” expressed regret for “offending” the captain before turning the camera back on himself and criticising a decline in humour in society.

Even after the video was taken down from JammerTV’s page, Paul Barbee—another pilot—reshared it since he totally agreed with the message of his fellow pilot. “Do. Not. Joke. About. This. It’s not funny,” he wrote in the caption.

Southwest said in a statement issued via email that it takes safety very seriously as an airline charged with ensuring the well-being of hundreds of thousands of passengers every day. While we always work to foster an atmosphere of mutual respect, we back our pilot’s assertion that a claim of compromised safety is not something to be taken lightly. “We are accountable for the comfort and confidence of every passenger that boards our aircraft.

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