The Federal Aviation Administration said it is investigating a Southwest Airlines pilot captured on an air traffic control recording delivering an expletive-laden rant about the culture of the San Francisco Bay area while on the ground at Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport.
The pilot is heard denouncing the region, its politically liberal residents and the cars he says they drive. Among the more tame comments, he calls residents of the Northern California region weirdos.
The comments are a matter for the FAA, the agency said in a statement, because airline pilots can discuss only safety-related issues while taxiing or flying below 10,000 feet.
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