United Airlines Pilot Rant Half Passengers Leave Flight

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So, y'all. I'm shaking right now. I just left my @united flight 455 'cos the captain demonstrated that she was not mentally in a safe space.
— Randy Reiss (@undeadsinatra) February 11, 2017

Flights from hell typically involve screaming infants, manspreading seatmates and other obnoxious moments. But passengers on one United Airlines flight Saturday learned an entirely new meaning to the phrase. Their pilot boarded the plane wearing street clothes and then proceeded to rant about Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and getting divorced over the loudspeaker. Passenger Randy Reiss live tweeted the entire experience. The unnamed pilot made passengers nervous when she called attention to the fact that she wasn’t in uniform. “She got on in street clothes and asked if we were ok with her flying like that,” Reiss tweeted. “We all said okay. Cute, right?”

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She got on in street clothes and asked if we were ok with her flying like that. We all said okay. Cute, right?
— Randy Reiss (@undeadsinatra) February 11, 2017

So then she says "sorry, I'm going through s divorce." Ummm uh oh
— Randy Reiss (@undeadsinatra) February 11, 2017

Then she identified an interracial couple in first class, I think in an effort to say "yay unity" but it was was awkward.
— Randy Reiss (@undeadsinatra) February 11, 2017

The pilot excused her unprofessional clothing on her divorce, and decided to get political for a moment. She said she didn’t care whether passengers had voted for Trump or Clinton because, according to her, “They’re both assholes.” Reiss became concerned enough to deplane and he wasn’t alone. Over half the flight left.

Then she's like "I don't care if you voted for Trump or Clinton. They're both assholes."
— Randy Reiss (@undeadsinatra) February 11, 2017

At that point, I was like "YOOO!!!!"
— Randy Reiss (@undeadsinatra) February 11, 2017

And she looks at me and is like " Did I offend you, sir? I apologize. You don't have to fly if you're not comfortable."
— Randy Reiss (@undeadsinatra) February 11, 2017

So I jumped up and was like "peace, out."
— Randy Reiss (@undeadsinatra) February 11, 2017

Oh wait, at some juncture she said she was gong to be on Oprah
— Randy Reiss (@undeadsinatra) February 11, 2017

The airline removed her shortly thereafter, but as she deplaned she had one last encounter with Reiss. In tears, she apologized and gave him a hug. But even she knew their time together was the stuff of legend. “We should be on a show together,” she reportedly told him. “We should write a book.”

Anyway... I stormed off. It took a few, but half the flight followed my lede
— Randy Reiss (@undeadsinatra) February 11, 2017

They were going to rebook us. But now they are delaying us 1 1/2 hours till we get a new captain.
— Randy Reiss (@undeadsinatra) February 11, 2017

I hope she gets the help she needs. That was scary as fuck. Back to the @united lounge for relaxing cheese cubes.
— Randy Reiss (@undeadsinatra) February 11, 2017