I didn’t know flight attendants could kick people off flights for wearing apparel not aligned with their tastes. It didn’t help that Armstrong came back with some ‘sassy’ quips. That’s what probably did him in.
Billie Joe Armstrong was delayed in his return to Los Angeles on Thursday because he couldn’t get his pants to stay up. The Green Day lead singer was aboard a Southwest Airlines flight when he got up to stow his bag in the overhead compartment prior to takeoff. A passing flight attendant was none too pleased with his visible underwear; so, she asked the musician to pull up his pants. He bluntly responded by asking her if she had anything better to do. Offended, she repeated her request, at which point Armstrong loudly said, “I’m just trying to get to my fucking seat.” Apparently, Southwest doesn’t take too kindly to sass-mouths because he was promptly booted from the plane.
Billie Joe took to Twitter to bitch about the incident, and the matter was quickly resolved. Southwest profusely apologized for the breach in friendliness, promised it would get to the bottom of what happened and the frontman boarded the next flight home. Talk about bad public relations all the way around.
BTW, this is not the first time saggy pants have kicked passengers off flights.
