Man kicked off plane for using the F-word

June 14, 2011 at 12:00a.m.

Detroit Free Press

DETROIT

A 37-year-old Brooklyn, N.Y., man said he’s considering legal action after being tossed off his flight in Detroit on Sunday for saying the F-word.

Robert Sayegh was on a Delta Airlines carrier flight home from his cousin’s wedding in Kansas City when he said a flight attendant overheard him complaining about a 45-minute delay to a fellow passenger.

“It’s ridiculous and embarrassing,” the television producer and children’s-book author said Monday from his home in Brooklyn. “I was just kind of talking to the guy sitting next to me. I said ‘What is taking so long?’ I said “What the ‘F’ is going on?”’ Sayegh said. “I could see if I directed it at [the flight attendant], but I didn’t even speak to him.”