Defense Executive Fired After Slapping Toddler on a Plane
His job may be the least of his worries
An Idaho executive charged with slapping a toddler on a Delta Airlines flight has been slapped with a pink slip, his former employer says.
Joe Rickey Hundley, 60, is no longer employed by AGC Aerospace and Defense, Composites Group.
AGC's President and CEO Al Hasse said Sunday that reports of recent behavior by one of his unit executives is "offensive and disturbing."
"We have taken this matter very seriously and worked diligently to examine it since learning of the matter on Friday afternoon. As of Sunday, the executive is no longer employed with the company," Hasse said.
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Is it true prior to slapping the child, Joe Rickey Hundley shouted: "I have had it with these motherfucking toddlers on this motherfucking plane!"?
toddlers "pickaninnies"
He should have sucker-punched the parents for not controlling their pestilential demon seed offspring. Then the whole plane's passenger load would have erupted in cheers and applause. And all would have been well.