FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING A FIRST CLASS PAX WHO WANTED TO BE SEATED WITH HIS TRAVELING COMPANION. WHEN FLT ATTENDANT MADE THE ADJUSTMENT HE STATED THIS WAS BETTER - - NOW IT WOULD BE EASIER TO HIJACK THE AIRPLANE. FLT ATTENDANT SPOKE TO CAPT AND ULTIMATELY PAX AND COMPANION WERE REMOVED FROM THE FLT.

Narrative

UPON BOARDING; 2 FIRST CLASS PAX OF MIDDLE EASTERN DESCENT WERE TRAVELING TOGETHER; BUT NOT SEATED TOGETHER. PAX X ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY WAY THAT HE AND HIS FRIEND COULD BE SEATED TOGETHER. I EXPLAINED THAT ONCE THE FIRST CLASS CABIN FILLED UP; I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TRY AND ACCOMMODATE THEM. AFTER REARRANGING EVERYONE IN THE REAR OF FIRST CLASS AND SERVING THE SECOND ROUND OF PREDEP BEVERAGES; MR X SPOKE TO ME. HE SAID AS I WAS SERVING HIM HIS CHAMPAGNE; 'THIS IS BETTER -- NOW THAT WE'RE SEATED NEXT TO EACH OTHER; IT'LL BE EASIER FOR ME TO HIJACK THE AIRPLANE.' HE WASN'T SMILING. NEITHER WAS I. I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING TO HIM. I JUST LOOKED AT HIM. I WAS SPEECHLESS. SOME DAYS EARLIER; THE UNITED STATES HAD JUST BOMBED IRAQ. THIS WASN'T A JOKE TO ME. I WENT TO THE COCKPIT AND TOLD THE CAPT WHAT HAD HAPPENED. HE SENT THE FO OUT TO TALK WITH MR X ABOUT WHAT HE HAD JUST SAID. THE CAPT HAD ASKED THE FO TO DISCUSS THE MATTER; LETTING HIM KNOW THAT IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE SAID ON AN AIRLINER AND THAT HE HAD UPSET THE FLT ATTENDANT. AFTER THIS; EVERY TIME I WENT INTO THE CABIN; MR X JUST LOOKED AT ME AND LAUGHED. THIS UPSET ME. I WENT BACK TO THE CAPT AND TOLD HIM WHAT WAS HAPPENING. I WAS SHAKING SO BAD THAT I COULDN'T MAKE MY ANNOUNCEMENTS VERY EASILY. I AM A MOTHER OF VERY SMALL CHILDREN. I FELT IT WAS AN INAPPROPRIATE COMMENT; NOT TO MENTION A VIOLATION OF LAW. THE CAPT CALLED GND SECURITY; WHO CAME OUT WITH THE POLICE. THEY REMOVED THE PAX AND HIS COMPANION. I FOUND OUT UPON ARR IN ORD THAT THEY HAVE BEEN BLACKLISTED WITH COMPANY. THE SAFETY OF ANY FLT IS NOT A JOKE. I FILLED OUT THE REQUIRED FLT RPT AND SENT IT TO COMPANY.