I was on a delta flight- tlv -nyc. The flight was full- and for some reason we where just sitting there and they were not moving. After about a half hour+ of just waiting - many pople starting getting fidgety and started moving around, going to the bathroom, getting stuff from overhead storage etc. I asked a pasing FA why we were delayed? She got really upset- and said "it is always the tel aviv flight that are full of all those rude obnoxious people who never listen and never sit down when asked- we decided to hold the flight until everyone is fully seated- and then we will give the captain the go ahead to depart!"
I was shocked- first of all how could these FA just delay a flight like that- and second of all the- " always the tel aviv" flight reference sounded very borderline anti Semitic. (i dont claim that often).
At that point the person behind me got very upset with the FA remark and was venting to everyone around her, that she will report it etc.
About 5 min later the captain gets on the mike and says "we are really sorry for this delay- we are having trouble closing one of the cargo hatches- we should be able to fix it in another x amount of min"
At that point i was disgusted with what the FA had said- it was sounding more like she had a chip on her shoulder aainst the tlv flights.
The person behind me called the FA over and told her very nicly that she is planning on reporting her for lying and making anti semetic comment on the plane. The FA got very defensive and gave some rude answer and walked away.
A few min later i see the captain and the head FA walking over. They went over to the person behind us and told her they where removing her from the flight for "threatening the FA"
All the PAX in the vicinity went crazy- screaming at the captain that she was a liar and that never happend- and this is what "really" happend.
The captain then decided to let her stay as long as she promised to behave!
He then told the head FA to switch that FA with someone else from a different area on the plane.