Omaha company fires employee for unruly behavior on a Delta flight

By Heather Hamilton

Published February 10, 2022 2:15pm ET

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Omaha company fires employee for unruly behavior on a Delta flight — Delta Air Lines Inc. Connection planes sit at gates at Salt Lake City International airport (SLC) in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., on Thursday, July 5, 2018. Delta Air Lines Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on July 12. | (Angus Mordant/Bloomberg)

The Omaha-based construction software company Buildertrend fired an employee on Wednesday following the delay of a Delta Air Lines flight on Monday due to unruly and allegedly racist behavior by a passenger.

A Buildertrend review found that an employee called a flight attendant the N-word when being asked to put on a face mask in preparation for takeoff. The flight was delayed more than two hours.

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