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https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/southwest-passenger-kicked-off-flight-for-making-vodka-joke/ar-AABlHLp

A Southwest Airlines passenger was removed from a flight at Sacramento International Airport last week after jokingly asking a flight attendant if the water being handed out was vodka.
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"She came by and was like, 'I don’t think that and I didn’t like your joke.' Then my wife tried to butt-in there and say, 'Look it, we’ve been on this plane for hours.' And she says, 'Well, so have I, so get used to it,'" added Uzelac. "Then all of a sudden, I see her on the telephone up in front."

Uzelac said fellow passengers came to the man's defense after the plane turned back to the gate and several Sacramento County sheriff's deputies came on board to escort him off.

"And people started yelling then. In fact, people stood up. I stood up. People were saying this man didn’t do anything," he told KTXL.

The man wasn't charged with any crime but the incident prompted Uzelac to file a complaint with Southwest against the flight attendant. "If they have this in their records, you know, maybe it will prevent this from happening again," he said.

Like I've said before, you leave your rights on the curb when you enter an airport and you don't regain them until you hit the curb at your destination. Flight attendants have the power to set federal law enforcement on any passenger they don't like. It's been 5 years since I last flew. The last straw for me was having to have my entire body scanned (remember when TSA agents were trading naked pictures of passengers?). The security theater has gotten ridiculous as the only thing that prevents a hijacking is passengers fighting hijackers.