Craig Symes was having a particularly bad day. It led to a profane exchange with his manager and dismissal.
He had a much better day at the Fair Work Australia hearing where it was ordered that he be reinstated. The story can be found at the SMH along with a discussion of the importance of swearing to Australian identity (thoughtfully backed up by research in New Zealand … well they were part of New South Wales before the great schism of 1841).
The story reminds me of what would have to be, one of the best dummy spits of all time …
On Monday, on the tarmac at Kennedy International Airport, a JetBlue attendant named Steven Slater decided he had had enough, the authorities said …
One passenger stood up to retrieve belongings from the overhead compartment before the crew had given permission. Mr. Slater instructed the person to remain seated. The passenger defied him. Mr. Slater reached the passenger just as the person was pulling down the luggage, which struck Mr. Slater in the head.
Mr. Slater asked for an apology. The passenger instead cursed at him …
Mr. Slater, 38 and a career flight attendant, got on the public-address intercom and let loose a string of invective.
Then, the authorities said, he pulled the lever that activates the emergency-evacuation chute and slid down, making a dramatic exit not only from the plane but, one imagines, also from his airline career.
On his way out the door, he paused to grab a beer from the beverage cart. Then he ran to the employee parking lot and drove off … (New York Times, August 9, 2010)
The beer was a very nice touch
bobmcgee 
The beer was definitely a “traveller”