Fortune 25 CEO takes 1.5 hour Zoom call on a 6 AM flight, passenger claims he refused to use headphones and spoke with an ‘I’m the eldest boy’ level of volume: ‘Is this okay?’

If you’re taking an early morning flight, it’s likely that you want to use your aerial trip to get some shut-eye before you land. Especially if you’re flight is scheduled for six o’clock in the morning—you’re probably arriving at the airport around 3 AM. Everyone’s a bit grumpy when they’re in for a trip in the sky, likely because the entire process of getting to the airport and making sure you have everything you need is stressful. Save for the fact that you never know what kind of passenger you’ll end up sitting next to.

I’m sure the passenger in this story didn’t know he’d be sitting next to the CEO of a Fortune 25 company, who took it upon himself to have an almost two-hour Zoom call with his team without headphones. Not to mention that he was offered headphones by the flight attendant, but was adamant about keeping his volume to a maximum. In a lovely HBO Succession reference, the passenger claims he was speaking like the very loud-and-proud Kendall Roy, making sure everyone on the flight was listening to him speak his wisdom.