Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 118; Flight Crew Total 5078; Flight Crew Type 5078
Communication Breakdown; Distraction
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Passenger Misconduct
General Flight Cancelled / Delayed
Human Factors; Company Policy; Environment - Non Weather Related
Flight Attendant was preparing for door closure checking bins and seat belts. Upon reaching Passenger X in XX2 noticed young man mid twenties wearing mask below his nose. She asked him to pull his mask up and got no response. She motioned to him to get his attention and repeated herself; but he just stared straight ahead in defiance. She had to repeat herself and asked if he understood English. He made an eye roll and told her; 'You can leave now;' dismissing her instructions.The Flight Attendant approached the cockpit and told me the situation. We were now past departure time and I stepped back to reiterate the mask policy verbally. When I approached his seat; he was staring straight ahead with the mask just barely over his nose. I explained Airline has a mask policy for everyone on the airplane except when actively eating or drinking; and that he was not being singled out and needed to follow the instructions of the flight attendants. His response in a raised voice was; 'I'm wearing the [expletive] mask!' and 'You're making me angry.'I asked him why he was angry and then what he thought he would do when he got angry. He just tried to stare me down and I decided there was no point in continuing this conversation with him. I made the decision to have Customer Service remove him from the full flight to prevent anymore altercations once airborne.
Air carrier Captain reported having a passenger removed from a flight due to non-compliance with face mask policy and passenger misconduct.