Pilot not laughing at Baldwin’s ‘SNL’ spoof

>>> of course we all just knew that alec baldwin getting kicked off a flight would be the tart of jokes on "saturday night live," but we may not have expected that baldwin himself would be making the jokes. nbc's jeff rossen is here with details. hey, jeff, good morning.

>> good morning. alec baldwin is apologizing again. this time to himself. as we've been reporting, he's gone off on american airlines and bashed the tlflight attendant who kicked him off the flight but this weekend the pilot made a surprise appearance. it's weird, he looks a lot like ael beck baldwin .

>> the pilot of that flight -- captain steve rogers.

>> reporter: the mustache. nice touch. alec baldwin back to comedy making fun of himself.

>> it was very important for me to come here tonight and on behalf of everyone at american airlines issue an apology to mr. alec baldwin .

>> alec , are you sure this is the right way to handle this.

>> yeah, yeah. keep going. keep going. mr. baldwin is an american treasure. and i am ashamed at the way he was treated.

>> reporter: last week alec baldwin was sitting in first class playing words with friends on his ipad. american airlines says baldwin refused to turn it off. then took the ipad into the lavatory, slamming the door so hard the cockpit crew heard it. baldwin , they claim, used offensive language with the crew, and that's why he was kicked off the flight.

>> now seth, words with friends can be frustrating, and again, i just started playing the game myself. but when you think you're about to play jailers off of someone's quiche, then you realize you don't have the "i," let me tell you, that will make you slam the bathroom door, too!

>> reporter: you know who wasn't laughing? a real american airlines pilot who was watching.

>> i was disappointed that it was making light of something that's fairly serious and also was poking fun at a group of employees that are very proud and a historic airline group going through a tough period right now.

>> so what happened?

>> reporter: until now, baldwin wouldn't talk about it on camera. question is -- will his surprise appearance on "snl" end this fiasco for good.

>> alec , this is too much. i don't want to be a part of this anymore.

>> seth, i'm not alec -- but i wish i was. that man's a hero. a smart hero.

>> ironically here baldwin 's show " 30 rock " is also played on american airlines in flight. this morning the flight attendant's union is asked it be pulled from the roster. no word yet if the airline will do it.

>> thanks a lot, jeff.

>> nice inside information.

>> i was on my way out to los angeles thursday. i sat next to the guy who was next to alec baldwin .

>> and?

>> he said, alec -- after everything happened, got off, he was fine. but lot of