An Idaho man who allegedly slapped a crying baby and used an offensive racial epithet against the child is out of a job, according to reports.

Jessica Bennett, 33, or Minnesota was in route to Atlanta on Delta Flight 721 last week when her child was assaulted by a cranky passenger. As the plane descended into Atlanta, Bennet’s toddler son began to cry after becoming affected by the drop in altitude.

Bennett tried to calm her crying baby, but was unable to do so. Frustrated by the crying, a fellow passenger and AGC Aerospace & Defense Supplied employee, Joe Rickey Hundley, told the mother to “shut that n-word baby up”, and proceeded to slap the child with an open hand.

After the incident, the mother was shocked that Hundley could be so cold toward a small child.

"I could not believe that he would say something like that, and to a baby or about a baby. And then to hit him was just, I felt like I was in another world. I was shaking," she told a Minneapolis news station.

After hearing about Hundley’s conduct on the flight, his employer quickly moved to suspend him from work, and later decided to let him go completely.

ACG released a statement on their website about the incident.

“Reports of the recent behavior of one of our business unit executives while on personal travel are offensive and disturbing. We have taken this matter very seriously and worked diligently to examine it since learning of the matter on Friday afternoon. As of Sunday, the executive is no longer employed with the company.

“We wish to emphasize that the behavior that has been described is contradictory to our values, embarrassing and does not in any way reflect the patriotic character of the men and women of diverse backgrounds who work tirelessly in our business.”

Hundley is facing a potential one year sentence in jail for assaulting a child under the age of 16. Unfortunately, this isn't Hundley’s first incident of disorderly conduct. In 2007, he pled guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge in Virginia.

The family is looking into legal options to ensure that this incident never happens to another child again.