Sorry to hear Sgt Coombs taking such a pasting; for what it’s worth,nobody in the airline world is likely to have regarded it with anything other than mild amusement. We get stuff like that all the time, a few chancers but mostly well-meant. Recently a gentleman in his 80’s boarded in a wheelchair. He earnestly presented a letter to his helpers stating “its extremely important you show this to the Captain”. The letter announced him as a qualified RAF pilot who was prepared to assist us in any emergency. Fortunately this wasn’t needed; turned out he’d flown Wellingtons