Originally Posted by
Less Hair
It was a prank within the crew. No paying customer offended. No real camera involved.
No need to blow this out of proportion. Bad taste? Maybe - but not more.
(my bold) Of course the lawsuit is by a crew member.
As I speculated above had one of the pilots pointed out that it was a prank - at the time, not later - I doubt there would be a lawsuit.
Allowing the affected crew member to continue to believe that she had been watched seems a bit cruel and goes beyond 'harmless prank'.
Also the plaintiffs attorney could also make the argument that it was not a prank (real camera) and the pilots covered it up later by saying it was a prank.
NB: I don't consider this to be at all likely but Southwest left themselves open to this (according to filling at least) by not fully investigating/preserving evidence such as the i-pod,