Originally Posted by
Fliegenmong
I think everyone here would know that a singular pax changing a seat will make FA difference to weight & balance. Similarly, in a catastrophic event seat numbers dont identify people strewn across a runway!
Seems like inexperienced crew on a power trip, need to learn a little about discretion maybe? Sure, of course he should have complied! But was what he was complying with worth the bad publicity that was the end result?
That idea worked in years past, the reality at many airlines now is that (cabin) crew are trained to a minimum standard and any discretion they once had has gone.
They must follow the script... or else!
Besides this moron passenger got tasered by the cops. We've all been out of line in arguments before, but never neen tasered. What does that say about the guy.
The policy might have been unnecessary, but not as unnecessary as this guys actions obviously were.