"Athena5" referred to..
myriad of CC that have faked bomb threats abroad aircraft?
In recent years I am only aware of one such case.
One of the major points brought out in every CRM course I have ever attended is the importance of listening to the cabin crew. Indeed, there are grounds for suggesting that CC who know their opinions are respected are less likely to indulge in false alarms. It seems unlikely that a senior cabin attendant (whatever her age) would go straight for the big stick of threatening to offload any passenger-
unless the passenger semed to be drunk, in which case she would have the legal responsibility to ofload him immediately.
I freely admit that, as crew, my instinct is to side with the cabin crew in these situations. Putting that prejudice aside, my instinct would be to support a young woman being harassed by a group of drunk men.....
