Originally Posted by whoateallthepies
Why didn't our European brothers in Germany arrest him? Is there no pan-european arrangement to deal with arseholes like this?
Answer to the first question presumably is:
* because there was no reason to suspect he had committed an offence over which Germany has jurisdiction
* because the U.K. had not issued an international arrest warrant under EU rules
The crew presumably wanted him off the plane as fast as possible, and didn't want to circle while the U.K. authorities completed the paperwork for an arrest warrant.
With increasing numbers of incidents of this type, it may well be a good idea for aircrew to familiarise themselves with the legal possibilities and procedures for dealing with such things. In saying this, I do not mean to suggest that the British crew were not so familiar. But questions on this thread so far suggest that others might not be.
PBL