Imagine if he had gone through with his threat to throw me off the flight, they would have had to delay the flight in order to locate and off-load my luggage, and then back at base he would have had to explain it all to his bosses.
Actually he would have looked like a right idiot if he had gone through with his threat.
Not wanting to waste any time to address your concern yet deny your family boarding for being called an idiot by you for not taking a few minutes to address a safety concern.
I'm sure the press and a few LA Lawyers would have had a field day.
Still, I must assume it turned out not to be a safety concern after all as you completed your trip.