If the CA was concerned about inconveniencing anyone, I find it more likely that he was concerned about his own fate. Off-loading the purser could easily have resulted in some sort of mutiny by the rest of crew (BoF said earlier in this thread that the purser had to talk the remaining cabin crew into continuing the flight for the sake of the passengers) - and being deserted by your crew in Miami is probably less annyoing than getting stranded at Salvador da Bahia.
Wow...that is really stretching the reality. You do not off load someone because you afraid of mutiny...what kind of situation will be an emergency more that a possible mutiny?
My God...where do we stop? We are now creating excuses for a mutiny just to justify the actions? All of this based on allegations? Where will you go if those allegations will be proven?
FSLF