Childish abuse deleted.
My first ever experience of the vast power of airline Captains came at the tender age of 12 years old when being flown back to school in Cape Town from (then) South West Africa.
Facing a group of shouting and yelling 12 year old desperadoes the Captain walked up to the front of the aircraft, grabbed the nearest boy and lifted him up by the lapels of his blazer and glaring told us all that if he heard another word from any of us throughout the flight, he would come out and beat us.
Silence and respect reigned. The flight was completed in absolute safety and we all shuffled off the plane wanting to be airline Captains.