Originally Posted by
Joao da Silva
For example, can you arrest a passenger or forcibly remove them in an arm lock?
Can you prevent the police visiting the flight deck and breath testing your FO?
I can have a passenger arrested, yes. Can I conduct a citizens arrest? Dunno really, I'll look into it. Yes I can forcibly remove someone in an armlock, in fact I can use all reasonable force to subdue an aggressive passenger, I can also authorise anyone else to do the same!
Your second point, I honestly don't know and have never considered it. I'm thinking about a conflict of authority now. However, I'm not sure I would want to prevent them breath testing the FO because, either way, I'd like to know, assuming the police had reasonable suspicion.