Just a thought......
As the debate seems to be concentrating on the alleged inflammatory PA announcement.....if a statement along the lines of "no passenger will be allowed to disembark at Glasgow until police attend the aircraft" was made via the PA, this could be misinterpreted as the alleged threat regarding detention.
If this were the case, a defence of unreasonable behaviour on the grounds of unreasonable provocation would not hold water.
The public at large are invariably poor observers, ask a lawyer how much credence they give to an eyewitness account if hostile to their client...
Last edited by feet dry; 18th Dec 2002 at 11:26.