None of the aerosexuals or spotters or enthusiasts would be asked to join the Captain. Nor indeed would any non airline pilots.
I find the negative comments surprising. Apparently some of you who claim to be airline pilots cannot give the Captain the benefit of the doubt and trust his judgement. At the very least the passenger would have had company ID and it's entirely possible he was carrying his licence. All of which could be forwarded to the flight deck by the CC without any security risk. Plus a two minute chat would have established whether he was the real thing or not. If you were truly paranoid a call to company to establish his bona fides would be relatively straightforward.
Is is safer to sweat it out single pilot into an unfamiliar airport while a fully qualified type rated pilot sat in the back wondering at your paranoia?
