Ad astra.. I neither seek fame here nor am I an armchair expert. I merely wished to raise these points for mature discussion, something which you are clearly incapable of doing.
What transpired led to an international airport being closed for some time and a lot of costly diversions being carried out. The authorities acted in accordance with set down procedures as they would. If the correct procedure for dealing with unruly passengers in VA is to squawk h/j , well then so be it.
As always, we can learn from these experiences without being denigrated for putting the discussion out there. Please remember the first "P" in this forum is professional .
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A couple of points come to mind.
If the cabin crew had been serving this git grog for the last 3 odd hours, surely they would have known he was two sheets. If so why wasn't this communicated to the skipper. If it was, when was the last time a successful hijack was carried out by a retard drunk?? Especially since enhanced security flight deck doors were installed. Squawking the code for a drunk bashing on a door that could take a decent explosive seems a bit harsh. But then again, I wasn't there, so who am I to judge?
oldhasbeen
The problem I have is that as Judge, Jury and Executioner you make sweeping statements of fact of what occurred in the cabin, what the actions of the Cabin Crew were, what was communicated to the flight crew, what concerns the Flight Crew had, and then criticise the Cabin Crew and Flight Crew for the actions they took because they don't fit in with your opinion.
Oh......... "but I wasn't there so who am I to judge"
Spare me the justification of "I merely wished to raise these points for mature discussion" ..........What utter rubbish.
With your "Capital P" I would expect any crew to treat the incident as a real attack on the security of the aircraft until such time as the threat was removed.
If that shuts down an airport then so be it!
If you place more concern on how the Indonesians acted than what transpired behind that cockpit door and how this crew responded then yes you are correct I am incapable in having a mature discussion with you!