In our current litigious society, I can't imagine a major airline letting someone "play doctor" without first checking credentials - to do otherwise would be inviting a 7 figure lawsuit.
I suspect the young doctor was unfamiliar with the SOP of checking credentials, perhaps got a little lippy about it - when another doctor showed their credentials they were asked to assist the patient - a doctor who just happened to be white and male.
In normal society - a miss-understand solved with a clarification and apology for any perceived disrespect of the young doctor and advice to have her credentials available in the future.
In today's society, where any possible grievance takes on world-shaking significance, add in the aggrieved doctor was young, female, and black and you have the perfect trifecta of ageism, racism, and sexism. Hence it's front page news world wide...
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