Originally Posted by
Claybird
Some (most) of you people are blinded by your emotions. The captain of that flight is the ultimate authority and he asked the cabin crew to carry out a company command (remove 4 passengers) for WHATEVER reason (in this case, to take on 4 non-revs). He can do that without having to justify ANYTHING to ANYONE.
I do not know of any airline in which a captain can arbitrarily offload a paying passenger for no reason, without needing to justify his actions to his management, at the risk of losing his job. Do you?
Also, there are not very many countries in which a captain can arbitrarily offload a paying passenger for no reason, without needing to justify his actions to the aviation or business regulatory authorities, at the risk of a fine or other sanction.
I'd call the statement categorically false.