Today, 07:44 PM
I have been involved in throwing people off aircraft. It was the Captain's call not mine. But I understood their reasoning. Me personally, I am fairly lenient. Travel these days can be stressful...and people drink, or on meds, etc.
Problem is a catch 22 sometimes, don't intervene after a flight attendant brings it to our attention, take no action, then it becomes a problem inflight...who are they gonna look at for brushing it off as innocent juvenile behavior? Plus not backing up your crew? That can have safety consequences later too. Federal Regulations are we are not to allow anyone "impaired". , drunk, etc. on our aircraft.
A longtime ago, a very drunk passenger was in the gate area on another airline I was trying to hitch a ride on. I brought it up to the Captain. He didn't seem to care. Now think of the jeopardy he just put himself in if anything happened later and he was told about that passenger by a fellow pilot. I kinda look the other way now if it is not my company. Sargent Schultz, unless it is too obvious to ignore, or it is AF, an Injun or a Nigerian.
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