Originally Posted by
CPRich
And I believe the passenger is required to follow an FA directive (though I stand to be corrected here - I know that's the case for the pilot/"flight crew"), regardless of how stupid they think it is.
So it's an FA judgment call. They can demand that it be closed, but they certainly aren't required to. But if their professional judgment demands it be closed, individuals are required to follow the instructions.
The FARs do not give the cabin crew the authority to issue unreasonable or unlawful instructions, and those they do issue should be related to safety and the performance of their duties. Now there's a lot of wiggle room there, but then 'interference' is nowhere adequately defined, which is why most of these disputes end up in litigation.
Originally Posted by girtbar
I do not know of any carrier that has a window shade policy for inflight operations purposes
Neither do I and I doubt any have because it would be ridiculous. Can you imagine the negative publicity any airline would get for busting a passenger because of the position of a windowshade during cruise ? And I certainly hope any judge would laugh them out of court; no better yet, cite them for contempt.
So I stand by "bull", until proven otherwise
So it's an FA judgment call.
God save us all then
