Originally Posted by
Yaatri
One is too many. The number of incidents is far m ore than one.
^^
Originally Posted by
RatherBeOnATrain
DeltaNewsroom tweeted an update at 2011-05-07T15:28:19:
Re: Paxs denied boarding on yesterday's flight 5452, Delta Connection Carrier ASA issued statement: "Flight 5452 returned to gate to allow for additional security screening of 2 paxs. They were offered compensation & booked on next available flight. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience to these paxs."
Source:
http://twitter.com/DeltaNewsroom
Meanwhile, ASA's media department has nothing to say. Their
blog and
Media Resources Page have not been updated since May 4.
I am curious to know what "compensation" the passengers were offered, and if it was taken or not.
Originally Posted by
thesaints
So, in a way, the Pilot does have absolute authority, as far as the aircraft operation is concerned, for the time being. For instance, not even Obama could force the pilot to accept a passenger, the same as the NFL Commissioner wouldn't have the authority to force a Referee to reverse even an obviously wrong call
The POTUS example is blatantly false when it comes to most US majors' flights, even as the Office is not in the habit of ordinarily exercising such power on behalf of passage for ordinary civilian passengers. The above is a misunderstanding of the situation, no less so when an airline is on the receiving end of federal money under one of a variety of programs and the pilot doesn't own the plane and wants to retain his job with a covered US major.
When there is the situation of "unlawful authority" or an unlawful exercise of "authority", absolute authority only exists if the party exercising authority has sovereign immunity that is applicable in practice. The crew in this situation lacks absolute authority as it certainly doesn't have sovereign immunity.