Originally Posted by
Dubai Stu
Yesterday my wife was flying into MSP from DTW and was a little clumsy getting her roller board down. In the presence of flight attendant, the guy behind her starting screaming at her hysterically and openly RAMMED her getting off the plane. The stewardess just gave a look like he was a jerk. The guy continued to scream at her getting off the plane and they just sat there.
I was in DTW the entire time and may just be steaming, but I've been mad about for 24 hours so I thought I'd toss it out there. Should Delta have intervened?
Sounds like that guy forgot to take his Xanax.
The airline's under no obligation to detain anyone in that circumstance. I know you put "RAMMED" in all-caps, but I wonder if it wasn't more of a bump or a shove. If your wife had fallen over and/or been injured, the airline may have been more inclined to do something about it, but people get bumped and shoved out of the way in airports all the time.
If it had really bothered your wife as much as it seems to be bothering you, why wouldn't she have pointed the man out to the GA and asked for airport police to detain him so she could press charges?
I'm as protective of my wife as you seem to be, and when someone legitimately wrongs her and I'm not around to handle it, I tend to steam. Fact is, though, being bumped or shoved by someone who's clearly in a hurry is not an unusual occurrence, and one that's best let go of in the interest of keeping your blood pressure low and avoiding a heart attack.