Originally Posted by
mduell
Calling the FA over a missing flap track fairing?

Big overreaction. The captain took the right approach.
No danger. Not required for takeoff.
But to play devil's advocate, does the average pax know this? Imho, I think the a pax should bring it up and then have the Captain re-assure the pax as the alternative if it was a serious issue could be, shall we say, "bad"