Originally Posted by
philip0
Wow, that is really egregious. Good on you for realizing there is no last word to "win" an argument with someone that nasty. Half an hour later the angry FA was ferrying garbage around and selling overpriced Miller Lite cans to coach. Half a day later you were back in your nice life or starting your laid back vacation and the angry FA was...ferrying someone else's garbage around, this time hawking overpriced Yellowtail merlot.
This is how I've learned to deal with the TSA. I've accepted the fact that I'm almost always going to get the full body pat down due to my insulin pump. I just take it and remember that I'm likely to be going someplace fun and the screener is going to be stuck in the airport groping people all day. I don't like the pat down but there is nothing I can do about it if I want to fly.
Originally Posted by
ente_09
I guess another take home message is that if you are confronted by an FA possibly out of control, you have to take the police pull over approach: Hands on the wheel and yes sir- no sir.
Sadly that is they way to approach this. The passenger is unlikely to win in these situations. If I was going to be kicked off the plane, I want all of the other passengers to say I was doing nothing wrong and the FA abused their power when talking to reporters. Hopefully that will lead to consequences for the out of control FA and will cut down on future abuse.