Originally Posted by
fatlilfrog
Was looking this up online without success after an incident on an international flight and was wondering if you guys had any more information. I was in business class and my husband was in coach (another issue that I won't delve into) and I went back there after we were in the air to give him sleeping medications for the 10+ hour flight--was very rudely told by coach cabin flight attendant that I was a security risk and was not allowed to move between cabins. I asked why and she just kept repeating security risk angrily and I went back to my seat and asked the flight attendant in the business class cabin who said it was fine to go to the coach cabin but that he can't come up (which I understand). Is there a set rule that I can see online (and reasoning) because I'm quite confused.
I am presuming that you were on an international flight destined for the US. In that case, DHS (not TSA, although DHS is TSA's "parent" agency) prohibit passenger movement between cabins. Movement does not make you a "security risk," it simply is a violation with all that potentially entails.
I am surprised that you were not told this as part of the pre-flight announcements.
The better practice would have been to have asked the FA whether you may move between cabins and to simply accept the FA's response which is usually "yes" particularly when it is from front-to-back.,
Given how jittery crews are these days with recent security-related diversions, I would not rely on the way it's always been.