Originally Posted by economyplusfan

Notify the non-complying pax that he will be arrested upon disembarkation for failing to follow crew instructions or whatever, go down the list to the next pax, and VDB them. Crew obviously thought the presence of police on the plane would induce the pax to get off; I can't imagine they directed the police to drag the guy off. But still, calling the police onto the plane was not a good move when other options were available. I think this demonstrates tired and frazzled crew and gate staff more than anything else.