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Old Apr 22, 2017, 1:15 pm
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ashill
 
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Originally Posted by blueman2
I believe discussion about the size of the stroller, whether it was allowed, etc. is irrelevant. That is not the issue. Let's assume, for sake of argument, that

1) the stroller was too large
2) the woman was told not to bring it aboard
3) she disobeyed the FA in bringing it aboard

EVEN if these things are true, it still is not OK for an airline employee to become violent with a passenger. Is that, at least, something we mostly agree on?
I think it is inarguable that the blue-shirted flight attendant's behavior as recorded in the video, asking (literally and explicitly!) for a fist fight with a passenger, was beyond the pale, and it is certainly true that the answer to your three questions has absolutely no bearing on that. His behavior as described by other passengers (but not recorded on the video) with the woman also sounds way out of line.

But if the answer to any of your three questions is yes, the woman would also be out of line, though in a much less serious and much more forgivable way than the FA. That said, it appears that all three of your premises were not true anyway, which puts the woman all the more in the clear.
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