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Old Jul 25, 2018 | 8:19 pm
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Uncle Nonny
 
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Originally Posted by LARobinson
I think the reason the FA was bold enough to "over rule"(her words) the captain was because what is was doing was so absurd and unreasonable and she probably thought she could reason with him.
I thanked her for trying to intercede, and I gave her one of this "exceptional service" slips. I also told Delta when I talked to them on the phone about it that everyone involved, except the captain, acted professionally and did everything they could to make a bad situation better.

Why would a FA try to overrule a captain for doing something absurd or unreasonable? Would we want to be passengers on a plane that is being piloted by a captain who had to be convinced or coerced into flying his/her craft?
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