Originally Posted by
LARobinson
it wasn’t for safety, if it was he would have told us to leave our carry on’s and get off quickly, and he would have let the FA know what was happening.
Not necessarily, as I explained above. Things that aren't an emergency situation on the ground can become one in the air; in that case, the plane's not going anywhere anytime soon, so you deplane.
Why are you so reluctant to acknowledge that you don't have all the information here, certainly less than the actual professionals charged with making these decisions? How arrogant can you be?