Originally Posted by
WaytoomuchEurope
This.
How does the pilot defend this decision? I cannot think of a version of the story the FA could spin that would make a diversion even remotely necessary.
AC execs are going to blow a top over the cost of this.
I assume/believe that the std SOP is the pilot diverts or lands if the crew reports a safety or security issue. If the FA and SD told the pilot that they did not feel safe or were assaulted the pilot would have to do this. And the pilot will let the ground crew and AC corp deal with the fallout.
Same thing on the ground as seem on this forum multiple times where any time a crew member reports a passenger, the pilot offloads them and let someone else deal with the passenger and the AC corp can deal with the crew if required.