Originally Posted by
DCP2016
The airport (unless it is a privately owned airport or facility like Branson Missouri or JFK's T4) is public property and you have the right to record anything you can see from a public space (TSA screens and off limits areas aside).
The gate area is public, if this happened on the aircraft that would be a different story as that is private property.
I haven't reviewed the leases against the airport plans. But, will take your word for it for the moment. Before doing any one-party recording, I would want all of what you say documented by a good lawyer.