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Old Apr 8, 2019, 6:29 pm
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zombietooth
 
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Originally Posted by jsloan

It depends upon what you did next, but, yes, I do. If you had responded again, escalating the situation further, the captain would have seen a passenger making a scene and arguing with a flight attendant. And, thanks to our national paranoia over security, I think there's a realistic chance you would have ended up in handcuffs.

OP was lucky, I know of several instances where pax were thrown off of flights who were in the right, but chose to argue with the FA instead of deferring. Here are a few:

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/28040354-post68.html

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/26253434-post298.html

https://liveandletsfly.boardingarea....king-pictures/
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