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/