I saw the story yesterday and was so appalled that I assumed she was exaggerating what she had said. It was her telling the story after the event I believe? If somebody actually spoke like that on a plane to a member of CC about another passenger I would expect then to be in danger of being offloaded.
Also, Mr LadyFlies and I have an imaginary “Likeometer” which rattles away like a Geiger counter at Chernobyl once people of her ilk start speaking. I can’t abide the use of the word “like” sprinkled everywhere, usually but not exclusively to mean “said”.