Originally Posted by
Kacee
Sounds well deserved. What kind of idiot gets in an altercation w/FA over seat recline prior to take-off?
Perhaps, although he seems to be claiming he was in the process of complying when the FA made physical contact with him, which he says he found upsetting.
Key to this lawsuit is if this person was allowed to buy a ticket after being allegedly banned. A ticket is a contract to fly the passenger. If AA sold him the ticket *knowing* he previously behaved badly, they can’t wait until he’s at the gate N months later to deny boarding. They should’ve done it before.
This is indeed the strangest part of the claim to me -- that the passenger was supposedly never notified of the ban, the precise reason for it, exactly when it took effect, and that he was still able to book a ticket on AA at a later date. He then allegedly only learned
at the airport on the day of departure the following calendar year that there was an issue.
Maybe it was a mistake or even some other incident that led to the ban. The entire thing seems very odd to me based on the facts claimed so far. It would be interesting to see AA's response (if there ever is one).