To those of you that think this crew was getting off on some kind of a power trip, are you kidding? Have you experienced a drunk, out of control passenger in very tight quarters such as that of a narrow body airplane? Do you think that the crew should have let this person fly and assume that he won't get out of control at 33,000 feet? Believe me when I say, it's alot more of an inconvenience to alot more people when the Pilots have to land at an unscheduled city to dump off an out of control passenger. I'm not implying that Ryan was out of control but if he was already lipping off to the crew then who knows what was far behind. This crew doesn't know him from Adam, they just know that he appeared to be intoxicated and was getting mouthy before the door was even closed, which is the best time to eliminate the possibility of trouble. It's true that maybe (or maybe not - look who's side of the story you are believing without second thought...) this crew was short but most people would roll their eyes and walk away. It would take a few more unpleasant episodes before they would be inclined to start being vocal about their displeasure. I think this crew avoided potential problems that could have affected everybody else aboard by having this passenger removed early on.