Originally Posted by
ralfp
So what's that FAR?
How far does this FAR go? It must have limits. If a FA tells you to stay seated for a 14 hour flight because he/she does not like the way you look, are you breaking the law if you get up to use the lav?
You do have an escalation path. If an individual FA tells you to do something which you feel is out of line, you can escalate to the lead FA. If the lead FA is still enforcing something which is out of line, then you can escalate to the Captain.
Beyond that, you need to wait until you get off the aircraft; then you can escalate to management.