Press reports "Southwest Airlines kicks father and his toddler daughter off flight
Mar 18, 2018, 3:28 pm
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Mar 18, 2018, 8:59 pm
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Also the person who recorded the incident also advocated for the parent, which could easily be construed as interfering with the flight crew.
Mar 18, 2018, 9:34 pm
#34
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Within their rights to enforce their policies, yes. Wasting their time even attempting to do so? Also yes. (I think this was DCP2016's original point.)
Optics win on this one.
Not sure how viable it is, but there's currently a petition in front of the Department of Transportation that calls for the DOT to “reject airlines’ improper attempts to prohibit recordings by passengers of events on-board common carriage aircraft and their interactions with staff."
Optics win on this one.
Not sure how viable it is, but there's currently a petition in front of the Department of Transportation that calls for the DOT to “reject airlines’ improper attempts to prohibit recordings by passengers of events on-board common carriage aircraft and their interactions with staff."
Mar 18, 2018, 10:00 pm
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While the "optics" may be bad, Southwest is entirely within it's legal rights to prohibit video recording in it's aircraft.
Also the person who recorded the incident also advocated for the parent, which could easily be construed as interfering with the flight crew.
Also the person who recorded the incident also advocated for the parent, which could easily be construed as interfering with the flight crew.
A recording made with the plane at the gate and the boarding door open is not a safety issue. The FA would have more to answer for in any court. She might argue the cockpit door was open and feared passengers were staging a terror "dry run" for intelligence. But that's not supported by anything known here.
Mar 19, 2018, 2:19 pm
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Partly true. There is no law against taking photos or video on an airplane, and it is unlikely that anyone would face legal jeopardy for taking pictures of an altercation on a plane or their own peaceful dispute with an airline employee. The airline is within its rights to throw you off the aircraft if you continue filming, however.
A recording made with the plane at the gate and the boarding door open is not a safety issue. The FA would have more to answer for in any court. She might argue the cockpit door was open and feared passengers were staging a terror "dry run" for intelligence. But that's not supported by anything known here.
A recording made with the plane at the gate and the boarding door open is not a safety issue. The FA would have more to answer for in any court. She might argue the cockpit door was open and feared passengers were staging a terror "dry run" for intelligence. But that's not supported by anything known here.
Mar 19, 2018, 2:54 pm
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Read Judge Thomas Dickerson's "Travel Law." Worst that happens, she's on a later fight.
Mar 19, 2018, 4:23 pm
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I do not want people taking picts and videos of me while I am sleeping.
Mar 19, 2018, 7:11 pm
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While the "optics" may be bad, Southwest is entirely within it's legal rights to prohibit video recording in it's aircraft.
Also the person who recorded the incident also advocated for the parent, which could easily be construed as interfering with the flight crew.
Also the person who recorded the incident also advocated for the parent, which could easily be construed as interfering with the flight crew.