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It's clear from the story that neither the stewardess, the pilot, nor the law enforcement agent thought he was an actual threat. I'm guessing that there is a r
by danielvf 10y ago
It's clear from the story that neither the stewardess, the pilot, nor the law enforcement agent thought he was an actual threat.
I'm guessing that there is a rule that if a passenger reports a suspicious person, then the plane must be held and law enforcement must be notified. Fortunately, at that point common sense was allowed to take over, rather than spiraling into multiple agencies mindlessly following bad procedures.
- whateveridunno 10y agoMy question is why did the entire affair take over two hours.
- danielvf 10y agoApparently the woman only said that she was sick until the airplane had returned to the gate and she exited the airplane. At that point, probably thirty or fourty minutes had already gone by. Then five minutes to get in touch with an the right law enforcement agent. Fifteen minutes to get to the plane. Five minutes talking to the woman. Five minutes for the pilot to get the man off the plane. Five minutes of conversation. Five minutes to reboard. Twenty minutes of checklists. Fourty minutes of taxing/waiting. Since that adds up to more than two hours, it means that the actual process must have been faster.
- ghaff 10y agoIt's also the case--and I've seen this first hand--that if a passenger feels unsafe for some reason and doesn't want to continue on a flight that's still on the ground, airlines are probably a lot more likely to allow that person to deplane as opposed to telling them they're an idiot and should just shut up. I've been on a flight that ended up going back to the gate to let someone off because the passenger was convinced she had heard some electronic noises in the overhead even though no one had and the flight attendants couldn't find anything.