1) What you're quoting "directly from the article" is paraphrasing what I posted - the source. 2) Asking if the "captain might be consulted" and "asking to spe

1) What you're quoting "directly from the article" is paraphrasing what I posted - the source. 2) Asking if the "captain might be consulted" and "asking to speak to the captain" are not the same thing. The claim that they were "demanding to see the pilot" is something you apparently imagined. --- In response to the parent edit: >Critical reading lesson here, if you look at the quote from the article you will notice that it says "they were told, they’d have to wait until the plane landed." The fact that you're continuing to argue based on second/third hand language chosen by the writer of the article, against a direct quote from the source makes this "critical reading" quip particularly ironic.