Yeah, but all he said was "I hope you don't think I'm a terrorist." That was just bullshit about the Captain being uncomfortable with him being on the airplane. This theatrical security, Flight Attendants with power that has gone to their heads, and overzealous pilots have gone too far. One day, just one day of boycotting the airlines will take care of this...

Mr. Campbell, you should absolutely write a book.

All major airlines have it written as company policy DELTA AA and UAL USAirways that no pictures of flight crew are permitted >PERIOD How did that F/A know that you werent taking pictures of the crew ...There are None? you are wrong Sir! it is a company reg. and believe me if you were on one of my flights you will cease taking pictures I can guarantee that.. Id be gladly drop you off at a city other than your destination.... and you can spend the day explaining to Homeland and the Feds what a dumbass you are

The pax is the one who mentioned "terrorist" not the FA.

I meant "no expectation of privacy".

The FA's are in training as we speak. They are going to start carrying pistols. Once in the air they can shoot you if the captain orders it.

Unfortunately,.I agree with every word above. All other comments are moot. If people want a discussion on civility between flight-crews and passengers [possibly] addressing the serious discourse that exists therein.., that's a entirely different subject matter.

Now what professional uses an iPhone for their photography? Give me a break!

My comment about the FA speaking to the Captain about not being comfortable with a particular passenger onboard and that being the end of it was not intended to be taken literally. Maybe I should have included quote marks around the words "that would have been it,...End of discussion." I didn't feel it necessary to write a movie script dialogue. I'll grant that you can come up with all sorts of goofy scenarios to discredit my terse conclusion. Obviously the Captain has to insert his judgement into the situation and make a decision as to disposition of a passenger which included in this case dialoguing with the "offending" passenger. The Captain is also under company pressure to keep a schedule so he doesn't have all day to hold court and coddle a passenger's personal concerns and complaints. He also has to weigh carefully the input of a member of his crew, whose input should until proven otherwise be deemed of greater credibility than that of the passenger.

Without having been present we can only speculate as to the precise nature and content of the exchanges between the passenger, the FA and the Captain, but the company has entrusted this Captain with the power to render final judgement as to whether to transport a given passenger balancing the safety of the remaining passengers and crew against the concerns/complaints of one passenger. He can't go to the back of airplane and take a poll among the passengers as if it were a democratic society rendering judgement on whether to seat or expel a given passenger from their midst. He need not and should not consult a higher authority. No doubt some of those decisions will inevitably err on the side of being overly conservative

Captains always dread to see the senior FA approaching the cockpit prior to push back with a concerned on her/his face. I don't envy any commercial Captain the decision making tasks with which they are faced in today's stressful transportation environment. We're all imperfect beings and by no means infallible. We do make mistakes despite all the training, education and experience. Been there done that!

You quote me, and then just chuck it in the bin..."Evidently you both would prefer that this sort of nonsense continues.",, then further more accuse Paul and I of a "bitch" and "argue" method in dealing with a problem that you unequivocally seem to have licked and by golly., nobody will listen to you..... Why don't you adopt a Uniform policy of reading what was said in specific and how it pertains too not getting kicked off an aircraft first and then state your case to management with the nonsense photography issue after that. Its either you really believe that fuzz or I am a fool for responding to devils advocate careerists.

I will repeat:

When having a unsatisfactory relationship with an FA, the T-word helps NO-ONE,.No- body, No-How..Ever. IT renders anything else you want to inject post facto for your own personal condition meaningless.

Select contact from the left hand menu. Click on contact FA by email, include spammer name and squawk involved. They take care if it fairly quickly.

EXACTLY!

I was about to say...and then......why bother., anyone with some maturity a reasonable sense of values gets it.

Phil, that's it, no dessert for you today!!!

You had to have been raised by wolves.

Judging by the 3 thumbs down you got I'm guessing 3 people didn't understand sarcasm.

I can't tell by where your post landed ... who's the blogger?