Originally Posted by Lambourne

JD,

To throw the hypothetical at you. If you were assaulted by a CSR what actions would you take? Would you walk away and say that nothing happened? Would you report this to anyone? If you received a physical assault would you engage a police officer?

The Captain is not in hot water over his use of Authority. He is hot water over a purported Physical Assault. I don't believe anywhere in the FOM or the FAR's it allows physical assault as part of Captains Authority.

Whether or not you or I can prove what happened on the jetway. It will be up to the evidence and the courts to decide is an attack occurred. I was told there is a video in the jetway. Simple logic would be that there must be some evidence of a physical altercation, otherwise I think this would have died long ago.

I had an FO that went gonzo at the TSA Checkpoint during the enhanced patdown parties last winter. Flew with him recently and said he is being fined some significant amount of $$ by the TSA for his actions at the checkpoint. They have the video of him at the checkpoint during the entire event.

Do you hit your wife and tell her it is your Captain's Authority to do so?


L