This article is such a non-event that it rightfully showed up on a non-news click bait site.

 

Save your energy. I went about 7 pages on here awhile back just trying to explain that despite the fact we just had a Black President and "technically" we all have equal opportunities, that oftentimes Black folks are still struggling to make fair equal headway in this country due to systemic biases that have been in place for years. You will never convince someone who does not want to be convinced regardless of you insisting and knowing for an absolute personal fact that we have these types of issues in this country.

Based in this video, he was extremely condescending and I may talk to a child like that, but certainly not an adult. To be fair, he probably would have spoken like that to anyone, Black or White. It was condescending and if she was triggered to believe that race was involved the dynamic of White man in power vs. Black female and the historical context of that should be considered. Had someone spoken to my wife or daughter like that we would have a problem (granted we don't know what transpired and my family knows how to act in public).

And a little more context, I'm Black and a Captain for a major airline...save your time and energy...Fox news is STRONG in the cockpit of most airliners!

 

Am I the only one who has no idea who this lady is? Either way, the person who posted this video is clearly race baiting.

I've been the FO on flights with pax issues and I've never see it so bad that a Captain had to go to the back and deal with it directly. If he was back there, I'm inclined to believe that she was not listening to the FAs. I have however been in the back as a pax, before I was an airline pilot, where someone was causing a scene with the FAs. Then when the Captain came back was all compliant and saying she did nothing wrong, etc... To be honest, we were all hoping he'd toss her off. Phone cameras weren't a big thing yet.

Then again, there is nothing in this video that is even remotely close to a fireable offense.

I love this! But what if she had left him hanging...then it's just awkward and then he'd be accused of being even further "uncool."

This is like doing flybys, especially big primetime events, in the AF. AT BEST, you did your job correctly, hit the TOT and noone says a thing. At worst you lose your wings. The "in between" is missing the TOT because ATC calls out a random bug smasher, or the band plays at half speed, the singer sings 2x faster than stated, both started late, etc.... Zero sum game! Just be the ground guy, take pictures with the cheerleaders, stand on the sidelines and take all the glory.

Your last sentence says it all....your family knows how to act in public, thus wouldn't be in this situation. For a Captain to come back and talk to her leads me to believe that she does not. If someone is acting like a child then speak to them like one, if they're acting like an adult he likely wouldn't be back there.

 

Exactly. We should stop calling this a news story. This isn’t CNN or the WSJ reporting this. The article is from the celebrityinsider, and consists of the writer quoting her friend’s Twitter post and then three or four of the reaction comments to it.

Let’s just let it die. Absolutely not worth the aggravation.

 

No clue. But as long as the race issue is brought up, it doesn’t matter who she or her sister is.

https://youtu.be/N9qYF9DZPdw

 

If it is that bad that he felt the need to go back and speak to anyone in that tone... and the aircraft is still at the gate, the agent,CSO,GSC redcoat...or whatever your airline calls it should handle it. Yeah Yeah Yeah...I get it, you're the the Captain and all but... I'm the in flight security coordinator. We have ground security coordinators for issues at the gate.

And while I don't know their finances(they appeared to be in coach), there's a good chance the make considerably more than all of us if they are on reality TV. Her sister's music was great. Not to keen on her though and would not recognize her if she rang my door bell. I think she is pretty popular though with young to youngish Black folks. I'm Black but a little out of that age range or care. I've heard of her though and she is famousish😀.

 

I actually agree with this and that's probably how I would have handled it...I don't be paid to be a internet sensation. But honestly, there is nothing wrong with what he did. Like I said before, even the way he talked to her was fine if she was acting like a child. Someone else posted on here, and I agree that we've come to the day where many have no respect for any authority and can't even take the least bit of a stern scolding without it being considered an "attack."

Honestly, I think anyone who has to address a pax in a situation such as this (Capt, CRO, anyone), should throw on a body cam like cops. That way when idiots like this throw up a "sensational attack" video, the company can counter with the rest of the story.


LOL ya, I googled her. The headlines I found make me even more suspect of her. ...fired from a talk show for effectively being a PITA.

 

Now there is a news article about an airline where a gay couple was separated in order to seat a straight couple together

 

That story was being told long before the NWA merger, but you omitted the last line:

“Don’t worry about the hat for two weeks. You won’t need it.”

 

I’m inclined to believe this is what happened as well. I’ve seen this play out a few times while non-reving or deadheading in the back. I think it’s silly that either pilot can’t go into the cabin to defuse a situation but nonetheless the world we live in is cell phone recorded. Despite having done the right thing and talking to passengers in the past, now I’ll just keep the door closed until the agent/supervisor/law enforcement officer shows up and they can deal with it. I’ve had no training from any of my aviation employers on how to deal with a-holes so I’ll let the experts remove them from my cabin.