Well, that’s true also.

There was one occasion where I had the JS, another offline pilot had already gone down before me. The agent said I couldn’t go down. I said “yes I can”.

Well, she had an absolute fecal fit, called the supervisor, threatened to call security, etc.

When I wrote the JS committe (among others) about it , they weren’t really surprised.

Grabted, it was an offline pilot in this situation. But don’t EVER doubt an agents ability to take their “authority” waaaaaay too far sometimes;

https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/a...p/t-58338.html

And hey, it was before you (and me) got to be in the show as evidenced by the first reply ;)

Nice sleuthing. In a twist of irony the last CA I flew with was telling me about this exact story. Never heard the outcome.

I’m not sure why the red face is appearing on top, can’t seem to edit it out, must have fat fingered.

I was I just reading it to make sure it was the right one and just happened to see your username first. Was kinda funny.

Just read the story in the link you provided.
Even if only 75% accurate I am stunned. The behavior of first the gate agent, lack of support from flt ops, and then the behavior of the police is (was) astounding.

Sorry John, clicked on reply to Grumble rather than yours...since both talking about, credit where due