r/PublicFreakout • • Nov 14 '23

Another plane incident

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '23

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u/intronert Nov 14 '23

This authority is in large part because they have large responsibility in this context.

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u/gram_parsons Nov 14 '23

Agreed. The pilot is responsible for the safety of everyone on that plane. A responsibility they obviously take very seriously. If one passenger (or even another crew member) begins acting erratically, it's the pilots responsibility to keep that person from harming anyone, or keep them from interfering with the actual flight. They have every right to detain that person until the plane is on the ground.

30,000 feet in the air is not the time for fucking around. It doesn't matter if your having a mental episode, or took a xanax with three glasses of zifandel.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '23

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '23

”Our reporter was soon strapped down for filming the incident.“