“Yes, the obnoxious, interfering male passenger was a major league jerk.”
We don’t have enough info to make an intelligent observation, but it hasn’t stopped anyone else, so why should I be any different.
I APPLAUD this guy for defending this woman.
Apparently, he witnessed what happened and was going to make a formal complaint. Then the flight attendant in question, appeared right in front of the guy. Obviously not the first time they had seen each other. The passenger, obviously angry at what he had seen the flight attendant do to the woman and her children, confronted the flight attendant with typical male bravado of something like pick on someone your own size, or try that with me, punk. (NOTICE, I am not saying that is what the passenger said, they are EXAMPLES of common male bravado).
“Imagining” what “I” think the passenger witnessed, I don’t blame him at all. I would have done the same.
As much as I think that young children should fly in cargo containers, I wouldn’t stand for them or their mother being assaulted.
Without all the information, I automatically would assume that the airline employee/TSA Nazis are in the wrong.
Just looking at this 4 x 4 or 4 ft diameter flight attendant, I think he’s guilty.
Agree.
The guy was defending a crying woman who had apparently been hit with a stroller. Hitting a woman/mom was a terrible thing to do. Attendant deserved a beat down.
Airlines need to learn to treat passsengers better. Screw ‘em.
“...I APPLAUD this guy for defending this woman.
Apparently, he witnessed what happened and was going to make a formal complaint....”
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I highly doubt that he “witnessed” what happened. Before he boarded, the overwrought woman likely already (American Airlines offers “pre-boarding” for passengers with infants) had entered the aircraft cabin without checking her stroller as required and was in the rear of the aircraft. The gate agent (who has now been suspended - see linked article) was apparently directed to go to the rear and retrieve the stroller to check it in properly. The woman, crying hysterically, apparently followed him to the front of the aircraft (where your gallant, heroic interceder was seated) and continued requesting her stroller back at the boarding door. That is where this video commenced.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-american-airline-passenger-idUSKBN17O04Y
Momma always told me that “assumption is the mother of all f**k-ups” and in that is some wisdom. Perhaps your momma never told you that because you sure are assuming a lot.