“The order to move never came from a flight attendant.”
Understood.
But once the lower level people are exposed, they may be willing to deflect the blame by identifying the who and why behind it.
Surprised AC didn’t make more of a stink about it. On the other hand, maybe she did take care of business ‘quietly’.
The decision was made to move her.
If she had protested it then she would have been removed probably by security which would have been the bigger story and what happened to start this would have been lost.
She did the right thing by moving and letting it fall back on Delta.