A pilot has every right to show a passenger like this schmuck to the door . . . and had a heroic figure like Captain Sullenberger been aboard and ordered the slimeball to leave the plane, can you just imagine well-deserved flames thrown at the "senator" from outraged Americans?
Regards . . . Penny
Wouldn't that be quite the scene, ehhh? Imagine Capt Sully *was* actually the pilot and was told about a ruckus in first class -- Sully saunters over to Schmuckie's seat, standing tall and firm: "Is there a problem here, Senator"