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Hey, I'll bet that if AA doesn't appologize, there will be a suit. And at this point I'm not sure they should. Yep, the papers could be being drawn up as we speak. That's how it works. The attorney did say that if AA appologized, his client wouldn't file suit. Take that for what it's worth. I wouldn't expect AA to appologize. And if they did no wrong, I'd urge them not to.

I didn't really have too much of an opinion on this until I heard that the agent had hired an attorney. Once the agent hired an attorney, the agent lost me. I don't have any sympathy for him know.<p. It really seems to me that in situations like this, where you haven't been physically harmed, the adult thing to do is just say "You know what, I am not going to fly on AA anymore." Or maybe just chalk it up to people being well-intentioned but a little bit overzealous cuz we are at war and because the main attacks against us have taken place via commercial airliners. Instead, we have a law enforcement officer acting like some whining plaintiff who is literally turning a relatively small annoyance into a major disruption for an American company that employs 1000s of people who are just trying to do their very difficult jobs in a way that prevents further attacks like the ones that happened on 9/11.

Here is something relivent to this thread. Earlier this year, singer Aaliyah and party were killed because the PILOT did not make the call. Even though he was warned the plane was seriously overweight, and after arguing with some of the passengers, did NOT exercise his right to say NO. All onboard the plane died. This is why most pilots take this responsibility seriously. It is the pilots call because not only is his life on the line, but EVERYONE else on the plane.

Now imagine you have this responsibilty and see if you can fault the pilot (remember this passenger had a gun and as of now, pilots still cannot carry one).