“I wasn’t there, and I don’t know how hard she was hit.”
Try hitting a naval ship’s captain!
Good point. If a person had tried to do that to a naval ship’s captain, that person would have been take down and placed in the brig, to remain there for an extended period of time.
This had to be a guy who refused to submit to a female captain’s direction.
I can’t imagine anything other than that to cause this guy to reach out and assault her.
In that situation, you put all personal concerns behind you and do your duty. If there was something that offensive said to you, you should report it at the end of the flight.
You can ask a Singaporean freighter pilot about that!