Nothing personal Paulie, but I would refrain from generalizing something regarding the reaction of the people to this story and generalizing a breakdown of analysis or logic on FR. While you and I likely agree that is something that is a problem, I don’t think this is an example of it.
In my responses, I have been specifically careful to specify “in the absence of specific circumstances” and I believe others do so without saying. Any reasonable person will agree there could be extenuating circumstances, but not as presented here in any way whatsoever.
Put baldly: What he or she said verbally...there is nothing-NOTHING verbally that can justify a person on a flight deck hitting another person.
There are souls on board who don’t care about the ego, shame, relationships, whatever of flight crew.
The primary responsibility of the flight crew is the safety of the passengers and plane.
Physical assault and slapping a person and risking a donnybrook on a flight deck, regardless of what was said, is complete and utter abdication of everything, moral and professional.
Most of us have made judgments based on a single reported slap. The report doesn’t say she kicked him and he slapped her. It says he slapped her. If other facts come out, people will view it differently, IMO.
I should have not generalized in that way, you’re right.