[whataretheysaying] Mary Madigan: It's good to be the Pilot

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Posted by Mary Madigan:
It's good to be the Pilot
http://whataretheysaying.powerblogs.com/posts/1185638828.shtml


   According to the FAA, the "pilot in command" has the right to refuse
   to transport any passenger whose presence is likely to disrupt the
   flight.

   [1]Even royalty -

     MILAN (Reuters) - A Qatar sheikh held up a British Airways flight
     at Milan's Linate airport for nearly three hours after discovering
     three of his female relatives had been seated next to men they did
     not know.

     When none of the other business class passengers agreed to swap
     seats, the sheikh, a member of Qatar's ruling family, went to the
     pilot, who had already started the engine, to complain, an airport
     official said.

     But the pilot ordered him and his traveling companions, the three
     women, two men, a cook and a servant, off the plane.

   It's interesting that the other passengers refused to swap seats.
   Outside of the halls of government and the state department, a sheik
   gets the respect he deserves.

References

   1. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070727/od_nm/italy_qatar_plane_dc;_ylt=AivhgJCM5nSTiiqSar1fyhys0NUE