Yes she wasn’t first class but how about just accommodating a distressed child with special needs that the mother is begging for. I am sure that it cost $10,000s for that plane to divert and multiple emergency personal to come aboard. Even the paramedics and cops were dumbfounded with the situation. A professional pilot should have handled this differently and more professionally. It seems that once the young girl got a hot meal she was fine.
So she must be provided whatever she wants, at all costs,
or else she will get all crazy and attack people? Hell yeah.
Where do I sign up for that?
You are still NOT admitting the mother made a threat to get what you wanted (a hot meal). After that, it went downhill for her (rightfully so).
You CANNOT make threats of dangerous people on an airline and expect to remain onboard unless YOU are an idiot.
That the girl was autistic is not an issue, what the issue is that she made a threat to get what she wanted (its called blackmail, by the way).
A threat of violence has to be handled with due care. . .what is the prudent course of action? Landing and removing the threat is prudent. If he ignored the threat and nothing happened, great but he would be harshly counciled for not reacting appropriately to a threat. If he ignored the threat and the girl freaked and harmed people/property (even alarming/freaking-out other passengers), causing disruption on the jet, the pilot would be facing possible loss of his job and the airline would be facing law-suites.
But then again, you don't agree with the actions of the PIC which begs the question: Are you a “professional pilot?” And if so, how much time and type ratings do you have so we can assess your suitability to pass judgment on the actions of the pilot.