It will be an interesting case to follow.
A. You must follow the orders of a flight crew.
B. Does that give the flight crew the right to call in police thugs to kick your ass and drag you off the plane?
It would make an interesting case..except I don’t think we will get to see it.
I think UA will settle.
Yes. The Pilot in Charge has the final say on who stays and who goes. Once the decision is made that you're off, you're off. If you won't leave you will be forcibly removed. If you resist with a weapon, even an improvised one, you're likely to end up dead.
It's akin to those people who say to the cops "Get your hands off me". You think the cops are just going to get in the cruiser and leave or do you think you'd be eating dirt in 10 seconds or less?
You surrender a bunch of rights when you step on that airplane and the pilot can kick you off for ANY reason. You'll have some recourse with the airline as far as payment goes, but the pilot's word is final.
It will be an interesting case to follow.
A. You must follow the orders of a flight crew.
B. Does that give the flight crew the right to call in police thugs to kick your ass and drag you off the plane?
Different than at sea?
I’ve seen some theories that the occasional disappearing Carnival cruiser is a drunk unruly passenger dealt with as in B without the police thugs.