Thrown off a UA flight for taking pictures

[FrugalFlyerv2.0]

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/03/06/3-on-your-side-thrown-off-united-flight-for-taking-photos/

http://upgrd.com/matthew/thrown-off-a-united-airlines-flight-for-taking-pictures.html

Captain: Sir, you are not flying on this flight.
Me: Can you tell me why?
Captain: My FA tells me she told you to stop taking pictures and you continued to take pictures.
Me: That's a lie, captain. She told me stop taking pictures and I stopped. I did try to explain to her why I was taking pictures—I am a travel writer [I offered him one of my business cards and he too refused to accept it].
Captain: Look, I don't care. You are not flying on this flight. You can make this easy or make this difficult. We'll call the police if we have to.
Me: Why are you threatening me? Your FA is lying—I did not disobey any crewmember instruction.
Captain: Look, we're already late. I'd advise you to get off this plane now. Make it easy on yourself. Don't make us bring the police in. Goodbye.

 

[ContUNITEus]

I hope the whole crew that has a direct involvement in this get canned. I still have to see the FAR that says that taking pictures is against the law, both at the airport or on an aircraft.

Some employees take it to an extreme.

If it's not an FAR, you don't enforce it. It is also not a federal requirement to have the window shades open or closed, but still, there are those nazi crews out there who think that they can enforce "company policies" the same way as an FAR.

 

[gizmo_sc]

When TWA was flying, having the window shades in the UP position was a FAR. Only airline I have know to do it but again it was submitted to the FAA and it came a FAR.

 

[I'mRayFlyMe]

[sub]Was the passenger taking pictures with a camera phone? Per FAA regulations cell phones must be turned off once the doors to the aircraft are closed and are only useable in game or airplane mode once the aircraft reaches 10,000 feet.[/sub]