PAX COMPLAINT IN REBUTTAL TO POSSIBLE CHARGES TO BE FILED BY ACR AGAINST PAX. CABIN ATTENDANT BEHAVIOR AGGRESSION.

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WHILE ON THE GND IN ROME ON FLT TO JFK ON NOV/XX/93; I WAS TYPING ON MY LAPTOP COMPUTER WITH THE COMPUTER CASE BEHIND MY LEGS. FLT ATTENDANT X TOLD ME TO PUT MY LAPTOP COMPUTER CASE IN THE OVERHEAD BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT. ONCE I SAT DOWN; I CLOSED THE COMPUTER TOP; AND HELD IT ON MY LAP. MS. X GAVE ME A LOUD; AGGRESSIVE ORDER TO PUT THE LAPTOP ITSELF IN THE OVERHEAD. NOW; THE COMPUTER WAS CLRLY NOT IN USE; AND I FOUND THE TONE OVERLY AGGRESSIVE. I RESPONDED THAT I THOUGHT THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME THAT EARLIER; WHEN I GOT UP TO PUT THE CASE IN THE OVERHEAD. MS. X CONTINUED TO HARASS ME WITH TAUNTS AND THREATS. I MENTIONED THAT I AM A PLT; IN THE HOPE THAT SHE WOULD RELENT; GIVE ME SOME RESPECT; AND UNDERSTAND THAT I UNDERSTOOD THE REGS. STEWARDESS Y WAS A WITNESS TO THIS; SO WERE THE PAX SITTING NEXT TO ME; WHO WILL BE WRITING ACR. NEVERTHELESS; I GOT UP AGAIN AND PUT THE COMPUTER IN THE CASE IN THE OVERHEAD. THIS INSULT CONTINUED EACH TIME MS. X SAW ME DURING THE FLT; WHICH WAS 9 1/2 HRS. WHILE WAITING IN THE BACK OF THE ACFT TO USE THE BATHROOM; MS. X BARKED THAT I HAD TO RETURN TO MY SEAT; AGAIN IN A HARSH; HUMILIATING WAY. PLEASE LET ME STATE THAT I NEVER TOLD HER THAT I WON'T FOLLOW FAA RULES. I MERELY TOLD HER THAT I'M A PLT; AND THAT I UNDERSTAND BOTH THE LETTER AND SPIRIT OF THE LAW. HER RESPONSE WAS ALWAYS OFFENSIVE; AND INSULTING IN FRONT OF MANY PAX AND STEWARDS. ULTIMATELY; MS. X CALLED THE FE TO TALK WITH ME. I GAVE HIM MY NAME AND ADDRESS; AND HE TOLD ME THAT REGRETTABLY; THE FAA WOULD BE GETTING A LETTER. LATER; WHEN THE PIC CAME TO TALK WITH ME; HE EXPRESSED REGRETS THIS WAS HAPPENING; AND SUGGESTED I WRITE THE ACR. I MUST STATE CLRLY: I NEVER DISOBEYED AN ORDER OF THE FLT ATTENDANT. I NEVER 'FLAUNTED' FAA REGS. I ONLY ANSWERED MS. X IN THE TONE IN WHICH SHE ADDRESSED ME. AT ONE POINT; BEFORE THE FE; MS. X YELLED AT ME 'YOU NEED A PSYCHIATRIST! YOU HAVE A PROB TAKING ORDERS FROM WOMEN!' STANDING OVER ME WHILE I WAS SEATED; SEAT BELT FASTENED; SHE SCREAMED; 'WILL YOU OBEY FAA RULES?!' OVER AND OVER. I TOLD HER NOT TO HIT ME; AND SHE SAID 'I DID NOT KNOW YOU HAD CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.' ON DISEMBARKING; I WAS MET BY MS. X AND AN FAA REPRESENTATIVE. BEFORE DEPARTING PAX; I WAS ASKED TO PRODUCE MY AIRMAN'S CERTIFICATE; AND I REPEATED THAT I NEVER CLAIMED IMMUNITY FROM FAA RULES. AT NO TIME DID I IMPEDE SMOOTH OP OF THE ACFT OR CREW. I NEVER THREATENED ANYONE; AND I NEVER GOT PHYSICAL IN ANY WAY. I ONLY TRIED TO REGAIN MY DIGNITY IN THE FACE OF MS. X'S REPEATED PUBLIC INSULTS. I KNOW OF NO FAA REGS THAT I VIOLATED DURING THIS FLT. I DOUBT THE JUSTIFICATION IN COPYING MY AIRMAN'S CERTIFICATE. I WAS A PAYING PAX; NOT A MEMBER OF THE CREW.