A CL65 CAPT WAS ATTACKED BY A VERY LARGE PAX. THE RPTR WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN A WT AND BAL PROB TO ANOTHER PAX WHILE ON THE RAMP.

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AFTER COMPLETING A CHARTER FLT TO DCA; I WAS PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED BY A PAX ON THE RAMP. I WAS EMOTIONALLY UPSET; BUT NOT PHYSICALLY INJURED. I CALMED DOWN; BUT DELAYED THE FERRY FLT RETURN TO MHT OVER 1 HR TO ENSURE MY COMPOSURE: CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE CHARTER WAS FOR A COLLEGE ATHLETIC TEAM RETURNING HOME. THE FIRST 4 ROWS OF THE ACFT WERE BLOCKED OFF FOR WT AND BAL CONSIDERATIONS. ONE OF THE COACH'S ASSISTANTS COMPLAINED ABOUT THE UNAVAILABILITY OF THESE SEATS ON THE GND AT DEP AND ALL THROUGHOUT THE FLT. SHE COMPLAINED AGAIN TO THE CAPT ON ARR AT DCA. THE CAPT TRIED TO EXPLAIN THE SIT ON THE RAMP IN THE DARK. HE SPEAKS WITH HIS HANDS. THE VERY LARGE COACH; MORE THAN A FOOT TALLER AND 100 LBS HEAVIER THAN THE CAPT; APPARENTLY THOUGHT THAT THE CAPT WAS STRIKING THE ASSISTANT. THE COACH GRABBED THE CAPT AND THREW HIM AGAINST THE WING OF THE ACFT. THE CAPT'S WINGS WERE BROKEN AND HIS SHIRT TORN ALONG WITH MINOR BRUISES. DCA POLICE WERE CALLED. THEY FAILED TO TAKE ANY ACTION. THE CAPT; HIS ACR AND HIS PLT'S UNION; ALL DEMANDED ACTION. 1 LCL COURT PASSED THIS ON TO ANOTHER WHICH DROPPED THE CHARGES. THE CAPT IS PURSUING A CIVIL ACTION. THE FAA DID NOT TAKE ANY ACTION UNDER PART 91 OF THE FARS AS THEY SAID THE ACFT WAS NOT OPERATING; EVEN THOUGH THE FO WAS STILL IN HIS SEAT; BAGGAGE WAS BEING UNLOADED; PAX WERE STILL FILING OFF; AND THE APU WAS OPERATING. THE CAPT IS UPSET WITH THE JUSTICE SYS AND THE FAA.