DISRUPTIVE PAX CAUSES FLT DELAY BY MAKING ACCUSATIONS ABOUT CAPT DRINKING IN ARPT BAR. PAX REMOVED.

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WE LEFT JFK 1 HR AND 16 MINS LATE DUE TO AN EQUIP CHANGE FROM THE HANGAR. WE ARRIVED AT MIA TERMINAL 33 MINS PRIOR TO OUR ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TERMINAL DEP. AS I WALKED ONTO THE ACFT AT THE DEP TIME; THE PAX WERE ALREADY BOARDED AND THE FLT ATTENDANT SAID 'THE MAIN IN SEAT X0 WITH THE BLUE SHIRT SAID -- IN A JOKING WAY -- WHERE'S THE CAPT? IS HE AT THE BAR?' I LATER LEARNED HE ALSO SAID 'YOU WOULDN'T BE LYING TO ME; WOULD YOU?' I TOLD THE AGENT WHAT THE FLT ATTENDANT TOLD ME; AND ASKED WHERE MEDICAL WAS -- SO I COULD GET A BLOOD TEST. BOTH MEDICAL AND THE CHIEF PLT'S OFFICE WERE CLOSED -- I ASSUMED FOR THE HOLIDAY. WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE GATE; A CUSTOMER SVC MGR HAD ALREADY REMOVED THE PAX. I TOLD HIM I NEEDED TO TALK TO A PLT UNION SAFETY REP.' HE PROCEEDED TO CONTACT THE CHIEF PLT ON DUTY. THE SAFETY REP FELT A BLOOD-ALCOHOL TEST WAS UNNECESSARY; SINCE THE PAX MADE THE COMMENT WITHOUT SEEING ME. THE CHIEF PLT AGREED; SO I DECIDED I'D CONTINUE THE TRIP WITHOUT A BLOOD-ALCOHOL TEST. THE CUSTOMER SVC MGR WANTED THE MGR AT ARPT SVCS TO INTERVIEW ME BEFORE ALLOWING THE FLT TO CONTINUE. AFTER SPEAKING WITH HER; WE DEPARTED FOR MCO. AFTER ARRIVING IN JFK; ANOTHER MGMNT PLT MET US IN THE COCKPIT AND ASKED FOR MY VERSION OF WHAT TRANSPIRED.