"Lakeview Bill" wrote in message
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"The official was questioned and released, and NO CHARGES WERE FILED IN
THE
INCIDENT."

While the PIC has full control over the flight, in this instance, we have
seen no evidence that the PIC was involved in the action.

PIC doesn't have to be involved.

And absent specific instructions from the PIC, I think it is quite
possible
that a flight standards manager could very well trump a flight attendant.

I don't believe the FARs back up your thoughts.

Just a guess, but I imagine that the situation escalated because of some
sort of interpersonal issues between the FAA official and the FA.

As in the FAA goon sticking his/her nose in where it doesn't belong.

As an analogy, scale the incident down to where it involves an off-duty
policeman in plain clothes riding on a city bus when an altercation broke
out. If you were on the bus, wouldn't you want the cop to trump the bus
driver in handling the situation?

Probably not.

Frankly, none of us can make any sort of judgment regarding the situation
based on the information we have seen here; we simply aren't given all of
the facts.

And I think that the whole purpose of the original post was to feed those
who hate the FAA.

There is plenty of that food in the store to last decades.