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Right for her to sue. They took the word of a passenger , absent any evidence . The crew refused to check out the documentation when the social worker tried to show it to them. The crew should have realized that for the social worker to get as far as she did (inside the plane) she / the child would have been vetted.
If strangers can make accusations without any proof whatsover, then innocent people get harassed , humilated and inconvenienced. Do you think it is practical or right for adults with unrelated minors (visibly unrelated) to constantly get the cops or authorities harass them because some person somewhere is convinced they are kidnappers?
We also have the expression "See something say something." Look, this was a shitty situation, but imagine being a flight attendant...they are not qualified to verify or certify the credentials of anyone, so it's best that they took it inside where people with authority could sort it out. 45 minutes later they were back on the plane and the situation was sorted. Things like this happen and people are nervous and sometimes overcautious when it comes to kids. Again, imagine the flip side and the amount of fallout if this woman was trafficking kids and the airline just ignored it when it was brought to their attention?
While I have no issue with a formal apology (which it looks like she already got) and maybe some 1st class tickets for a trip...but false imprisonment? That's taking it way too far and it shows that this is more of a media stunt than anything else.