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Photographer Stunned After Being Detained by Airline Staff for Taking
Pictures

Nov 04, 2022
Matt Growcoot
     

american airlines

An aviation photographer was left stunned after he was detained by
American Airlines staff for taking photos inside the cabin.

Freelancer Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren was detained by flight attendants
last Friday (October 28) who demanded to see the photos on his phone
and blocked him from leaving the plane.

"Honest question: can a crew member physically prevent me from
getting off of the airplane until I showed them the contents of my
phone (they wanted to see the last 3 photos) to verify that I did not
take a photo that contained them in it," Dwyer-Lindgren tweeted out
to his followers.

"I had stepped into the jetbridge and the FA (flight attendant) had
what I think was the pilot or FO (First Officer) block me from going
further. Then they brought me back on the plane and the FA demanded I
open my phone and show them the last several photos and then took the
phone out of my hands to inspect them."

Dwyer-Lindgren says that the staff cited policies about not taking
photos of staff without consent, which later turned out to be untrue.

According to Yahoo News, Ross Feinsten, a communication professional
who previously worked at American Airlines said: "I can't tell you
how many times when I was at AA we communicated to crews (and to the
regional carriers too), regarding the fact that passengers are
allowed to film. We even updated content in American Way magazine
(when it still existed)."

Dwyer-Lindgren later said on his Twitter page that American Airlines
called to talk about the incident and "apologized profusely."

"They admitted the FA cannot touch my phone. The rest was squishy,
and all I got on the functional detainment was to the effect of 'it's
not how I would've done it," he wrote.

"They said they had opened an internal investigation on the incident,
that they would be speaking with the FA and that they would be using
it to review their photo/video policies. They did not proactively
offer me anything."

The Law

There is no specific law in the United States stating that passengers
cannot take photos of staff in the aircraft cabin. For his part,
Dwyer-Lindgren says that he wasn't taking photos of the flight
attendants.

According to Aviation Figures, in its in-flight magazine, American
Airlines says that: "The use of small cameras or mobile devices for
photography and video is permitted on board, provided that the
purpose is capturing personal events."

Another photographer is suing American Airlines following a bomb scar
e that allegedly began when another passenger mistook the man's
vintage camera equipment for an explosive device during a flight.

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