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In reply to the discussion: 3-Year-Old Kicked Off Airplane for Crying [View all]Quixote1818
(28,904 posts)41. Good points. My sister use to be a flight attendant
so it will be interesting to get her opinion. I can't imagine with the millions of flights a year this is the first kid to do this so my guess is many more flight attendants allowed something like this to slide hundreds of times.
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Sounds to me like there is something wrong with his parents. I must have missed the memo
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2012
#45
Your headline is incorrect. They were kicked off because the child wasn't properly seated and belted
Beaverhausen
Jun 2012
#3
The job of the flight crew, though, is passenger safety and adhering to FAA requirements.
MADem
Jun 2012
#37
The worry is that someone throws a fit or gets their kid to cry so that they can get off the jet....
Logical
Jun 2012
#62
If you check your luggage and do not get on the plane they remove your luggage.
Logical
Jun 2012
#66
I still don't have a flatscreen monitor for my computer; little Lord iPad can...
Darth_Kitten
Jun 2012
#67