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My 4 year old used to act up in church. He knew he was going to get a spanking but I guess he figured it was worth it. One time he started grabbing pews and screaming "help me. She's gonna spank me" as I hauled him to the bathroom. It almost worked too. One lady he made eye contact with followed us and pleaded his case that she knew he would be good the next time.
Too funny! Except for the interfering ninny, I'll bet that started a ripple of laughter among the pews!

Until my nephew was born, I was one of those child-hating singles. I'm still not a "kid person," but my role as Auntie has made me much more understanding. No matter how charming and cute the little buggers may be on initial impression, I do try to move away from them on a plane if there's a spare seat to be had. All the same, as long as the child isn't shrieking, I'm content with whatever sounds issue as long as the child is happy and contained by his parents. The "bye bye plane" wouldn't have bothered me one bit.

The way he acted on GMA is typical, especially outside of his normal setting. Kids just do that. *shrug*

As to the flight attendant, if the stories from the mother and other passesngers hold true, she was way out of line and deserves firing. A deliberate lie to alter the flight plan and disrupt all passengers' travel? Gimme a break. Her excuse about having a bad day holds no water. They ALL were delayed by 11 hours to take that flight, a flight meant to take only one hour. And yeah, I'd snap right back over her snotty instruction to drug a kid that's not hers.

Speaking of church — one of our biggest disruptions was my own fault. I had three children at the time. My oldest had to go to the bathroom or the baby was getting fussy. I can’t remember which. But we were going to leave. My daughter had fallen asleep, so I whispered to my 5 year old to wake up his sister and we would go. I put the baby in the stroller, but accidentally smacked his head. His mouth opened wide and I knew I had two seconds to get out of there before the scream started. I grabbed all I could and was about to leave when my other son says, “What about her?” My daughter is still asleep. The baby starts screaming. I am red faced as I realize the talk has suddenly stopped and everyone in the congregation is staring at me. As a sister helped me I heard the talk resume, “In the church I used to attend children were not seen in the congregation, so it was strange to me at first. But, now I love it.”