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3-year-old unnerves airline [Girl taken off flight for crying too much]
Telegram.com ^ | 01/21/07 | Dianne Williamson

Posted on 01/22/2007 10:51:57 AM PST by MotleyGirl70

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To: TC Rider

The parents and little girl were on GMA this morning, bletching about Air Tran - who actually rewarded them for the bad behavior, no less. Flew them home 24 hours later AND offered 3 more RT tickets in the future.

I had been sitting there thinking "ears - bet she has tubes in her ears or an earache." They said she acted perfectly normal on the flight down there.

Anyway, the mom *claimed* they had given her Benadryl. That normally knocks a little kid out.

Eventually, the mom also said the child had had an ear infection (must have been while they were at their destination, if she was fine on the flight down there) and had "felt some discomfort" on the earlier plane ride.

Well, she either had ear problems or didn't have ear problems, but how in the world did a little kid know in advance that it was going to hurt her ears on take-off?

That's what the mom was insisting in the interview (sounded like a made-up excuse to me).

I do think it maybe ought to be a guideline with the airlines to ask about a small child who is traveling whether or not they have or have had ear problems. That causes some of the screaming - especially little ones with tubes or whatever they use in the operations nowadays.


161 posted on 01/23/2007 9:24:05 PM PST by Rte66
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To: dfwgator

2 things they said they had one and you get use one on the ground before take off


162 posted on 01/24/2007 4:43:35 AM PST by zqhs
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To: Rte66
Flew them home 24 hours later AND offered 3 more RT tickets in the future.

You forgot to mention AirTran also refunded the cost of the sad sack parents original tickets.

163 posted on 01/24/2007 7:03:29 AM PST by AxelPaulsenJr (Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.)
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To: gubamyster
Ms. Kulesza is appreciative of the response, but believes she could have calmed her daughter down, if given the chance.

The flight was delayed 15 minutes because of the parent's inability to pick up their child and put her in a seat. Ms. Kulesza was given the chance and she refused to do what was required.

164 posted on 01/24/2007 9:22:06 AM PST by jess35
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To: MotleyGirl70
Saw the angelic little kid on TV this AM.

She couldn't be calmed down by either parent, crawling all over them and the couch and yelling, and was finally no where to be seen for the remainder of the interview.

Apparently, Mom wasn't able to "just hold her" to calm her down.

Congrats to AirTran and best wishes in their impending lawsuit from these twits.

165 posted on 01/24/2007 9:27:21 AM PST by N. Theknow ((Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.))
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To: ConservativeGadfly; All
All my dad did when we were younger is shoot us "the look" and that was enough for us--especially in church.
166 posted on 01/24/2007 9:27:47 AM PST by MotleyGirl70
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To: Suzy Quzy

I side with the flight crew 100%. But you know what ticks me off? The adults who act like every kid on a flight is a nuisance. I took my kids to see their grandparents, and flying back my eight year old was in the window seat, I was in the center and some middle aged dude was on the aisle. Well, I'm pointing out stuff out the window to my son and answering his questions, and we weren't being loud. The boy stayed in his seat the whole flight and was very polite to the flight attendants. But Mr. Aisle Seat keeps sighing with exasperation about every 30 seconds and shooting us the occasional look. He wasn't trying to sleep or work or anything, just sitting there, reading the airline mag, acting like my son asking me if a certian object below is a nuclear plant is somehow the most irritating thing that ever happened on Planet Earth.


167 posted on 01/25/2007 9:39:27 PM PST by Mr. Silverback ("Safe sex? Not until they develop a condom for the heart."--Freeper All the Best)
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To: linda_22003
My husband was on a long flight like that, and got a frown from the stewardess with the drinks cart when he offered to buy the baby a Bourbon-and-Similac.

That's a sour stewardess. That was a funny line.

168 posted on 01/25/2007 9:44:00 PM PST by Mr. Silverback ("Safe sex? Not until they develop a condom for the heart."--Freeper All the Best)
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To: AxelPaulsenJr; gubamyster

I've never seen or heard of a family being booted off a flight because of a crying child. I suspect this was a doozy.


169 posted on 01/25/2007 9:49:42 PM PST by Mr. Silverback ("Safe sex? Not until they develop a condom for the heart."--Freeper All the Best)
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To: HoustonCurmudgeon

Is your dad still with us? If so, how's he feel about the Colts getting into the Super Bowl?


170 posted on 01/25/2007 9:56:53 PM PST by Mr. Silverback ("Safe sex? Not until they develop a condom for the heart."--Freeper All the Best)
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To: gubamyster

Yes, but that's Ms. Kulesza telling us they had no chance. I suspect her account is self-serving.


171 posted on 01/25/2007 10:14:20 PM PST by Mr. Silverback ("Safe sex? Not until they develop a condom for the heart."--Freeper All the Best)
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To: Mr. Silverback

I thought so too. I married him for his great sense of humor. It couldn't have been for his money; I would have found that by now.


172 posted on 01/26/2007 4:57:55 AM PST by linda_22003
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To: linda_22003

Rimshot!


173 posted on 01/26/2007 5:40:17 AM PST by Mr. Silverback ("Safe sex? Not until they develop a condom for the heart."--Freeper All the Best)
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To: Mr. Silverback
I've never seen or heard of a family being booted off a flight because of a crying child. I suspect this was a doozy.

From these news accounts that I have read of this incident it appears to have been quite the scene. One account I read indicated that the pilot had already held the flight 15 minutes because of this child. And as someone pointed out on this thread delays of 15 minutes or (more in this case), can cause people to miss flight connections, etc.

174 posted on 01/26/2007 6:40:26 AM PST by AxelPaulsenJr (Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.)
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To: Mr. Silverback
Is your dad still with us? If so, how's he feel about the Colts getting into the Super Bowl?

MY dad was killed in 92. He was mad at the way the Colts left Baltimore in the middle of the night and I suspect he wouldn't care about this one way or the other.

BTW His 48 and 49 Contract with Baltimore was one legal page, front and back. It had a place to fill in the date, his name and his ($7,000) salary. Y. A. Tittle told me his was for a couple of thousand more in 48 when they were both rookies.

175 posted on 01/26/2007 8:18:13 AM PST by HoustonCurmudgeon
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To: HoustonCurmudgeon

Sorry for your loss. I think the Colts slinking out of twon sucks too, and I wasn't even a fan. I have to cheer for them in the Super Bowl, however, because I'm a Packer fan and the Bears fans will be insufferable for at least the next five years if they win. :-)


176 posted on 01/26/2007 9:02:35 AM PST by Mr. Silverback ("Safe sex? Not until they develop a condom for the heart."--Freeper All the Best)
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To: MotleyGirl70

Wow. Sorry I'm late to post, but I just have to.


I'm really starting to like airlines (maybe still hate airports the way we're all treated like criminals).


They're tossing off Moslems and even little brats. What common sense. What guts!

Glad someone's getting guts - and un-PC!


177 posted on 01/26/2007 9:09:48 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: MotleyGirl70

“She has her moments like all 3-year-olds"

There it goes. The rationalizing. That "everybody does it" syndrome. BS. I never threw a fit as a child. Wasn't tolerated.




“…proceeded to throw a temper tantrum.
“I was trying to console her…”

There’s a problem right there. PRAISING the bad behavior.



“This colleague, as it happens, has no kids.”

Oh of course. The old snotty “you have no experience, so you don’t know” condescending BS. Lots of PARENTS don’t know squat about parenting, and that’s clear. See my tagline.




“Ms. Kulesza is appreciative of the response, but believes she could have calmed her daughter down, if given the chance.”

You had 15 min. You were coddling the kid. A good smack on the bod and a menacing growl would stop it within 1 min.


178 posted on 01/26/2007 9:18:02 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: Mr. Silverback

My parents were die-hard REAL Colts fans. ;-)


However, my dad (the Mainiac foreigner) apparently caved after Sunday and will root for the Colts.


My mom (giggly when meeting Johnny U a few years ago), though, never forgives, and is rooting for the Bears. This from a woman who HATED the Bears and Halas in the '50s/'60s for being just plain dirty rotten team. The Colts thing must draw more ire from her than the Bears thing....


179 posted on 01/26/2007 9:47:47 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: Guenevere

Yuck.

I HATE vomiting. It's a phobia with me.

There is NOTHING I would hate more than what your husband went through! (Oops, except actually getting vomited ON, which happened to my husband as a child.)


180 posted on 01/26/2007 9:49:17 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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