Mark
Man: Oh, great. I always end up sitting next to a damn baby.
Stewie: What? What did you just say?
Lois: Stewie, stop fussing.
Stewie: Not now, Lois. Hey, big man, turn around. If you’ve got something to say, say it to my face! Oh, you can’t hear me now? All right, that’s it. I was going to watch the movie, but forget it. For the next five hours, you’re my bitch. [Crying] My ears are popping, and there’s no way to console me! I’m hungry and possibly teething! Maybe I’m wet. Who knows? I’m a baby. [Continues crying]
This almost sounds like one of Southwest’s ads.
“Wanna get away...?”
She couldn’t though, because of her kid.
I also fly a few times a year.
I could come down on either side, on this one. There are few things more miserable than sitting close to a poorly behaved child, on an airplane!
Jesus! What kind of heartless bastards are these people?! I’ve sat on many a plane with a crying child. Each time I just say a little prayer or even offer a little help if I can give it.
I hope this mom gets a ton of comp. from SW Air!
They can take 'em tall, they can take 'em small, they can toss them to the front, they can toss them to the back, but if the baby cries, they'll stick it in the rack!
Or, off the plane.
I did check first to see if this happened after the plane was airborne or before ~ they have done worse!
I have to come down on the side of the flight crew. If a mother cannot keep a child from yelling when the plane is on the ground, she probably cannot control him once the plane is in the air. It sounds to me as if she is one of those “parents” who simply let their kids decide what they want to say and to do and how they want to behave. I suggest Southwest ban the entire family until Adam is 18 years old.
Man, I hope they were given parachutes!!!
I guess this is what happens to societies with below replacement level birth rates. We don’t recognize children’s behavior. Is a crying kid annoying, yup? Should we suck it up and deal with it because we don’t all want to end up dhimmis....hell to the yeah.
A two-year-old can be made to sit still and be quiet.
I think it was entirely justified to remove the mom and kid.
No compensation from Southwest’s decision.
I used to hate sitting next to Moms with babies, then I had kids. And now I see them, and just imagine my wife struggling to keep one of our kids quiet on a packed airplane - and I will happily sit next to them.
Her routine failed.
Just hope she wan't on planning breast feeding the tike!
Two year old’s can get a cold from flying and it has been a practice in the pass for some to provocative measures to prevent this.
It’s the Southwest’s fault for not sound proofing the overhead baggage compartments.
They should have taken a truck.
After 9-11, I give my trust to the flight crew to decide which passengers are out of control or otherwise engdanger the safety and welfare of the other passengers and the flight.
Sumting tells me this was not just some “cranky kid” but a raging out of control kid with an uncooperative or helpless (”oh, isn’t he pweshus?”) parent. If your kid is out of control (like, REALLY) and you cannot or will not establish control, then get out of my business establishment- and that means my airplane.
So she wants Southwest to apologize and compensate her for the flight and things she bought, eh? Was she planning on compensating all the other passengers for a miserable flight due to her child’s excessive tantrums that she expected them to put up with until she ‘calmed him down?’ This plan of hers didn’t sound like it would be quick, after all.
If you can’t get your two-year-old to behave in a public setting, then don’t fly planes or go to restaurants. It’s as simple as that.
Nowadays, this solution can't even be discussed without fear of drawing the attention of CPS.
Mark
I am a frequent domestic and international flier. While I personally have no problem with infants and small children crying and being a little disruptive because of the confinement, fear, and discomfort of flying I really resent the parents who believe that everyone on the flight needs to understand and respect that the sun shines out of little Billy’s butt. If you cannot control a two year old don’t take them on a flight.