Based upon my own experience with his random, uncontrollable bouts of crying in public places, I think the airline should be ashamed of itself and deserves every bit of the criticism that will be forthcoming on the web.
I think the airline should be ashamed of itself and deserves every bit of the criticism that will be forthcoming on the web.
There was a LONG thread on this story yesterday, and one of the first posts said:
"Best. Flight Crew. Ever." :)
Do you let your 16 month old hit you?
Presuming you're not being sarcastic, Try controlling your brat. People like you make me sick thinking that the whole world should revolve around your child.
Horay for airtran! There were 100+ people on that plance who could have missed connections because of the dismal lack of parenting skill these two r-tards exhibited. Putting them off the plane was EXACTLY the right thing to do.
My wife and I had five children in 8 years. therefore we were in many lines with babies and toddlers. One time with the seven of us in a long line at Arthur Threechers we noticed a harried mother and father with a rambunctious toddler who would not settle down. The father and mother tried to soothe him, even threatened to take him to the car. She asked my wife how we could keep 5 in line. My first thought was to cheerily say drugs to avoid my famous blunt tongue, but honesty prevailed. I said we tell the child he/she and I will go outside and come back when we are settled down. If we come back and he/she was to get rambunctious again, she/he and I miss dinner completely. No yelling or unfollowed through threats. The look from the couple was one of total annoyance and I let it go. If you do this, you do not have incidents in places like planes where it costs you dearly.
oh please... the child was three-years old... not a baby... when one of my sons was about 16-months old he attempted to have a tantrum... he threw himself on the floor, was about to kick his legs and scream... i picked him up before he had a chance... securely held him... looked him square in the face and said sternly--"we do NOT do that." and i continued holding him... he was stunned... and he never tried it again... and he is the squirmy, rambunctious type... he's just learned that tantrums are not acceptable behavior in our family... and he learned way before three years of age... one thing that really helped me in that particular situation is i never gave control of the situation to him... i remained confident, and i believe he sensed it...
--Based upon my own experience with his random, uncontrollable bouts of crying in public places, I think the airline should be ashamed of itself and deserves every bit of the criticism that will be forthcoming on the web.--
Spoiled kid, huh?
I agree totally with you.........unfortuately I wasn't one of the 112 other passengers who had their day totally hosed up by a brat and the parents who couldn't or wouldn't control her.
I have a hard-to-control toddler, too. But I think the airline did the best they could under the circumstances. It would be one thing if they simply gave them the boot, but they didn't. They were very accommodating. My son has the highest-pitch squeal in the world and I just want to disappear when he gets unruly. If I can, I try to leave ASAP. Unfortunately, you can't do that on a plane.
The thing I don't understand is why they let the child sit by herself. When I read the story, it appears the parents were toghether and the daughter was sitting in front of them.
In the story it said the daughter was hitting the "parents" and wouldn't sit in her seat.
The parents were not in control from the beginning. I think the airline was right.