[DoodleDawg]

The mom was trying to prepare,there had been a layover and a nasty “1st Class male attendant” refused to get a simple hot meal to help alleviate the situation when he was asked.

If the mom felt that there was little chance of making it through the flight with the melt-down that she described then wouldn't the prudent step be to rebook on a later flight instead of expecting the airline to provide her a service she didn't pay for?

[happyhomemaker]

Actually this child has traveled all over the world and not had a problem. Sounds like a chain of events(layovers etc) that led to the simple request for a simple hot meal to accommodate the special needs child on the last leg of a flight. Notice that the mom was forced to beg. Once again it was a male attendant who escalated the situation by refusing to throw a meal in the microwave and then he runs to the pilot.

asked if I can purchase something hot for my daughter and [the first class flight attendant] said no" she said. "I called him back over and I said to him, 'Please, help us out here,'" but he again refused. "He came back again and I said, 'I have a child with special needs, I need to get her something.' And he said, 'I can't do that,'" she explained. "I said, 'How about we wait for her to have a meltdown, she'll be crying and trying to scratch in frustration. I don't want her to get to that point.'" .