What do you think about that couple and their 3 year old getting thrown off the plane when the?

Question

kid had a tantrum?

Interesting answers. I am torn....I think I would have to see what really took place, but I sort of lean toward tha airline's point of view. ...

OMG>>Santa's Helper..Thgis isn't MY kid...

Answer 1

Why should the entire plane be delayed even further while they reason with their little Princess?? I think the airline was right. This is just indicative of stupid parents who thinks the entire world revolves around their children.

Answer 2

The parents couldn't get the kid to stay in her seat. The flight was delayed 15 minutes while they tried. FAA says the plane can't leave until all passengers are seated. There were 122 other people on the plane, many of whom probably had other connections to make.

The airline would have been wrong to hold the plane up any longer. They refunded the people's money and offered them three free business class tickets for future travel. The parents have a responsibility to control their child. If they are unable to do so it is their problem and should not become the problem of the 122 other passengers on the plane.

Get real, people. The issue is safety here. The airline (a business) apparently cared more about the child's safety than the parents did.

Answer 3

It is the LAW that all passengers have to be seated and belted into their seats during the taxi and takeoff of an airplane. No exceptions. If this child wouldn't sit in her seat and stay in her seat, the plane couldn't leave. It's that simple. The pilot couldn't push back from the gate and start to taxi until cabin staff confirmed that all passengers were seated and belted.

I don't think this was a case of the airline being mean or high-handed. The pilot could not delay the plane unduly; if it didn't look like the parents could get the kid to sit quietly (or sit at all), then he had to deplane the family so that the rest of the passengers could be on their way.

I don't understand what the problem the family had was, because any kid who is accustomed to being belted into a seat in the family car ought to have no problem with being belted into a seat in an airplane. We traveled by air with my daughter when she was 3-4, and getting her to sit down and accept the seat belt was never a problem because we always insisted she sit quietly in the car and wear her lap belt or harness.

Dare I say that this family probably allowed their daughter to ride in their car without restraints, and that this was the problem? FWIW, there are some people who seem oblivious to their children's safety and who don't belt them into the seat in the family car. I can see where a child who was unaccustomed to having to sit quietly and wear a lap belt would pitch a fit. If this is the case, then I think it's the family's own fault that they had a problem on the plane and got deplaned.

Answer 4

I hope you were still on the ground. lol! It is hard traveling with a toddler but in all fairness to everyone on the plane and the flight attendants this type of disturbance is nerve wracking. I am surprised, however, that once you calmed the child down that they didn't let you back on...unless of course that the plane had taken off by then. Giving kids interesting things to do and snacks on a plane help to redirect their attention. If your child is prone to these outbursts, you might want to figure out a way to find out what is causing them and do something about it. Time out is a good option. Three minutes for a three year old in a special place with no toys or other distractions. Get down to the child's level and tell them in one sentence why they are in time out. When you come back in three minutes, ask the child why in time out. If the child won't/can't tell you (or has not stayed put or keeps screaming) explain again why there and give another three minutes-keep doing this consistantly and give a hug when the child gets it right. Tantrums need to be stopped now or the child will grow up to be manipulative and demanding.

Answer 5

i don't blame the airlines. i blame the parents. the airlines have to adhere to a schedule, they are a business and if a parent cannot control a 3 year old, they must not be able to control themselves and they should not be taking this child on a plane. wait until the child is older or understands she cannot always have her way and must listen to what mom and dad tells her. imagine if this happened to every family with a child on a plane. the airline did a very nice courteous accommodation for them - returned their money and offered them 3 round trips to anywhere they wanted to go. not bad for people that disrupted a whole lot of people who were waiting for a departure to their destinations with an on-time arrival. i think this family was treated royally and should take some parenting courses on how to raise a child. i'm sure if either one of these parents were on a flight and this occurred with some other family on their flight, they would be up in arms about the plane not taking off on time, especially if they had committments to arrive somewhere at designated hour.

Answer 6

I think the airline did the right thing, the plane had already been delayed 15 min, they could not hold up the plane any longer. They got to fly later that day when the kid had calmed down, not convenient for the parents, but not a huge deal.

Answer 7

I think the airlines was fair. I don't think it would have been fair for the other passengers who wanted to have a peaceful flight going to their destination; forced to listen to a shrieking and screaming child their entire flight.

Answer 8

Well having just read what SA writer said if thats the story then they had every right to get them off the plane they cant take off with anyone unseated.

Answer 9

All kids have tantrum and of course might be her first time be on the plane... and If i tell them fine I will have her clam down... and you have to give me a min.. funny things kids will not cry full 3 ro 8 hrs.... if they cry and cry and cry for 1 to 1 1/2 hr believe me they get tired fast and fall alseep.

But those crew people on the plane really sucks because don't want to deal with kids with noisey for next 3 or 8 hrs with them blah blah blah. But you know they might not have their own kids themself.... If they had kids themselve then it won't be a problem.. why can't they help the mother to have child calm down??? why can they get your candy or something but no.

so.... Crews have TANTEUM!!!!!! smiling.... 3 year old first 3 years on this earth and it didn't happen over night or 3 years for them to understand it take along time by the time 5 or 10 years old they understand... The mother said let me try to calm her down and stuff but they said we waited for 15 mins for her to have her kid sit down... hello.... their air line never ever leave on time and always late showing up or leave and why now??? my gosh.

Answer 10

I think it is disgusting. ONe would think that the staff would try and help pacify the child. the child could have been scared for all they know. Kids are kids they all throw tantrums once in a while.

What's the world comming to?