How would you feel as one of the other passengers with the plane running 15 minutes late? I'm torn on this. On the one hand, why should all the other people have to keep waiting till the family gets their child under control, and on the other hand...
2007-01-25 11:50:52 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Air Travel
Ah good point! The point about not only that plane being delayed, but the possibility of other planes being delayed as well. Also, people have to make connections at other airlines... yeah, I think the airline did the right thing.
2007-01-25 12:08:25 · update #1
I don't think the airline owed them a darned thing! The kid was inconsolable? Why? Spoiled? Sick? I think the former. We shouldn't have to suffer the screams of a young tyrant because the parents don't know how to set limits or pacify their child. Tough deal for them maybe, but it shouldn't be for the rest of us.
2007-01-25 12:00:59 · answer #1 · answered by amazingly intelligent 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Since Im a flight attendant I recently came up with this sitiation where two babies were crying really loud and woke ALL the passengers sleeping. Since we were already up to 30,000 ft. me and my flight crew couldn't like really kick the family off the plane. Instead my flight crew and I tried our best to comfort the babies and asked the parents if the babies had any health issues and ithe crying is normal or abnormal. Anyways we landed like 20 minutes later on a 2 hour flight so at least we didn't have too hear the crying through the entire flight.
If I was a passenger let's just say I would be kind of pissed off but I wouldn't really blame the family- cause you cant really control babies. If we were on the ground I would pretty much want the family kicked off.
2007-01-25 12:28:38 · answer #2 · answered by tyconkate1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The airline DID reimburse the family. I wasn't there obviously but the kid apparently refused to sit in her seat.... which is a requirement that all people do before the plane can take off, even if you're 3. If an adult did that, they would be taken off the plane and NOT be reimbursed (and probably would be arrested). Not to mention the fact that the kid was probably making everyone else on the plane miserable. The airline does have a business to run...
2007-01-25 11:58:55 · answer #3 · answered by Mike R 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Ironically enough,we will be traveling with our toddler to Florida this weekend. I give the airline the thumbs up. The mother said she was mortified for being kicked off. I would be mortified had I stayed on and had to sit with all of those passengers who were witness to my child's misbehavior. It would've been a very uncomfortable 3 hours in the air!! I wouldn't wait for the crew to ask me to leave,I'd be packing up after no more than 10 minutes. I also think it was very generous of the airline to compensate the family as they did.
2007-01-25 13:26:45 · answer #4 · answered by mooseny35 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the airline did a fine job. It isn't like they didn't get their money back. Probably more consideration than they deserved. If it had been an adult acting the same way, they wouldn't have gotten their money back...they would be dam lucky not to be in jail.
It is about darn time someone stood up for EVERYONE ELSE. I hate it when kids make other people's life miserable. If their parents want to put up with it, let them drive the little brat wherever they are going. I hate it when we go out to eat and my children are sitting there eating while everyone else's children are running around rampant. Believe me... my children got their little A$$E$ spanked if/when they acted like that. They still would. They learned very early that I will not tolerate in any way being embarrassed in a store, restaurant, or anywhere else in public. If they do, we will immediately stop what we are doing and go to the car. Immediately after that will follow the spanking. I do not take them out when they are tired, sick, or cranky. I don't expect them to act like they are. It works for me.
2007-01-25 12:12:07 · answer #5 · answered by Karen 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion, I think the airline did the right thing, ensuring that all passengers are buckled in properly and safe prior to take off. If the airline hadn't acted when it had, it could have potentially delayed other flights as well.
On the other hand, I think a lot of passengers FREAK OUT at the sight of little ones and need to be a little more understanding...for the child and the family. It takes a villlage to raise a child. I think we forget that sometimes.
2007-01-25 12:00:00 · answer #6 · answered by curious 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
i am going to work out this from 3 diverse concepts: As a mom, who has traveled with a small new child on a plane in the previous, i ought to were fairly insulted and brought lower back through a flight attendant suggesting I medicate my youngster to quiet him down. I also recognize myself and that i ought to were going doing each and everything i ought to to quiet him down because i recognize how annoying a repeating youngster would properly be. As a flight attendant, i am going to work out getting annoyed for myself and the different passengers on the plane even as my job is to guarantee all and sundry's convenience and protection. although, there's a line and that i believe she crossed it. As a fellow passenger on the plane, i ought to were rather aggravated through listening to a baby repeat the same component repeatedly. I in all likelihood ought to have reported some thing to a flight attendant. If i became sitting interior sight, i ought to have reported some thing myself. i'd not were impolite yet i ought to have requested for some tries to rectify issues. I see the position the flight attendant became coming from yet her approaches were incorrect. i'm particular there is more desirable to the tale than what's been advised to us so a concepts.
2016-10-16 02:51:19 · answer #7 · answered by alim 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ya i know the family should have way more control of their little child and everybody should not have to wait, there are some people out their that can not be late, and they mean business. the airline should have taken them off after 5 minutes of non-stop crying
2007-01-25 12:08:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the family came out of the whole thing on top. They got their money back and free plane tickets. If I was on that plane I would be glad they got put off the plane. Who want to spend hours on a plane with a kid like that. That could not have been my child.
2007-01-25 11:58:38 · answer #9 · answered by KittyKat 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I'm EMBARRASSED for the parents for being so stupid and not being able to control their 3 yr old kid. I can control mine!!!!!!!! The parents should be embarrasse to even make a big deal about this. I bet if they were the other people and didn't have kids they'd be frustrated and want the child kicked off also.
YOU are the parent control your child.
Thats whats wrong with this world and why its going to sh*t!
2007-01-25 15:08:23 · answer #10 · answered by phillygirl513 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋