I read this article this morning and I agree 100% with the airline. Seriously this child delayed the flight for 15 minutes because the parents could not get the child buckled in their seat. If they cannot control their child and it infringes on my time...especially when people have connector flights then they should have been removed. The parents said they needed more time to console their child...please!

Here is the link to the article...tell me what you think!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16773655/?GT1=8921

Oh and they were reimbursed and flew home the next day...AND were given three free round trip tickets to anywhere the airline flys, but the father said they will never fly with them again (probably after they use their free tickets).

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I agree with you. Although in the same situation, I would probably have wanted more time to "console" also. But I do agree that the airline had the right to remove.

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The article says that the flight was already 15 minutes delayed -- I don't think this means that the child caused the 15 minute delay.

Without being there, it's really hard to make a judgement. I do agree that Airtran had the right to remove the family from the plane so as not to delay the other passengers. I have two small children who are usually well behaved, but sometimes you can't predict or control your children's actions, especially in an unfamiliar place or situation. Other adults and/or authority figures being involved often compounds the problem because they will say thing to help, but really it makes the situation worse for the child. I used to have to politely tell people, 'Thank you for your help, but if you'll give us a moment alone, we'll take care of this."

My oldest has pretty much outgrown it, but when he was little, before we tried anything new, I had to explain to him what it would be like. If I didn't he would 'freak out' and there wasn't much I could do about it. If we were at all rushed or hurried (which often happens at the airport) it would compound the problem. If we talked about what was going to happen before hand, he usually did very well. It took awhile for me to figure this out and it was really no fun until I did.

Sarah........mom to Jason & Devin

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Definitely think the airlines did the right thing. I am SO tired of parents who think their children do no wrong. I am so afraid of the next generation because of these parents who think their child is right and comes first no matter what and no discipline!

(Putting on my flame-retardent suit here) I'll add something else --- if it had been one of my boys acting like that when they were that age, they'd had a little trip to the restroom where they would have gotten a little smack on their bottom and then told they WERE going to behave!

:if it had been one of my boys acting like that when they were that age, they'd had a little trip to the restroom where they would have gotten a little smack on their bottom and then told they WERE going to behave!"

I had the approach with my son. I was in this situation when he was 9 and took him on his first flight. Thankfully as long as I changed my seating assisgnment and could sit by him. LUckily it was a small plane with very accomdating flight staff and a very kind man who changed seats without me asking.

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Thanks I voted for the first one.

i saw a inteview on tv with another passager who was actually on the plane with this happened. sounded like the kid was really terrorizing the whole plane. she was crawling around in the floor, screaming her head off, fighting her parents. they said the flight attendant had done everything they could to get the child to behave. ( bribed with candy, books and such) Just think what a flight it would have been if they had went one and took off . stuck in a plane with a screaming child. if it was me, i wouldnt have had to be thrown off, i would have been so embarrassed that I would have gotton off!
my parents would have taken me off, spanked me and back on the plane. I was taught to behave or get a spanking and it didnt kill me to be spanked. taught me that certain behaviors was not acceptable.

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