Family Kicked Out of Plane with No Parachute
Posted on 01 24, 2007 under The Manual by foodad |
Did I forget to mention it was still on the ground?
You have probably already heard about how a Massachusetts family was booted off of a plane the other day because they could not control their three year old toddler .
This certainly is an issue that could potentially polarize our loyal readership, but let's look at the facts here. The kid refused to take her seat. The father and mother were unable to control the kid. The airline was 15 minutes late for departure already.
There were 112 other people on the plane who expected to arrive at their destination on time. Air Tran's staff absolutely did the correct thing by kicking them off of the plane**. I know that kids can be troublesome, but as a parent you need to be able to at the VERY LEAST get your kid in their seat on time.
This is the primary reason that people traveling with small children are allowed to pre-board*. The airlines understand that it is difficult to travel with children. Now what is not clear in the situation is how much time the family had to board. It's not clear whether they were given any time to calm down the kid. The article says that the plane was already 15 minutes late, but not that the family caused the tardiness.
{mosnooad}
The airline also offered the family FREE tickets to fly anywhere. A
move that I think most people would have said was extraordinarily
generous given that they were in the right. Guess what happened
The family was:
A) Gracious in accepting the tickets.
B) Turned down the tickets and apologized to the airlines and to the other 112 paying customers for the toddler's tantrum.
C) Said they would never fly the airline again.
The answer is C. This guy needs noodad.com more than anyone. In the words of my father-in-law "You can't make it up!"
*I do not know if they preboarded.
**I am assuming that the family caused the delay.
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I am betting this isnt the first time a family with a small child had been kicked off a plain for the exact same reason.
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I found an article that says that a 6 year old was kicked off an Air Cananda flight back in September for the same reason. But probably didnt hear about it because it wasnt US news.
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