It seems like there are endless stories about children misbehaving on airplanes, in hotels, or in club lounges. I don’t think I’ve ever met a person who doesn’t hold an opinion on the issue.
Sometimes families get kicked off of planes for sitting in incorrect seats while other times, parents try to be proactive and hand out goodie bags as an advanced apology for anyone who might have to hear their child cry.
Another Way To Get Kicked Off A Plane
The incident begins with a woman complaining about her seat assignment and ends with her being kicked off the plane.
In the video, she says she won’t sit the entire flight next to “this crybaby”. The mother says he won’t be crying for the entire flight. Note: A flight from JFK to Syracuse is under 1 hour and 30 minutes. Another Note: The baby is silent during the whole video.
After the flight attendant offered to re accommodate the upset passenger on the next flight, the real trouble started. The passenger demanded the flight attendant’s name and threatened that she wouldn’t have a job the next day. As we all should know by now, threatening flight attendants doesn’t usually get you what you want…
The passenger was later identified as an employee of the Governor of New York. Due to her poor behavior, she has been placed on leave while the Governor’s office performs an investigation. Link to story
You Never Know What Might Happen
I’ve been on the receiving end of my fair share of rude comments about my children on airplanes. It is nice to see someone finally face the consequences of being rude to fellow passengers.
I would like to give this woman the benefit of the doubt. We don’t know why she was traveling. Maybe she was under immense amounts of stress or she gets motion sick sitting at the back of the plane. After all, it’s a good idea to treat others with at least the same level of compassion you would hope to get.
I’m curious, what would you have done if you had found yourself on this flight?
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I’d have applauded over her getting kicked off the flight. Sometimes kids cry or go into tantrums, although not in this case. When they do, as long as the parent makes a genuine effort to calm the child, and it’s not in a premium cabin, there’s nothing wrong. The fact that the woman acted in such an obnoxious fashion just shows her lack of worth as a human being. Her antics for such an exceedingly short flight is just the icing on the cake.
I’ll agree that she took things much too far and it’s hard not to be glad she experienced some consequences.
I agree with you on the point that if the parent is trying then everything is fine. I don’t think there is a problem if the child happens to be in a premium cabin either.
We were all kids at one time we should remember that. Even if you don’t have children think about that.
We should all help the parent in the situation, and not be yelling at her. It takes a village to raise a child. We should all be kind to one another.
I don’t know if placing her on leave from her job is justified.
In my opinion, in most cases the parents are either completed ill prepared (never researched flying with young children for example) or simply don’t care. In either situation, I direct my frustration at the parents. The kid is not at fault. I have kids of my own and it is HARD work to get them to behave on a plane. Short of a mental condition, there is no excuse for misbehaving kids on a plane Letting them run amok for my benefit is simply not acceptable. Other pax have the right to a reasonably comfortable flight
The lady wouldn’t have been kicked off the flight if she didn’t threaten the flight attendant’s job. I for one am glad they kicked her off, and its so hilarious to see her change so quickly and say “sorry” after they announced they were removing her.
My view is that people with children under a certain age should be grouped together in the rear of the pkane. Barring that, perhaps airlines could give out ear protectors so they don’t have to hear if the situation arises. When “your”reasonable rights infringe on “my” reasonable rights that is the deciding factor.
Which “right” are you invoking?
The right to have as pleasant of a flight as can be had in this flying day and age. I’ve been around obnoxious adults too, but you can’t legislate stupidity.
I must have missed where this right is enshrined in the Constitution or law or wherever? I mean, I understand what you are saying, really I do. As a father of 6, I also do not enjoy being near crying babies or toddlers. But… to me, plane travel is akin to public transportation and you don’t have many “rights” while flying
Well I guess according to you then your only right while flying is to pay your fare and take whatever happens? When people can’t or won’t take care of their children everyone else who is bothered by that just get to take it up the a##? You must enjoy being in a restaurant or entertainment event and having that happen too? Some people, and not necessarily in the story mentioned, shouldn’t have children without learning how to parent.
I am now 70 years old, I will never forget when at age 20 I had my 6 mo. old baby on a flight from Boston to New York(about a 40 min flt.). She screamed the whole flight and I could not calm her no matter what I tried. I was so embarrassed knowing that she was disrupting the flight for every passenger. When you have been in those shoes, you have compassion for people who are suffering in the same situation. For someone to assume that just because there is a baby next to them doesn’t mean there will be any crying. My youngest granddaughter at 3 mos. & 1 yr.) has flown two trips from NY to PHX and has slept the whole trip, to the amazement of her fellow passengers. She’s now 2 1/2 and flew back to NY last night from Orlando and fell asleep 10 minutes into the flight! Parents with children do have a right to travel and fellow passengers should not harass them….it’s all about the Golden Rule!.