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PiscesSouthwest Kicks Mom, Cranky Kid Off Flight
But she says the plane taxied back to the gate and the pair was escorted off.
The 38-year-old stay-at-home mom wants an apology and compensation for the portable crib and diapers she had to buy for the extra night away from home.
Southwest spokeswoman Marilee McInnis says removing a crying child from a flight is unusual, but crews have leeway to resolve situations.
McInnis says the airline is looking into the incident.
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Go Flight Crew!
And why would she need compensation for a crib and diapers?
The kid didn’t HAVE to have a crib, she WANTED one. And Diapers? The Kid would have needed the same number of diapers whether or not he flew or was kicked off.
If you can’t control your kid, don’t fly with him, or charter your own private plane.
People are too stupid to realize that sometimes taking a 2 year old on a plane is NOT a good idea.
She should have to apologize to all the passengers for ruining their flight.
Wow, judgemental much? Maybe she didn’t have a choice? Sometimes emergencies DO come up.
Unbelievable! Flying with children is a part of life! A crying child is no more annoying than people who talk constantly, kick your seat, or cough and sneeze all over you while confined in such a small area! The flight crew is trained to deal with all of these situations cranky children included and if they can’t handle it maybe they should find a new job! As for the passengers when you book a flight you know you are going to be surrounded by annoying situations! Get over it! This is the way you choose to travel! Deal with it! I support the mother and her demands! I have 2 children and when we have to fly I always worry and stress about how the other passengers are going to react to my children, some people are just downright rude, crew included and as soon as they see us board with the kids they automatically have an attitude with the rolling of the eyes and the sighs! Maybe if the reaction wasn’t so volatile to a child being on a flight it would make the whole situation better! The way you react to the situation effects how things go! People need to stop being so selfish and think of others before they are so selfish and rude! Some people have to travel with children its a fact of life! So get over yourself and accept it!
Wow, is MomLogic a website for parents or child-haters? Kids on planes CAN be annoying, but the attitude here is that they should be banned from flights. Do any other posters even HAVE kids?
Twice I’ve had to fly with small children. Neither time was a pleasure trip—both trips were for funerals and I had no choice. My kids were very well behaved though, because I had taught them to be well-behaved all their lives till that point (and beyond, of course:) However, one flight that I was on without children, there was a young couple with a few small children and the infant was just screaming the whole flight. The parents were so stressed, and I struck up a conversation with the mom, pitying her, and found out that they had been flying for close to 16 hours (with 5 more to go) trying to get home from overseas in the military. Are you really going to blame small kids for acting out after traveling that long? People should try to be more understanding instead of being so judgemental right off the bat.
If a person can’t control their children, then put them to sleep. My wife and I are both healthcare providers (otorhinolaryngology) and are expecting our first in a few days, so no excuses are allowed? We don’t want a break from anyone. It’s our responsibility and obligation to remember that other people on our plane have paid a lot of money for their tickets, so there will be no screaming from our seats.
I’m getting ready to travel on a 2.5 hour flight to visit family. I’m already worried about the whole idea & I hope it turns out to be a smooth flight. I can’t help but think that travelers in general are cranky because its not comfortable to fly. So, no one should expect for a young child to enjoy it. It was discrimnatory for Southwest to remove them. Its like asking the person who bathes in cologne to get off the flight because they’re going to smell up the whole cabin. Seriously, sometimes your child is well-behaved, however, when you put them into a new & uncomfortable situation, they are not going to cope the same way.
If Southwest is going to kick people off the plane for being annoying, clueless and disruptive, there are plenty of adult rednecks they should kick off first. What about the ones who are obviously drunk/high (gotta love Southwest)? The cell phone screamers? The sexual harassers? But no, a 2-yr-old gets the full treatment. Makes total sense. Apparently the $79 you pay for a seat on the flying Greyhound bus includes a guarantee of silence.
This article doesn’t get into all of the details, but they were removed because the other passengers could not hear the safety instructions over the boy’s screams.
He was not whimpering or crying, he was having a full-fledged fit if he blotted out the announcements. I don’t care what age you are, if you are jeopardizing the safety of others…you have to go.
Amen, AshleyMott. A crying, whimpering baby is totally understandable—a complete meltdown that shuts out safety instructions for all passengers? Ridiculous, and the child has got to go. Besides—take a real hard look at the “demands” of its mother—she wants to be reimbursed for DIAPERS, for crying out loud! Sounds like a class act.
Good for the flight crew! Kicking, screaming kids have no place on a confining airplane.