I agree with 33, the airline did it to save face. When people get denied boarding compensation (generally when the flight's oversold), they usually don't get their entire trip reiumbursed. The family lucked out.

Mom should have known that no, her 3 year old cannot be considered a "lap child". In my experience with the airline industry, parents are asked if they're traveling with a child. If so, they are asked for child's age. Depending on how young they are, children are usually placed next to the window if it's a 2 seater, or in the middle if it's a 3 seater. They are almost always never seated next to the aisle.

AirTran handled this situation the best way, IMO.

Hayle no they should have NOT been offered a free flight.

My husband was telling me that on one of his last business trip flights, he got stuck on a flight from Montreal to Vancouver with a squalling brat that was kicking the back of his seat. he was irritated but didn't feel like he could do anything. GTFOOHWTM!!

Shhheeeeee! PUH-leeze.

I told him that he was LUCKY that I wasn't on that flight. I would have gotten straight gangsta on a parent!

Parents, when your kid acts a fool on the plane...ya know what to do...

there are lavatories in the front and back of the plane...use them!

i just get a little cranky when some people get the impression that flying is a "right" and therefore they've got the right to act - well mostly just let their children act - however they darn well please. flying is a not a "right" or even absolutely necessary. its a perk that you pay for - just like EVERYBODY ELSE - i just don't like having my payed experience ruined by getting a massive headache. if your kid sucks at flying either deal with the problem or don't fly.

- m

Guess what? You ain't even gotta leave your seat! As the old commercial used to say "just a pinch between the "cheek" and gum. . .

I love it how the parents are acting offended about this. I once delayed a flight by nearly an hour when I was three and my mom was mortified. That should be the normal parental reaction, not blaming the airline.

You'd think so, right?

I've been on flights before where parents had a difficult time getting their kids to calm down. Most of the parents I saw were very apologetic to the other passengers when their kids threw tantrums.

We already got the kid throwing a tantrum. We sure don't need the parents to throw one too.

Oh goodness, now why is Soul Plane on my mind??? LOL.

I love him!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:D :D

And I am not hardcore, I am a FINER WOMAN, through and through.

ETA: Children's church is a wonderful thing. We have one of those "I'll make noise b/c the preacher is talking" babies, and her mom is CLUELESS. Take your child to Children's church (we have monitors in the baby room) or out in the foyer so the rest of us can hear The Word in relative quiet. Have a little consideration. Bring a coloring book or some quiet toys or SOMETHIN!!! :mad: That's a pet peeve of mine. Only had to take my child out ONCE. She knows better now. If she gets bored or restless, she goes to sleep.







but Mommy don't play that "Imma act out in public b/c she won't do anything" mess. I can find a bathroom or a secluded corner with my Mommy-vision, handle bidness (yeah, BIDNESS!!) and keep it moving. shiddddddd. lol

GOOD! I can’t stand when people take their whining kids places knowing that the child behavior will disturb others.

Movies
Church
Class/School
To my house

Luckie love the kids but dang! I am glad a company took some action.

CTFU!

I have no kids, so I can't relate but I am taking notes. I always wonder why it seems like most parents today are afraid of their children?

I went to a restaurant with my bf and a few friends of his. One friend brought his two kids, who spent 30 minutes crawling on the floor under the table or literally SITTING on their father (big ass 7 year old) whining, whining, whining the whole time.... I wanted to find him a switch.

I started a conversation about how great beatings were *hint, hint* and how every kid needs a whoopin at least once in a while- the way I figure it, if you as a parent don't do it now, life, or someone who will not put up with their snotty attitudes, will do it later. ALL the adults at the table (except the dad) agreed with me. The kids got a little more quiet after that, lol.

The funniest thing? The guy and his ex-wife are both therapists, with two of the most messed-up, badly behaved children I have eeeever seen.

People want to be friends with their kids, which IMO, is not the best approach to take when they are still kids. My mom and I are friends NOW, but I'm 30, out of the house and have a child. She taught me that parents are to be feared (to an extent) and respected. "I'm your MOTHER, not your FRIEND" was something I heard when I thought I was grown.

People also don't want to be seen in public as being mean to their kids. Negro, please. I took my daughter out to dinner as an early Christmas gift, and the child across the aisle from us was yelling, climbing on the booth, cursing (muthaf***er, repeatedly), and his mother and grandmother were just talking like NOTHING was going on. My daughter looked at him and was like, "Mommy, he is a baaad boy. He needs a spanking. That is not how you are supposed to act when you go out." and shook her head. Lesson learned.

If its a friend of mine, I'll tell the kid to use your indoor voice or what have you. If THAT doesnt work, they get the Mommy look. That works.

I mean, parenting should not be rocket science.

I just won't be around those kids- the dad is not MY friend (he seems nice, but too much crazy in the kids for me to really trust) and I have no obligation to provide those kids with the home training their parents aren't providing.

I just stay far away.

I am 27 and I STILL have some residual fear of my Mother, lol. I respect her for all she did for me, including disciplining me when I needed it.

I find badass kids funny. Anyone watch Nanny 911? Of course it is not funny when they're your kids. :o

I'm 32 and I'm still scared of mine! When she calls my name, you better believe I respond with a "yes ma'am". :)

Soror, I'm glad that they're behinds were kicked off too! Maybe it will send a message to other parents whom think that just b/c it's *their* child, everyone else is supposed to be in love and accept all of that noise.
I swear, those kids get on my nerves. They need to do like a lady told me she used to do with her son when he was a baby - give him a little Benadryl and he was straight the entire flight (and they were flying to India from the US)!

Be-na-dryl! Be-na-dryl!

But for real, I hope more parents listen up and take a lesson from this situation. Shoot, I may start to ask the flight attendants if some of them can be removed. LOL.

SC