Jetblue kicks family off plane for toddlers tantrum

[CRJ puppy]

Ms. Soccer Mom doesn't believe the rules apply to her and her little "angles." She wants the world to bow down to her because she has kids. And after all she paid $89 for her ticket, so she thinks she can do whatever she wants.

Angles?

Are you being obtuse?

 

[mayoplane]

I say good for the captain. These little brats and the parents who can't control them need a wakeup call. If your child can't be controlled, then don't bring it on an airplane for a vacation. Vacation someplace where you can drive until your rugrat is old enough to not jump out of its seat and run around while an airplane is trying to depart.

No sympathy.

I agree! Good job Blue!

If you're child have a tendency to misbehave on a plane, then they have to try to travel by different means until the child is old enough to travel by air.

Your child having tantrum doesn't make you bad family, but certainly not suitable to be on an airplane. You can get off, get your situation under control, then get on the flight later. If you end up spending more money on the hotel or the flights because you got kicked off, that's the risk you took traveling with a small kid.

 

[airplane wizard]

Angles?

Are you being obtuse?

haha no....just being acute

 

[airplane wizard]

Overall, it never ceases to amaze me how many women consider themselves God's gift to civilization only on the basis of a brat(s) being yanked out of their crotch at some point in time.

I was at DEN a few months ago waiting for my flight. The previous flight at that gate just pushed. A lady and her kids come running up "wait for me...wait for me" The gate agent told her she was SOL she goes "but I have kids..." like 5 times. wtf does she expect???? "Oh you have kids lets make the plane come back then...." Unbeliveable

 

[CA1900]

..."but I have kids..."

Was it this guy's wife?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMAtGaTl6WA

 

[airplane wizard]

funny

 

[brokedash]

This is much closer to the real situation from what I have heard. The news reports are just one side of the story.

Exactly, and bashing airlines or making them look like the bad guys are on of their favorite past times.

I had my on run in with this type of problem. I was catching a ride and in the cockpit J/S. We hadn't closed and coming up on departure. Sure enough there was a lady with a young child that wouldn't shut up. The gate crew wasted no time in issuing a final warning and then having to remove them.

I don't understand what the problem is with some of these kids, the ones with parent's mentally as old as the kids I get, but for ones with well meaning parent's, it just seems like something isn't right. Maybe these young kids, if not banned all together, need to be introduced to a cabin enviorment simulator before being brought on one. It might help calm some of them frightened by the en-closed surroundings.

 

[waveflyer]

I agree with all sides- the devil's in the details, but there does need to be some latitude with kids-
The most well behaved kids, with the best, happiest, most disciplined parents, will melt down from time to time- esp in a strange environment.
I actually hate to see people get so bent over a crying child- babies cry- get over it- adults in America tend to forget that they are also responsible for how they react- ever hear of ear plugs and noise canceling headsets- none of which replaces being a relaxed person-
Acting out and won't stay seated crawling over other passengers is a safety issue and a whole other thing-

 

[banger]

This wasn't about a crying kid. This was about a kid who refused to sit in a seat and the parents inability to have the child comply.