CNN: Talkative Toddler, Mother Kicked Off Plane
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From: chris on 12 Jul 2007 16:18 I'm sorry A_C but I think that's an appalling remark.. I'm single and childless but I completely understand when there are children on-board that they sometimes get excitable and talkative. There is something wrong with society when people treat children as if they are some kind of aliens - they are people! In fact, they're important because they are the next generation. We don't live in Victorian Britain anymore (and I live in Europe, incidentally). I feel quite sorry for the poor mother. If the child had been really naughty and the mother hadn't cared an iota about it, then I might have understood. But it seems like all the kid was saying were a few harmless words! On the other hand, flight attendants are over-worked and stressed quite often but that doesn't excuse the terrible behavior of this one. I think the flight attendant will likely lose her job and the airline will possibly have to pay compensation to this passenger. Chris
From: Banty on 12 Jul 2007 16:22 In article <P6Gdne-LAIQEEQvbnZ2dnUVZ8sOonZ2d(a)giganews.com>, chris(a)buggerthe.net says... > >I'm sorry A_C but I think that's an appalling remark.. I'm single and >childless but I completely understand when there are children on-board that >they sometimes get excitable and talkative. There is something wrong with >society when people treat children as if they are some kind of aliens - they >are people! In fact, they're important because they are the next generation. >We don't live in Victorian Britain anymore (and I live in Europe, >incidentally). > >I feel quite sorry for the poor mother. If the child had been really naughty >and the mother hadn't cared an iota about it, then I might have understood. >But it seems like all the kid was saying were a few harmless words! > >On the other hand, flight attendants are over-worked and stressed quite >often but that doesn't excuse the terrible behavior of this one. > >I think the flight attendant will likely lose her job and the airline will >possibly have to pay compensation to this passenger. Y'know - something is fishy about the whole story. Wonder if we'll ever hear from one of the other pax who were there... Banty
From: Brian on 12 Jul 2007 21:42 On 12 Jul 2007 13:22:28 -0700, Banty <Banty_member(a)newsguy.com> wrote: >Y'know - something is fishy about the whole story. Wonder if we'll ever hear >from one of the other pax who were there... > >Banty http://www.wsbtv.com/news/13664685/detail.html Flight Attendant Boots Gwinnett Mom, Baby From Plane POSTED: 4:51 pm EDT July 11, 2007 UPDATED: 8:21 pm EDT July 11, 2007 GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. -- A Gwinnett County mother says she wants answers and action after she and her baby were kicked off a plane. Kate Penland said she was glad to board the plane in Houston after an 11-hour delay to visit her father in Oklahoma. But she said a rude and aggressive flight attendant caused her to get to Oklahoma a day late. Penland thinks her 19-month-old son, Garren, has a bubbly personality. But Penland said when they were aboard a Continental Express plane, a flight attendant became annoyed by Garren's personality when he kept saying three words. “As we started taxiing, he started saying 'Bye, bye plane,' said Penland. “At the end of her speech, she leaned over the gentleman beside me and said, 'It's not funny anymore. You need to shut your baby up.' In disbelief, Penland asked the woman if she was kidding. It was then, Penland said, the flight attendant went too far. “She then said, 'You know, it's called baby Benadryl. And I said, 'Well, I'm not going to drug my child so you have a pleasant flight.' Penland said when the other passengers began speaking up on her behalf, the flight attendant got angrier and soon announced they were turning around and that Penland and Garren were going to be taken off the plane. “I was crying, I was upset and I was thinking, 'What am I going to do? I don't have anything with me, I don't have anymore diapers for the baby, no juice, no milk,” said Penland. The young mother said she later learned the flight attendant told the pilot that she had threatened her. Penland said that never happened. Express Jet Airlines released a statement that said, "We received Ms. Penland's letter expressing her concerns and intend to investigate its contents." A fellow passenger told Channel 2's Rachel Kim none of the other passengers had problems with Garren and that Penland never threatened the flight attendant. Penland is considering legal action. Copyright 2007 by WSBTV.com.
From: TimeTraveller on 12 Jul 2007 23:45 What I don't understand is, when these people get kicked off planes, they don't go right to the airline counter and demand to be put up in a hotel room and given a ticket to their destination. Surely the airline has a responsibilty to a ticket holder to get them to their destination!
From: Tchiowa on 13 Jul 2007 00:27
On Jul 13, 10:45 am, TimeTraveller <GastropodGraph...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > What I don't understand is, when these people get kicked off planes, > they don't go right to the airline counter and demand to be put up in > a hotel room and given a ticket to their destination. Surely the > airline has a responsibilty to a ticket holder to get them to their > destination! Not if they got kicked off the plane. |