Mother and toddler kicked off plane because of talkative toddler

"bye, bye plane"??

That kid is obviously a terrorist that was planning to bomb the plane. They should consider themselves lucky they just got kicked off...

 

It wasn't a discounted fare. It was full price. That's why I was pissed. She did miss her scheduled flight through a mix-up. Her fault for not checking and going with the print out form the email through Continental. Thereafter they put her on standby and didn't give her any communication as to when she'd be able to realistically get a flight. After waiting for 5 hours she locked in a flight for that night. After seeing that the flight was being delayed by weather in Houston (remember that great weather we were having?) she'd had enough and rescheduled to two days later. That flight was eventually canceled due to weather.

 

I think this is another case of bad parenting.

When we grew up my parents would never let us act up in public.

Also what kind of crappy mother is this. You can't bring a toy, a teddy bear or a coloring book with you. Did you just have this baby yesterday? Where is your common sense, bring a discman, some DVDs or something. You were in an airport, they sell things for kids. Use some common sense. This really pisses me off.

This is like those idiots parents at church that refuse to sit in the cry room but expect their kids to sit still for an hour when they have nothing in front of them. They can't read and sing along, they don't understand the service, and you neglected to bring them anything constructive to fill their time with quiet toys, coloring books, etc.

Man I hate dumb parents.

 

I'm not completely familiar with standby, but I thought they didn't now until the last minutes before a flight.

 

Yeah, most of them behave on flights.

 

they don't know for sure, but they can tell how many seats are sold and how many are currently available. They wouldn't tell her this info. Had she known the first few flights were close to capacity, she would have gone back to her mom's and rescheduled for a later date saving us the $300

 

You don't have kids do you?

Wow! All this over a baby saying "bye bye plane" over and over.

The baby was not even two years old -- this does not sound like "acting up".

I agree about parents bringing their kids into church when there is an alternative. It's unfair to everyone (the child, others around them etc...) but this isn't the same thing.

 

the kid was uttering, "bye bye plane". he wasn't running around or causing a racous, according to the story. how is that bad parenting? a chattering two year old is pretty normal behavior.

 

the responses to this crack me up.

yeah, lady..get control of your toddler!! he's out of control saying, "bye, bye plane!!" that kid is destined for prison!

i'd love to hear what the other people around her thought.

 

Where does it say she was encouraging him? It's easy to take the flight attendant's side when you make up "facts".

And you never tell someone to shut their baby up when they're your customer, I don't care how annoying they are.

 

everyone is basing their opinion on the words of the *mother*, with nothing out of the flight attendant. Don't you think the mother is going to paint a picture with her toddler doing nothing but "saying 3 words" and her never saying anything but "I'm not going to drug my baby" ?

(And likely, the flight attendant's story will be just the opposite)

Until we get both stories, or hear about some of the people around this woman...I don't think we can assume that they were both perfect angels and just got kicked off a plane. That's a little far-fetched.. I could easily see a woman getting upset and threatening someone in some manner if a flight attendant told her to quiet her baby down. It's certainly within the realm of possibilities..

 

Hey...if it was good enough for me and my parents back in the day, it's good enough for this kid and his Mom right now!

 

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 realize that's what the mother said, but since when can a flight attendant have a plane turn around at her discretion?

 

Well, other passengers have spoken up and said the attendant overreacted. Plus, the cops let her go -- so they didn't think the passenger threatened the attendant.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=local&id=5472927

..."He wasn't any louder than the adult passengers on the plane," said passenger Stacey Watts.

Watts sat just a few rows back from the Georgia mother and heard the entire conversation.

"Katie was in shock at that point," Watts explained. "You could tell. She was in row 3 and I was in row 6. She just kept saying, 'I don't know what you expect me to do. I don't know what you expect me to do.'"

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Houston police received a report of a disturbance on a plane, but it appears when the officer got there, he didn't find any crime. In fact, Penland wasn't arrested charged or even given a ticket.

 

eh, if the flight attendant feels threatened in some manner by a passenger, I'm sure that's cause to turn around. If you feel semi-threatened and feel like trouble could be down the road, you don't want that on your flight for yourself, the passengers, or the pilots.

 

ok, sounds like I'm done with that possibility

 

Did it say anywhere in that article that other passengers were complaining? The other passengers stood up for the mother. I don't know if the stewardess was having a bad day or just hates children and puppies. She is in no way in the right if the story is correct. Then to tell the captain that she was threatened? She should be immediately fired.

 

I don't have kids right now but I know what I was allowed to do and not allowed to do when i was young. I knew I could scream all I wanted to in the back yard but not inside. i knew to not interrupt adults when talking, i knew not to talk back to my parents.

I am not saying the kid was acting up or doing anything wrong. I am saying parents need to be prepared when they go to places like the movies, normal places to eat, Church, flights, tours, etc. You show up at the ER it is understandable if you forget some stuff for the kid. But to go on a plane ride with a two year old and not have anything for the poor kid to occupy their time? That is the mother's fault. She should be sent through the spanking machine.