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The child wasn't seated until the plane started back. It's this simple: if the child isn't or refuses to sit in a seat as the plane is taxiing then she's at risk if something happens and guess who gets the blame for that? It's a safety issue.
No one rides in my car unless they have seat belts on. That includes my mother who hates putting a seat belt on. I not only had to warn her that I wasn't going anywhere unless she buckled up, I had to also get out of the car and walk back into the house because she didn't believe me. I also refused to drive her anywhere that day, even if she buckled up, because I was so tired of having this conversation with her. I wasn't risking a ticket and possible injury to her just because she didn't feel like she had to follow the rules.
Taxiing out and returning to the terminal isn't like turning a car around. It inconveniences the other passengers who might have connections to make and other flights that may be waiting to land or take off. No plane returns to the terminal just for the fun of it and there's a reason no second chances are given. The father had his chance to calm the child down and just didn't make it. At what point do you want to draw the line? The plane obviously can't sit on the runway waiting for a child to calm down. So they set a time limit and when that limit was reached, the plane turned back. Just because the child magically calmed down the second the plane started to taxi back doesn't cut ice. The airliner is not out there to play games with your kids.
I know today parents give kids chance after chance after chance after chance after chance. But in the real world where serious things happen, you get one chance and then your consequences arrive. Dad had his chance to calm his kid down and blew it. End of discussion.
The child wasn't seated until the plane started back. It's this simple: if the child isn't or refuses to sit in a seat as the plane is taxiing then she's at risk if something happens and guess who gets the blame for that? It's a safety issue.
No one rides in my car unless they have seat belts on. That includes my mother who hates putting a seat belt on. I not only had to warn her that I wasn't going anywhere unless she buckled up, I had to also get out of the car and walk back into the house because she didn't believe me. I also refused to drive her anywhere that day, even if she buckled up, because I was so tired of having this conversation with her. I wasn't risking a ticket and possible injury to her just because she didn't feel like she had to follow the rules.
Taxiing out and returning to the terminal isn't like turning a car around. It inconveniences the other passengers who might have connections to make and other flights that may be waiting to land or take off. No plane returns to the terminal just for the fun of it and there's a reason no second chances are given. The father had his chance to calm the child down and just didn't make it. At what point do you want to draw the line? The plane obviously can't sit on the runway waiting for a child to calm down. So they set a time limit and when that limit was reached, the plane turned back. Just because the child magically calmed down the second the plane started to taxi back doesn't cut ice. The airliner is not out there to play games with your kids.
I know today parents give kids chance after chance after chance after chance after chance. But in the real world where serious things happen, you get one chance and then your consequences arrive. Dad had his chance to calm his kid down and blew it. End of discussion.
A crying child stops a plane from flying. No wonder Trump won.
The flight attendants escalated this situation.
Everyone take their seat. Some one is crying. BFD.
All these stories about unruly kids on planes sort of mystifies me. We traveled all over he place with our kids. Never had any problems like this nor did we see anyone else's kids having problems.
What does this have to do with Trump winning? No Russians were involved.
The FA handled it just fine. Kid wouldn't sit and buckle up. Kid don't fly. Seems pretty straightforward.
It wasn't the crying, though that can be annoying as hell. It was that she wouldn't sit down and buckle up and parents didn't insist she do so.
I doubt that you really actually know anything.
Trump won because adults couldn't be adults and the adults in the room got tired of it....I would have thought most... even you could have figured this out.....by now.
All these stories about unruly kids on planes sort of mystifies me. We traveled all over he place with our kids. Never had any problems like this nor did we see anyone else's kids having problems.
Now, it seems to be happening on a regular basis.
I have rarely been on a full airliner where there is not a screaming child. The pressurization hurts their ears and they cry. That is why. Now, you kick them off a fully loaded plane making everyone late.
Solution? Blame the kid. Call the gendarmes on the parents. No wonder Trump got elected.
It is not SWA, it is the imbeciles that constitute some in the "general public" you know the 10% you find anywhere and everywhere. PS... if you think they are bad, try one of the other majors. We have an oligopoly airlines industry in the good 'ol USA, which exacerbates the issue. On the other hand, Southeast Asia and Europe actually have real competition and real lower fares available.
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