Look, I’ve got a kid and, as you all know, he’s rambunctious. Back when we lived in Hawaii, a visit to the mainland meant 13 hours of flying with that rambunctious kid whom, I discovered, gets wired when given the Children’s Benadryl his doctor had recommended. A bouncing off the walls kind of wired. A throwing his sippy cup kind of wired. A crying non-stop to the point that his parents nearly chugged the Benadryl themselves kinda wired.
Instead, VH and I wound up spending most of our flight from SF to Honolulu standing in the airplane’s bathroom, our son cradled between us, as we rocked him back and forth and sang lullabies. I was crying nearly as much as he did, albeit more quietly. It was all we could think of to do to keep our fellow passengers from throwing us off the plane.
But, as Kim notes, when a kid starts behaving like that before the flight, well, sometimes airline personnel step in. In the case of AirTran, they not only stepped in to protect the other passengers, but they also offered the parents what could’ve been a fantastic deal. Unfortunately, the parents are apparently as ill-behaved as their child.
I’m with Kim: I’ll fly AirTran any day. I’ll just make sure to book VH and the Big-Eyed Boy on a different airline.
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January 23, 2007 at 2:49 pm
I mentioned this elsewhere: That’s what overhead bins are for.
January 23, 2007 at 3:32 pm
Yeah, but even at 5′ 1″, I still don’t fit in one.
January 23, 2007 at 4:36 pm
We always purchased a seat for our son and we always traveled with his car seat. Strap it into the airline chair (most car seats are FAA approved) and then strap him into the car seat…he ain’t gettin’ out. Plus, it is familiar territory for him as well…it was like going for a car ride.
I think I’d be pissed if I were removed from a flight…but not at the airline…at my kid!! Pretty decent offer the guy passed up. Sucks to be him…
January 23, 2007 at 6:40 pm
…no, no, no!
Put the screaming kid in the bin, silly!
January 23, 2007 at 6:44 pm
What, with all those Democrats watching? Sorry — I like my freedom. Well, what little I have left of it.
January 23, 2007 at 8:20 pm
Duct tape first, then overhead bin. Makes the trip much easier, and you can improvise convenient carrying handles with it.
January 23, 2007 at 8:24 pm
What’s wrong with booking separate airlines? Seriously?
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