AirTran Removes 3 Year Old Toddler From Plane
I am not sure how I feel about this one. As a mother I am insulted that AirTran did not work with the family to help them calm the little girl down. Most people understand that little people throw tantrums. It is how they express dissatisfaction, confusion, frustration, etc. How many of us have been in a similar situation. Many a time have I cruised through Kroger at warp speed trying to finish up my shopping so that I can get out of there before Brady truly erupts. Haven’t most of us “been there”?
Then there is the other part of me that feels for the other 112 passengers. Why should they be inconvenienced because of this little girl. They all have places they are trying to go, families to get to, meetings to attend.
But I guess in the end, I just feel bad for the family. We all feel helpless when trying to reign our children back in from a tantrum. Trying to figure out what will calm them down, what they are trying to tell us and we can’t stop them on a dime.
I don’t know. What are your thoughts?
ORLANDO (AP) — Flight attendants often deal with obnoxious passengers who won’t listen to instructions by kicking them off the plane. But a Massachusetts couple think AirTran Airways went overboard by treating their crying 3-year-old daughter in much the same way.
Julie and Gerry Kulesza and daughter Elly were removed from the flight when the girl refused to take her seat before takeoff, airline officials said Tuesday. But her parents said they just needed a little more time to calm her down.
The Kuleszas, of Worcester, planned to fly to Boston on Jan. 14 from Fort Myers after a four-day visit with the girl’s paternal grandparents. She was removed because “she was climbing under the seat and hitting the parents and wouldn’t get in her seat” during boarding, AirTran spokeswoman Judy Graham-Weaver said.
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