Posted on 01/22/2007 10:51:57 AM PST by MotleyGirl70
The parents and little girl were on GMA this morning, bletching about Air Tran - who actually rewarded them for the bad behavior, no less. Flew them home 24 hours later AND offered 3 more RT tickets in the future.
I had been sitting there thinking "ears - bet she has tubes in her ears or an earache." They said she acted perfectly normal on the flight down there.
Anyway, the mom *claimed* they had given her Benadryl. That normally knocks a little kid out.
Eventually, the mom also said the child had had an ear infection (must have been while they were at their destination, if she was fine on the flight down there) and had "felt some discomfort" on the earlier plane ride.
Well, she either had ear problems or didn't have ear problems, but how in the world did a little kid know in advance that it was going to hurt her ears on take-off?
That's what the mom was insisting in the interview (sounded like a made-up excuse to me).
I do think it maybe ought to be a guideline with the airlines to ask about a small child who is traveling whether or not they have or have had ear problems. That causes some of the screaming - especially little ones with tubes or whatever they use in the operations nowadays.
2 things they said they had one and you get use one on the ground before take off
You forgot to mention AirTran also refunded the cost of the sad sack parents original tickets.
The flight was delayed 15 minutes because of the parent's inability to pick up their child and put her in a seat. Ms. Kulesza was given the chance and she refused to do what was required.
She couldn't be calmed down by either parent, crawling all over them and the couch and yelling, and was finally no where to be seen for the remainder of the interview.
Apparently, Mom wasn't able to "just hold her" to calm her down.
Congrats to AirTran and best wishes in their impending lawsuit from these twits.
I side with the flight crew 100%. But you know what ticks me off? The adults who act like every kid on a flight is a nuisance. I took my kids to see their grandparents, and flying back my eight year old was in the window seat, I was in the center and some middle aged dude was on the aisle. Well, I'm pointing out stuff out the window to my son and answering his questions, and we weren't being loud. The boy stayed in his seat the whole flight and was very polite to the flight attendants. But Mr. Aisle Seat keeps sighing with exasperation about every 30 seconds and shooting us the occasional look. He wasn't trying to sleep or work or anything, just sitting there, reading the airline mag, acting like my son asking me if a certian object below is a nuclear plant is somehow the most irritating thing that ever happened on Planet Earth.
That's a sour stewardess. That was a funny line.
I've never seen or heard of a family being booted off a flight because of a crying child. I suspect this was a doozy.
Is your dad still with us? If so, how's he feel about the Colts getting into the Super Bowl?
Yes, but that's Ms. Kulesza telling us they had no chance. I suspect her account is self-serving.
I thought so too. I married him for his great sense of humor. It couldn't have been for his money; I would have found that by now.
Rimshot!
From these news accounts that I have read of this incident it appears to have been quite the scene. One account I read indicated that the pilot had already held the flight 15 minutes because of this child. And as someone pointed out on this thread delays of 15 minutes or (more in this case), can cause people to miss flight connections, etc.
MY dad was killed in 92. He was mad at the way the Colts left Baltimore in the middle of the night and I suspect he wouldn't care about this one way or the other.
BTW His 48 and 49 Contract with Baltimore was one legal page, front and back. It had a place to fill in the date, his name and his ($7,000) salary. Y. A. Tittle told me his was for a couple of thousand more in 48 when they were both rookies.
Sorry for your loss. I think the Colts slinking out of twon sucks too, and I wasn't even a fan. I have to cheer for them in the Super Bowl, however, because I'm a Packer fan and the Bears fans will be insufferable for at least the next five years if they win. :-)
Wow. Sorry I'm late to post, but I just have to.
I'm really starting to like airlines (maybe still hate airports the way we're all treated like criminals).
They're tossing off Moslems and even little brats. What common sense. What guts!
Glad someone's getting guts - and un-PC!
“She has her moments like all 3-year-olds"
There it goes. The rationalizing. That "everybody does it" syndrome. BS. I never threw a fit as a child. Wasn't tolerated.
“…proceeded to throw a temper tantrum.
“I was trying to console her…”
There’s a problem right there. PRAISING the bad behavior.
“This colleague, as it happens, has no kids.”
Oh of course. The old snotty “you have no experience, so you don’t know” condescending BS. Lots of PARENTS don’t know squat about parenting, and that’s clear. See my tagline.
“Ms. Kulesza is appreciative of the response, but believes she could have calmed her daughter down, if given the chance.”
You had 15 min. You were coddling the kid. A good smack on the bod and a menacing growl would stop it within 1 min.
My parents were die-hard REAL Colts fans. ;-)
However, my dad (the Mainiac foreigner) apparently caved after Sunday and will root for the Colts.
My mom (giggly when meeting Johnny U a few years ago), though, never forgives, and is rooting for the Bears. This from a woman who HATED the Bears and Halas in the '50s/'60s for being just plain dirty rotten team. The Colts thing must draw more ire from her than the Bears thing....
Yuck.
I HATE vomiting. It's a phobia with me.
There is NOTHING I would hate more than what your husband went through! (Oops, except actually getting vomited ON, which happened to my husband as a child.)
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