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Girl allegedly molested on Delta flight (Freep a Poll)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^
| 10/11/07
| D.L. BENNETT
Posted on 10/12/2007 5:46:32 AM PDT by Sopater
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To: DManA
Since the customer pays for the airlines liability insurance, we shouldnt feel bad when the customer makes a, ahem, claim.Agreed - if the facts of this story are as described, Delta clearly has significant liability here and deserves what they get. I was just trying to clarify how these programs work, as I have significant background in this area.
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posted on
10/12/2007 6:56:53 AM PDT
by
xjcsa
(Defenseless enemies are fun.)
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To: NYFriend
Im in no way blaming the victim, but when I was a kid,... Alleged victim...based on the meager facts presented here.
To: xjcsa
That is an implicit limitation of this forum. We can only comment on what is on the table.
if the facts of this story are as described
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posted on
10/12/2007 7:02:02 AM PDT
by
DManA
To: TankerKC
There was one named Dotty on the Washington/National - Newark shuttle, Ill never forget her... I think I saw that movie. Cue the soundtrack...Boom chaucka chaucka waa waa!Dear Penthouse...
45
posted on
10/12/2007 7:06:40 AM PDT
by
cspackler
(There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't.)
To: tsmith130
I would hope my children would scream but you don’t know what on earth he said to her. In the past when I had two of my children on a flight I made sure the airline had an attendant watching over them. Now we don’t fly. But I would never ever allow my daughter to fly alone for any reason.
46
posted on
10/12/2007 7:07:37 AM PDT
by
pandoraou812
( zero tolerance to the will of Allah & Muslims ...... dilligaf? with an efg.....)
To: thulldud
Which is why they dont go after the perv.
THAT is my question. I think it’s time for video cams on airlines.
47
posted on
10/12/2007 7:12:55 AM PDT
by
Dudoight
To: glide625
Any parent who would allow a female child to fly alone and unattended should be prosecuted for child abuse. Twaddle!
My daughter started flying by herself when she was seven years old. When she was 11 she flew to Europe by herself. These were visits to family members (grandparents, aunts). Probably until her teens she flew as an "unaccompanied minor," which means the airline was acting in loco parentis. They did look after her from all I could tell. Once a teen, she made these trips without bothering for special status. I'm not sure how airlines are much different from any other situation where a kid is separated from his/her parents. The confidence my daughter gained from these trips is unmeasurable. It was one of the things she wrote about on the only college application she ever made. (University of Virginia)
ML/NJ
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posted on
10/12/2007 7:15:04 AM PDT
by
ml/nj
To: pandoraou812
I would hope my children would scream but you dont know what on earth he said to her. Said to her?! There is absolutely NOTHING that he could have said to my daughter that would make her allow him to sexually molester her!! NADA-ZIP-ZILCH!
To: meanie monster
Same here with my kids (12 and 10) on USA3000 to Ft. Myers to see their grandparents. I pay a surcharge and an attendant keeps an eye on them and walks them off the plane to an me/grandparents.
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posted on
10/12/2007 7:22:22 AM PDT
by
day10
(Rules cannot substitute for character.)
To: DManA
That is an implicit limitation of this forum. We can only comment on what is on the table.Your point?
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posted on
10/12/2007 7:25:48 AM PDT
by
xjcsa
(Defenseless enemies are fun.)
To: day10
BTW, regarding my post at #48, there was no surcharge for unaccompanied minor status on Continental during the 80's and early 90's when we used this service.
ML/NJ
52
posted on
10/12/2007 7:27:21 AM PDT
by
ml/nj
To: tsmith130
Said to her?! There is absolutely NOTHING that he could have said to my daughter that would make her allow him to sexually molester her!! NADA-ZIP-ZILCH!
I hope you are right and it seems that you are doing a good job teaching your daughter what to do. I am doing the same but children can get frightened or be so scared they do nothing. I wonder how someone could do this act without the attendant coming by & checking the child? I tell my 8 yr old nobody has the right to touch her & to get away from anyone who she thinks is a danger. Do whatever she has to do, bite , kick scream etc. Not to believe that person will kill her family etc. I just hope she never has to go through anything like this girl did.
53
posted on
10/12/2007 7:29:06 AM PDT
by
pandoraou812
( zero tolerance to the will of Allah & Muslims ...... dilligaf? with an efg.....)
To: Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit
I’m looking at my own eleven year-old daughter right now, and am with others, wondering how this story can be true. An eleven year-old is being molested on a crowded plane and doesn’t cry out? Not a whimper that can be heard by other nearby passengers? !!
To: gun_supporter
How does freep want me to vote?It's an online poll. Everyone on the internet should vote for Ron Paul. If that isn't a choice, email the editors.
Didn't you get the email?
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posted on
10/12/2007 7:39:12 AM PDT
by
PAR35
To: pandoraou812
just hope she never has to go through anything like this girl did. I'm still not convinced that this girl went through anything. I'll withhold judgment until (if) I hear more.
To: xjcsa
Agreed - if the facts of this story are as described, Delta clearly has significant liability here and deserves what they get. Why do they have significant liability? They have no control over who buys an airline ticket, be it child molester or child. It is up to parents when they book a child to fly alone, to know if their child is mature and assertive enough to protect herself in a reasonably public setting.
The airline cannot be expected to sit with any child that books a ticket to make sure no one touches her. They aren't a parent, they're a transportation company.
To: FrPR
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posted on
10/12/2007 7:51:09 AM PDT
by
Suzy Quzy
(Hillary '08...Her PHONINESS is REAL!!!)
To: HairOfTheDog
Why do they have significant liability? They have no control over who buys an airline ticket, be it child molester or child. It is up to parents when they book a child to fly alone, to know if their child is mature and assertive enough to protect herself in a reasonably public setting. The airline cannot be expected to sit with any child that books a ticket to make sure no one touches her. They aren't a parent, they're a transportation company.
Delta requires children under age 14 traveling alone to enroll in their Unaccompanied Minor program, under which Delta takes responsibility for their care. They act in loco parentis in this case, much like a school. They sign for "custody" from the adult dropping off the child at the origin, and have "chain of custody" paperwork throughout the trip, until the child is signed back over to the receiving adult at the end. They are indeed responsible for the child's safety in this case.
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posted on
10/12/2007 7:55:56 AM PDT
by
xjcsa
(Defenseless enemies are fun.)
To: tsmith130
I'm still not convinced that this girl went through anything. I'll withhold judgment until (if) I hear more.
True & I think you are right.
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posted on
10/12/2007 7:55:57 AM PDT
by
pandoraou812
( zero tolerance to the will of Allah & Muslims ...... dilligaf? with an efg.....)
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