Mom and her 2 kids were kicked off a plane in Phoenix, AZ.
Jennifer McClelland | RSS | 3 CommentsA woman in Arizona was kicked off an Allegiant Air flight from Mesa, AZ to Billings, MT after her 2 year old started to cry and then her 4 year old would not say in his seat.
The airline did not refund her money.
Check out the video posted above.
Here is my opinion of the situation after reading through hundreds of comments about this article at the Consumerist.
The biggest complaint in the comments section seems to be regarding the fact that parents should control their children. The argument back and forth is that children get rowdy and restless from time to time as opposed to children should know how to behave in public or be able to be calmed down regardless of the situation. The way I feel about it is I know that kids get fidgety, however if you are on a flight, then he or she has got to stay in their seat. There wasn’t a lot of information as to how the kids were acting exactly, but if there is a 4 year old running up and down the already crowded aisle, then it is a matter of safety (for the child).
So, Do I think the kids should be kicked off the plane? I think that it would have been nice for the news story to have a bit more about the way the kids were acting. If the news station reporting could have gotten some of the other passengers to say either “the kids were misbehaving for a long time” or “I didn’t even notice that there were misbehaving children on the plane” then I could make my decision one way or another.
In this situation, people will argue. I will say that I have been on a few flights where there were children that behaved so well, then there was one where the kid screamed in the back of the plane for an hour. I suppose, screaming children bother me, personally, the worst when I see the parent do nothing about it.
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Eureka from Deed of trust | Sun, Nov 15 2009
It depends on the behavior of the child, which we don’t know. I don’t like badly behaved children either. But to not issue any refunds is just wrong.
Billbad | Mon, Nov 16 2009
Dear moms around the world — Your children can be calm, thoughtful people at any age without being abused or traumatized. What’s more, you don’t have to try any harder to make it so. Simply raise your expectations, stop being afraid to disappoint them, and they’ll be better people. Discipline is neither punishment nor disappointment; it’s teaching.
Steven from Cheap Student Flights | Tue, Dec 01 2009
I’m with you… a little more input and info could really help understand this situation.
I’ve flown with my children many times. Were they restless at times? Of course. Did they run up and down the aisle and refuse to mind? No way.
Just a strange story all the way around.