3-Year-Old Kicked Off Airplane for Crying

[Quixote1818]

30. Tough call. I probably would have let it go

I know airlines are worried about safety but the fact is after a jet takes off and reaches cruising altitude people walk around without seat-belts anyway. Air flight is one of the safest ways to travel so even with the belt close to his neck with his dad there nothing was going to happen to the kid period.

I am a photographer and work with unruly kids all the time. It's an art to be able to get them to settle down and you must show the kid respect. Flight crews should have stuffed animals they can use to break the ice or coloring books. Anything that will allow the child to feel comfortable with them.

However, if the kid was going to be acting up the whole way they might have feared it could escalate to something very disruptive to everyone else on board and in that case they may have done the right thing. I just don't buy the "safety" excuse.