3-Year-Old Kicked Off Airplane for Crying

[MADem]

37. The job of the flight crew, though, is passenger safety and adhering to FAA requirements.

Anything else is fluff. The parents should really be prepared to care for their children and not expect the flight crew to entertain or distract--the flight attendants aren't day care workers and there is a LOT to do around the cabin in preparation for take off.

The seat belt, worn properly, is required of all passengers able to sit in a seat and wear one. There is no wiggle room for the flight crew on that score. It's an FAA mandate. They don't have time while preparing the cabin to be digging around for books (coloring would not work--the tray table has to be UP) or toys--and who would pay for those? Toys on the plane for "unruly kids" increase the weight (and fuel costs) so that's not going to happen; that's why the napkins and plastic glasses are paper thin, if you get a utensil it is a thin plastic spork, and the drinks are half size.

The parents could have maybe worked on prepping the kid a bit better--or having the whole family all sit together so Mom could discipline where Dad failed. I'm wondering if they booked too late as Mom, Granny and the younger child were in First Class, and Paw and the Terrible Threes kid were in coach. I suppose they didn't all want to "suffer" in coach which is why the ladies were up front (nice work if you can get it!)?