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We had two Soylentils submit stories about a family being ordered off a plane by Delta Airlines.
Forced off a Delta Plane and for Keeping Their Seat
A California family used the seat their 18-year old son didn't use because he left with an earlier flight. They made use of it for their child instead, but were forced off the Delta Air Lines plane and threatened with jail after refusing to give it up on the crowded flight..
View all the raw glory or do it with some commentary.
In other news don't use the bathroom, ask for water, or be autistic.
Last time it was United Air's Abuses: Doing the Heavy-Handed Thing a Third Time.
Delta Airlines: "Give Up the Seat or You're Going to Jail"
AlterNet reports
Brian Schear, of Huntington Beach, said he and his family were flying overnight from Hawaii to Los Angeles last week when [Delta Airlines] employees asked them to give up the seat where their 2-year-old son was sitting, reported KABC-TV.
[...] "You have to give up the seat or you're going to jail, your wife is going to jail and they'll take your kids from you," Schear recalled the flight attendant saying.
Delta employees wanted the family to hold the young child in their laps during the flight, but Schear argued that they had bought the boy a ticket because he needed to sit in his car seat to sleep.
An employee inaccurately told the family the boy needed to sit in a seat with an adult, because the airline's website recommends that children under 2 years old should sit in an approved child seat in a ticketed seat of their own.
The entire family was ordered off the plane, and they stayed overnight in a hotel and bought new tickets the following day, reported KTLA-TV
BTW, can someone tell me what ecver= in a YouTube URL means?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 07 2017, @05:09PM (2 children)
Haha the secret racists are downmodding a funny post... I guess as a country the US still isn't ready to admit it has a massive problem with bigotry. Nationalist scum, you think you're helping your country with such attitudes but it is actually the opposite. Oh, and you also promote ideas counter to the great values the USA used to inspire around the world. Today? Imperialistic scum wreaking havoc in other countries for profit and cultural warfare. #1 for imprisoning citizens FTW!!! Oh wait, we're beat out by the Seychelles with their massive population of around 100,000 people and they actually imprison ACTUAL pirates.
Come on you nationalist pricks, downmod some more because you don't like hearing the truth!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 07 2017, @06:40PM
No one needs to downmod you. It's readily apparent to anyone that reads your comment what a useless, jealous prick you are.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 07 2017, @10:38PM
Can't deal with the fact that East-Asians and White people make up the most productive population where brains and less tribal instincts are success factors?
Now USA might have a lot of bigotry but this doesn't change the basic factors at play. And where these populations thrive the values you so much appreciate also by some mysterious ways have a very high likelihood to present themselves and be sustained.