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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..
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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: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Sunday May 07 2017, @08:33PM (1 child)
Thanks for that story -- sorry you had to go through that, but that sheds yet another light on this situation.
But even then, the facts make no sense in relation to this story. The family actually had a seat for a younger (less than 2 years old) child TOO. Presumably, if the 2-year-old was in the "18-year-old's seat," then the younger kid must have been in the "2-year-old's seat." Even if something like your situation was happening, why would they try to relocate the 2-year-old to a lap (which is contrary to FAA and Delta regulations), rather than the younger child (who, presumably, the parents must have originally planned to have seated in a lap)?
Once again, this whole situation makes no sense, and we'll probably never know what actually happened, because it's likely a combination of both parties trying to "get away with" something they shouldn't have, so they'll just settle it between themselves.
(Score: 2) by goodie on Monday May 08 2017, @12:26AM
I have to agree with you on that we are still missing some details but indeed if you do not board and are a no show technically the airline can give th seat to someone else. I was just venting out some frustration about airlines and standby passengers ;).