We had two Soylentils submit stories about a family being ordered off a plane by Delta Airlines.
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.
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 kaszz on Sunday May 07 2017, @11:21PM
It seems the stories people tell all converge on that airlines behaves as if they can take bought seat property as they see fit. What's needed is some serious lawsuit and civil obedience. So that they will be aware of the fact that if they don't play ball no else need to return the favor.
There must be some basic rules laid down. That when a seat position has been bought and checked in (done when entering the physical airport). The airline can't back out of the deal or they will be charged with fraud. And compensation shall be in cash or bank deposits. No f-cking vouchers for further screwline experiences.
This also makes me wonder if they are also trying to undercut maintenance for critical parts. Just like Alaska Airlines did in 1999 with a MD80 where the service inspections were increased in direct violation of manufacturer requirements of every 600 hours to 2400 hours. The result were 88 dead.