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Forced off a Delta plane and for keeping their seat

kaszz [soylentnews.org] writes:

A California family that used the seat their 18-year old son didn't use because he left with an earlier flight. Made use of it for their child instead were forced off [theguardian.com] the Delta Air Lines plane and threatened with jail after refusing to give it up on the crowded flight. The Delta (DEL) share price has taken a -0.86% dip today [advfn.com].

View all the raw glory [youtube.com] or do it with some commentary [youtube.com].

In other news don't use the bathroom [youtube.com], ask for water [youtube.com], or be autistic [youtube.com].

Last time it was United Abuses [soylentnews.org].

Delta Airlines: "Give Up the Seat or You're Going to Jail"

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AlterNet reports [alternet.org]

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 [abc7.com].

[...]"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 [ktla.com]

Video [youtube.com]

BTW, can someone tell me what ecver= in a YouTube URL means?

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