I just read the story about this and I don't think it was unreasonable. The child would not sit in the seat and was crawling under the seats and hitting her parents and screaming. The other passengers shouldn't have to deal with that and who's to say the child wasn't going to continue being a brat in the air.

They were more than compensated. They got reimbursed *and* 3 roundtrip tickets from the airline.

Is there a link for this story?

I dont think it was unreasonable either the 3 year old was having a major temper tantrum. Now if she was just crying a little I would think it was not right.

http://www.Msnbc.Msn.Com/id/16766215 /

Here's a link:

http://news.Aol.Com/topnews/articles/_a/to ddlers-temper-ousts-family-from-plane/2007 0123133709990002?Ncid=nws00010000000001

Thanks I could not find the direct link

How ridiculous. The kid was out of control. Either get your child calmed down and seatbelted in, or get off. No one ever said flying with a child was easy, but you do have to follow the airline's rules if you want to enlist their services.

They need to get over it.

*prays my child is not like this*
.Adriana is only 10 months and she can throw quite the tantrum. We're sticking to our guns tho, and not giving in. Most of the time she throws a fit when she can't have our phone or something like that...Something a child doesn't need to be playing with anyways. I never thought .I'd be dealing with this when she was this young! Lol. So maybe she'll outgrow that stage faster? Riiiiiiiight...I think that's called wishful thinking.

But .I agree, the airline was in the right here...Nobody should have to put up with that.

I agree with everyone. It is annoying to be on a plane or any enclosed space with a kid that is having a tantrum. The only thing worse would be being in an enclosed place with an adult having a tantrum.

We circled over denver for two hours with a screaming child. It was horrendous. And her parents did absoloutely nothing to console her. They let her scream for two hours. What kind of parent does that?!

I just read it again and I don't know what they're complaining about. They got their money back *and* got to fly home for free later *and* got 3 free roundtrip tickets to anywhere. No wonder their child is an out of control monster, they seem like whiny brats themselves.

Did you see the pics on the aol link? It even looks like she can't control herself there.

Just heard about this on the radio, don't want to repeat everyone so simply stated "i agree"

I have flown on other airlines and they didn't seem too concerned about their passengers being disturbed by screeching kids. I guess i'll fly airtram from now on!!!!!

My music and earplugs are a must when I fly

I always feel so bad when I get frustrated at children having a fit in public , because I know some parents try their hardest and just don't succeed, but when you see people that are so dense as to not understand why they would be removed from an airplane when their child is uncontrollable and they cannot make her follow instructions that are for her own safety and the safety of others , well that ticks me off. They got their money back and then some , no need for complaints.
I'm a nervous wreck on planes and I really think a child having a temper tantrum would make it so much worse.
I really hope I have a quiet baby

duuuuuuude...Brayden throws fits like that too, but I look at him and say "there's no need for that, no no no" and he quits just like that. He listens so well it's crazy

Yeah .Logan has regular tantrums. He's alot worse than .Layla. I never give in to him though. I think he just found out he had balls and realises it's a mans world

i think the airline were right to throw the kid off. I can't stand other peoples kids screaming. I will take my kids away from somewhere if they really start. They obviously have no control over their child for her to be running round lie that....

It's kinda hard to say. Sometimes it is very difficult to manage a major temper, but in the other side it is very irritating to hear all the shouting and screaming.

it's amazing how often that kinda thing works.
If the temper tantrum doesn't bother you and you don't raise your voice and stuff and just say something like "there's no need for that, no no no" as if you were saying "no, I don't want chicken for supper".

I heard that kids hear lower tones better than they hear us shout.

If you get right down on their level and speak really soft (almost whisper) it helps. It's better than shouting at them. Some parents obviously think it's good to yell, in fact it's just another person annoying the caca out of you.
My daughter had a couple of good tantrums in the grocery store. I guess she wanted a toy or something. The first time I was so horrified that I just kept shopping. She was in the cart. She wasn't running through the store knocking things off shelves, but she was being annoying. The next time the very second it started I told her quietly that if she continued we would leave, and that's what we did, with no food. It took a couple times of that and she was great in stores.
She never never never would have hit me or anyone else though, I never would have tolerated that.
Consistency and not giving in is the best advise a parent with a toddler can hear.