https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2021/05/05/mom-of-a-3-year-old-with-a-sensory-disorder-did-everything-right-but-southwest-airlines-still-booted-her-from-the-plane/?utm_source=twtydaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=5a8f531647b3a8330d5867dc45fd22e0

In other news, Southwest Airlines is under fire for kicking a special-needs 3-year-old off a flight for absolutely nothing other than the risk that the kid *might* cause a problem while in the air:

Caroline Scott said her son was wearing a mask and wasn’t having any issues at the time of the flight, but she had alerted the airline to the possible problem days before, which prompted the pilot to make the decision.

What this will do is just encourage parents to keeps issues like this secret, which the airline doesn’t want:

Judge Crake
@JudgeCrake

@SouthwestAir
you owe explanation. Tickets were purchased, parents did all the right things, and your staff lied to them. I’d love to know why. I’ll be waiting.

M P
@DontSayHotlanta

Maybe a child at some future time might possibly want to take his mask off so the pilot gets to do this?! GFY @southwestair & when you're finished, take this kind of decision-making out of pilots' hands. Masks on children are bulls**t anyway.

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2021/05/05/mom-of-a-3-year-old-with-a-sensory-disorder-did-everything-right-but-southwest-airlines-still-booted-her-from-the-plane/?utm_source=twtydaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=5a8f531647b3a8330d5867dc45fd22e0

In other news, Southwest Airlines is under fire for kicking a special-needs 3-year-old off a flight for absolutely nothing other than the risk that the kid *might* cause a problem while in the air:

Caroline Scott said her son was wearing a mask and wasn’t having any issues at the time of the flight, but she had alerted the airline to the possible problem days before, which prompted the pilot to make the decision.

What this will do is just encourage parents to keeps issues like this secret, which the airline doesn’t want:

Judge Crake
@JudgeCrake

@SouthwestAir
you owe explanation. Tickets were purchased, parents did all the right things, and your staff lied to them. I’d love to know why. I’ll be waiting.

M P
@DontSayHotlanta

Maybe a child at some future time might possibly want to take his mask off so the pilot gets to do this?! GFY @southwestair & when you're finished, take this kind of decision-making out of pilots' hands. Masks on children are bulls**t anyway.

Due to the potential for tragedy during flights the pilots are given extraordinary discretion over what and who they allow on a flight. On a train or bus unruly or dangerous passengers can be simply put off at the next station or side of the road. The cost and disruption of landing an airliner in such situations is prohibitive to say the least. As someone who has flown quite a bit I have been subject to screaming brats kicking seat backs and making life hell for the duration of the flight. There are options like driving with problem kids or giving them Benadryl to make them sleepy. It is an antihistamine and cuts down on snot in their heads also which allows them to equalize ear pressure easier.