Mother and her baby kicked off plane

[wxmann_91]

Mom says she, toddler kicked off plane

Thu Jul 12, 2:15 PM ET

ATLANTA - A woman said she and her toddler son were kicked off a plane after she refused a flight attendant's request to medicate her son to get him to quiet down and stop saying "Bye bye, plane."
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Kate Penland, of suburban Atlanta, said she and her 19-month-old son, Garren, were flying from Atlanta to Oklahoma last month on a Continental Express flight that made a stop in Houston.

As the plane was taxiing in Houston en route to Oklahoma, "he started saying 'Bye, bye plane,' Penland told WSB-TV in Atlanta. The flight attendant objected, she said.

"At the end of her speech, she leaned over the gentleman beside me and said, 'It's not funny anymore. You need to shut your baby up,'" Penland told WSB-TV in Atlanta.

When Penland asked the woman if she was joking, she said the stewardess replied, "You know, it's called baby Benadryl."

"And I said, 'Well, I'm not going to drug my child so you have a pleasant flight,'" Penland told the TV station.

Penland said other passengers began speaking up on her behalf, and the flight attendant announced they were turning around and that Penland and Garren were going to be taken off the plane.

Penland and her son were let off the plane and did not complete the trip to Oklahoma, said Kristy Nicholas, spokeswoman for Express Jet Airlines, which flies as Continental Express on behalf of Continental Airlines.

Attempts by the Associated Press to reach Penland under a telephone listing that matched her last name were unsuccessful.

"I was crying, I was upset and I was thinking, 'What am I going to do? I don't have anything with me, I don't have any more diapers for the baby, no juice, no milk," Penland told WSB.

Nicholas said, "We received Ms. Penland's letter expressing her concerns and intend to investigate its contents."

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I agree with the mother. I would have no idea why the flight attendant would react like that. I wish I could add more in this line but I can't. What do you guys think about this?

[HurricaneHunter914]

I agree too, that flight attendant had no right to speak to the mother that way. IMO, the flight would have been more pleasant if the attendant hadn't taken the woman off the plane in the 1st place. To tell someone to shut their baby up is rude and very professional like. I hope the woman receives an apology from the attendant.

[southerngale]

Oh, would I ever be ticked off. If I was her, when she told me that I needed to shut my baby up, I believe I would have shut her up with a fist to the mouth. Ok, maybe I'm exaggerating a little, but she would have gotten an earful.

She would probably do better in a job that doesn't require any social skills.

Gee, how would you like a wench like that to greet you before your trip?

[Chacor]

I hope the woman receives an apology from the attendant.

I hope the attendant gets fired.

[O Town]

I agree she needs to be fired immediately. No excuse for that at all. I mean is the first time a baby has disrupted a flight, if you would call it a disruption. I don't think so. What a rude woman, she obviously has no children, and if she does she shouldn't.

[TexasStooge]

I hope the woman receives an apology from the attendant.

I hope the attendant gets fired.

Same here.

[Miss Mary]

I saw this video online yesterday and my heart just broke for this mother and child. I'd be outraged if I were her too! I think this flight attendant was in the wrong and had been growing very weary of noisy, young children on flights. Upon hearing this little boy's chatter, she decided enough was enough and she would fabricate the facts so the mother and child would be forced off the plane. That is simply not right! When the clip I saw started, it was stated the little boy repeated 3 words, over and over. I naturally thought they must have been alarming words....and they were: "Bye bye plane".

This flight attendant must not be a mother b/c I would have thought that was cute and then figured out a way to distract the child. He wouldn't have said these words the entire flight.

And so what if he did?

I think someone should say to this f. attendant - "Bye, bye". As in, you're fired lady.

I'm glad this story was released. If I had been a passenger on this plane, I would feel obligated to give the facts as I saw them. Which is not what this f. attendant said happened!

[artist]

We need to hear both sides of this story. Something just doesn't quite sound right, to me anyway.
If indeed it is true then, yes, she should be fired and I bet she will be.

[alicia-w]

the airlines and whoever supports them will probably construe the situation to be that the mother refused to obey flight crew instructions. on a side note, when my children were small, i usually gave them dramamine before a flight....knocked them right out.

[Stephanie]

What I don't get is how every one else on that plane and in the airport allowed this to happen????

Hopefully we will hear that she was fired.

[TreasureIslandFLGal]

What I don't get is how every one else on that plane and in the airport allowed this to happen????

Hopefully we will hear that she was fired.

Well, the way airlines & airports are these days, if anyone else had protested too strongly they may have been treated as though they had smuggled a set of fingernail clippers on board and been discharged from the plane too!!

The woman clearly needs to find other employment and the airline needs to do a better job training their employees!!

[Ptarmigan]

I've seen worse things on airlines than this.

[Stephanie]

What I don't get is how every one else on that plane and in the airport allowed this to happen????

Hopefully we will hear that she was fired.

Well, the way airlines & airports are these days, if anyone else had protested too strongly they may have been treated as though they had smuggled a set of fingernail clippers on board and been discharged from the plane too!!

The woman clearly needs to find other employment and the airline needs to do a better job training their employees!!

Unfortunately, we've become more and more paranoid. I actually dread my flight to and from Las Vegas in September.

[Category 5]

What I don't get is how every one else on that plane and in the airport allowed this to happen????

Hopefully we will hear that she was fired.

Well, the way airlines & airports are these days, if anyone else had protested too strongly they may have been treated as though they had smuggled a set of fingernail clippers on board and been discharged from the plane too!!

The woman clearly needs to find other employment and the airline needs to do a better job training their employees!!

Unfortunately, we've become more and more paranoid. I actually dread my flight to and from Las Vegas in September.

I'm flying tommorow lol.

[Ptarmigan]

What happened to the joys of flying? Flying was actually a fun thing to do.

[chadtm80]

We need to hear both sides of this story. Something just doesn't quite sound right, to me anyway.
If indeed it is true then, yes, she should be fired and I bet she will be.

[ohiostorm]

It's not like the baby was crying histerically which can be a pain on a small flight. The baby was just repeating itself and saying the same thing. The FA has no right to do what she did. I hope she is fired and the lady is giving some sort of compensation for her troubles.

[Stephanie]

What happened to the joys of flying? Flying was actually a fun thing to do.

Things are totally different now after 9/11.

There are things that need to be done to protect our safety, no question about it. However, I feel like I'm sitting in a friggin' cramped cage - I'm waiting for the seats to become two for one...

Have a safe trip Cat 5.

[Ptarmigan]

What happened to the joys of flying? Flying was actually a fun thing to do.

Things are totally different now after 9/11.

There are things that need to be done to protect our safety, no question about it. However, I feel like I'm sitting in a friggin' cramped cage - I'm waiting for the seats to become two for one...

Have a safe trip Cat 5.

Yeah, tell me about it! That's how I feel too. It's even worse than a cage.

[Category 5]

What happened to the joys of flying? Flying was actually a fun thing to do.

Things are totally different now after 9/11.

There are things that need to be done to protect our safety, no question about it. However, I feel like I'm sitting in a friggin' cramped cage - I'm waiting for the seats to become two for one...

Have a safe trip Cat 5.

Thanks Steph

The flight was actually smooth. Had a nice crew that kept my drink full lol.

Southwest airlines is pretty good, the crew usually tries to have a little fun.