Austistic teen kicked off plane.....

[Anonymous]

I agree withthe piolot on this one-the mother was demanding hot food from 1st class (they were in economy)-in order to prevent her 15 year old autistic daughter from melting down and scratching people. They gave kid the hot food and she calmed down but was asked to deplane 30 minutes later-mother is now going to sue. I agree with kicking them off-what an entitled a-hole of a mother! She creates a problem by not planning beforehand and then looks for a big payday over an issue she herself caused.

[Anonymous]

link to story?

[Anonymous]

For a plane to make an emergency landing something pretty serious had to be going on. I hope video comes out from the flight.

[Anonymous]

I heard about this story. I think having them removed from the plane was a bit much, but so is suing. But look, you gotta know and deal with your own children. Having a child with autism isn't a green light to being demanding. It sounds like the parents like a bit of drama and attention, and escalated things by not being prepared to deal with their child's issues.

[Anonymous]

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/family-kicked-flight-after-daughter-autism-deemed-disruption-n356811

[Anonymous]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/05/11/oregon-family-says-were-kicked-off-united-flight-due-to-autistic-daughter/

The mother asked for warm food.
The flight attendant said it was only for 1st class.
The teen started to get fussy.
The flight attendant gave her food.
The teen stopped fussing.
The plane made an emergency landing and the police got on the plane and made the family leave.
The family quietly exited the plane.

I vote the flight staff made the wrong decision to divert the plane and force the family off.

[Anonymous]

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/autistic-girl-from-oregon-kicked-off-airplane

[Anonymous]

Utterly insane. How hard is it to heat up a sandwich for a girl who might have issues without it? The other passengers on the plane said at no time did the girl get upset, mom was trying to avoid the meltdown, and the first class flight attendant was an ass. In one video you could hear other passengers saying to leave them alone.

[Anonymous]

This is a case where I really feel like I need more information about what actually happened before I pass judgment. We have the mother's best-case version of what happened, but even that raises questions, like why didn't she plan for this accordingly (such as packing food in a heated thermos), and what was her back-up plan if, for some reason, the flight attendants actually couldn't get her hot food? Also, exactly what did she tell the flight attendant would happen if her daughter didn't settle down? If what she said gave the flight attendant cause to be concerned about the safety of others on the plane (i.e., would she become violent if mom couldn't settle her), that might be good reason to divert and remove her from the plane *before* she became violent rather than waiting until she did and someone got hurt.

[Anonymous]

Parenting a special needs kid does not give you carte blanche to be an entitled asshole making all sorts of demands that you did not pay for-she should have fed the kid before getting on the plane or brought food the kid liked and asked to heat it up. The mom is full of it-bet she did not wait on one line while at disney either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parenting a special needs kid does not give you carte blanche to be an entitled asshole making all sorts of demands that you did not pay for-she should have fed the kid before getting on the plane or brought food the kid liked and asked to heat it up. The mom is full of it-bet she did not wait on one line while at disney either.

There are actually Special Needs passes for Disney, but not ones for being a jerk.

[Anonymous]

You can't threaten that your kid will get violent to get what you want and then be surprised that the flight attendants take precautions in case your kid gets violent. Landing the plane was probably an overreaction, but the mother didn't handle the whole situation well either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a case where I really feel like I need more information about what actually happened before I pass judgment. We have the mother's best-case version of what happened, but even that raises questions, like why didn't she plan for this accordingly (such as packing food in a heated thermos), and what was her back-up plan if, for some reason, the flight attendants actually couldn't get her hot food? Also, exactly what did she tell the flight attendant would happen if her daughter didn't settle down? If what she said gave the flight attendant cause to be concerned about the safety of others on the plane (i.e., would she become violent if mom couldn't settle her), that might be good reason to divert and remove her from the plane *before* she became violent rather than waiting until she did and someone got hurt.

Yes, and I wonder at what point they decided to divert. We don't know what the pilot was told and what information he/she used to decide to divert the plane. Perhaps by the time the girl calmed down after getting the food, the plane had already changed its flight plan and started the emergency landing so it was too late at that point to continue on to Portland.

[Anonymous]

The reporters need to interview the other passengers, paramedics and police who took the report.

Seems like this woman has a really good case. Looks like United needs to change some procedures.

[Anonymous]

The other passengers sided with the mother and daughter. Well except one old WT woman. There are still so many in our society that think autism is really a result of bad parenting. Dealing with kids who have autism is not easy. Their meltdowns are big and real... And not a result of the kid being a brat or the parents being bad parents!