8 hours of screaming on a flight
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Anonymous
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I came very very close to being kicked off of a domestic flight with my special needs child. So I have a TON of empathy for the parents and can acutely imagine the anxiety and desperation they felt.
That said, the kid needed to be sedated. Some benzodiazepines would have gone a long way. I know a PP was upset at that suggestion “f*ck you” but that is standard treatment for a child or adult who is likely to have that sort of off the charts reaction to a flight or other travel that is necessary |
Anonymous
I hope the alcohol was free. Ear plugs/headsets do not drown out everything. No one was cruel to his or his mom's face. The passengers were very nice based on the video evidence. |
Anonymous
| Where is an exorcist when you need one? |
Anonymous
The better word to use is "sedated" but it's true. You either don't fly with a child like that, or if it's genuinely unavoidable (which literally means a life-saving operation for the child or a permanent move/deployment to another country, absolutely not just that someone wanted to visit someone or go to an event or do some traveling) then you take steps to at least TRY to ensure that it's not the Trip From Hell for all other passengers. That woman was as entitled as hell. And for the record I have a SN child. |
Anonymous
If I knew my child had behavioral issues, *I would never* go on an 8 hour flight with him. |
Anonymous
| He was screaming g prior to plane taking off and he and his mother should have been removed then. |
Anonymous
This. I feel horrible for the parents. The passengers too but it is much more painful watching your own child in this condition. |
Anonymous
but we've seen enough to know what it must have been like to be on that plane |
Anonymous
That's why most people wouldn't put their child in that kind of situation. |
Anonymous
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I couldn't decide if the child had special issues or was just a brat. Certainly, the mom did not seem to be prepared. I have seen parents let their kids do whatever they wish and run around and scream at shopping malls--but not eight hours on a plane. I've flown back and forth to Germany a number of times and heard plenty of screaming kids--but not for the whole trip.
If this is the way the kid always behaves, mom should have been better prepared. Was she alone with him? Where was Dad? |
Anonymous
Exactly. I've seen enough to know that it's inexcusable and the parents should be punished. |
Anonymous
| This is 3 min of an 8 hour plane ride. I feel awful for everyone on that plane but I don’t think it’s fair to totally blame the mother for not doing anything. Maybe she spend the 7 hrs 57 min we don’t see trying to calm him. Maybe she tried Benadryl but it had the opposite affect? |
Anonymous
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Did anyone ask if there was a priest aboard who could have performed an exorcism?
Stop making excuses for this dreadful mother and her devil child! |
Anonymous
I'm going to start packing holy water on flights. |
Anonymous
The parents I know who have had this experience, have been bringing their child home via international adoption. So, they have a toddler and no shared language, and no bond to build on. I'm not saying that's the case here, but there are families who have good reasons to travel. We don't know if mom knew it was likely to be this bad. Kids are unpredictable. Kids with disabilities can be even more so. If she knew expected this, then yes she probably should have taken steps, but for all we know she did they didn't work. It's possible that she brought melatonin or Benadryl and thought that would be enough. |