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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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. [/quote]

Similar happened to me. My daughter started coughing on the tarmac, which means she was headed for an asthma attack. I went into overhead to get her albuterol, and the flight attendant (male) came back and started yelling at me. I told him the issue, asked for the little container in the front pocket of my bag. He gave me the wrong one - it was almost empty. I explained the situation again and he started yelling at me, telling me he was going to call the authorities. By now we were in-flight (short flight from Boston to DC). He told me he already got me a vial and I didn't need another. So I stood up and got it myself (seat belt signs were off by this point). He got the pilot who then came back and yelled at me, as I was nebulizing the baby (you'd think this would tip him off, but no). We arrived in DC and were met by the medics - the staff told them they wanted to prove my daughter was fine. Two older ladies sitting behind me had stayed on the plane to tell the medics that the staff refused to hand me the meds and that I asked politely, and never raised my voice. They said the baby never cried and that I handled things quickly and efficiently.

The medics did a pulse ox and told the staff point blank that my daughter HAD had a mild asthma attack and due to my quick thinking and persistence, they were lucky that they were only pissed off, that there could have been a real crisis had I not gotten the meds myself. They then commended me for having them in overhead, and not in the cargo area where they would not have been accessible. Sheepish staff tried to explain themselves and he told them the ONLY reason he was not taking the baby to the hospital to clear her, was because he felt confident I had full control and that she would be fine. By that point her pulse ox was back to normal.

The flight attendant is going to have her ass handed to her. [/quote]

That used to get you diverted to IAD. [/quote]

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