AM I THE ONLY MONSTER...

...who was thrilled to see a couple and their uncontrollable (she put the troll back in uncontrollable!) bratty daughter bounced off a plane as she refused to take her seat before take-off and was hitting the parents? Though I may look pregnant, I can't actually bear children, but I know from my sister's offspring what a committment they can be. As in a non-stop committment for 13 years--at least! I know that there are going to be occasional flare-ups wich even Bose noise-cancelling headphones and a Valium can't extinguish, but if your brat is prone to fits, sedate the little monster! Don't you think there should be mandatory sedation for proven wailers on any flight over two hours? Cuz if they ain't yelling, their kicking the back of your seat. So if you can't control your kid, slip them a vitamin V and show a little consideration for your fellow passengers. Or maybe they could check them with the rest of their luggage in one of those pet cages? Does anyone else think this is a good idea? Or will I once again be proven to be inhuman?


From yahoo.com:

ORLANDO, Fla. - AirTran Airways on Tuesday defended its decision to remove a Massachusetts couple from a flight after their crying 3-year-old daughter refused to take her seat before takeoff.

AirTran officials said they followed Federal Aviation Administration rules that children age 2 and above must have their own seat and be wearing a seat belt upon takeoff.

"The flight was already delayed 15 minutes and in fairness to the other 112 passengers on the plane, the crew made an operational decision to remove the family," AirTran spokeswoman Judy Graham-Weaver said.

Julie and Gerry Kulesza, who were headed home to Boston on Jan. 14 from Fort Myers, said they just needed a little more time to calm their daughter, Elly.

"We weren't given an opportunity to hold her, console her or anything," Julie Kulesza said in a telephone interview Tuesday.

The Kuleszas said they told a flight attendant they had paid for their daughter's seat, but asked whether she could sit in her mother's lap. The request was denied.

She was removed because "she was climbing under the seat and hitting the parents and wouldn't get in her seat" during boarding, Graham-Weaver said.