Dad doesn't want to fly Alaska again? This Alaska flier thanks him.

Amen, arjaylee54.

That's just the way it is...a pilot has the ultimate say so ...on everything.

he's ultimately responsible to the FAA, lawyers, and everyone else if something goes wrong.

How exactly the pilot would have dealt with the problem mid-flight...lol

Buh Bye!

Having just experianced the exact same thing I must say it's the parents, not the airline. Our experiance was, the mother sat several rows away and the child and grandmother sat in front of us. The child refused to sit down for the take off. As soon as we were air born he stood on the seat faced us and violently shook the back of the seat. I told him to turn around and sit down with my sternest voice. His grand mother did nothing but she was feeding him soft ice cream which was getting all over the seat. I said to her that she needed to control the child and was ignored. She eventualy changed seats with him so he was seated in the middle. He then proceeded to hit the woman pasasenger who was seated by the window. My solution would have been to have him seated out side of the plane. Yep, this was an alaska airline plane. No help from the stewards. The parents are the problem!!!

Another case of self important parents who feel that their little darling is the center of the universe because they can tell time, or take a deuce at the age of three.

News Flash: your brat is a pain in theass and whenever I took my kids on a plane (at that age, which wasn't often) and their was the SLIGHTEST chance of them becoming....er, unmanageable....three words:

1. Dime

2. A

3. Tap

Works wonders and all the passengers congratulate you on well behaved your child is.

I recommend just enough to take the edge off....although some of the littlebstards need the knockout dose!

Well Put

Try Southwest next time. Open seating and priority boarding for families allow you to sit altogether. It's nearly impossible to arrange seats together on other airlines especially with different prices for every seat. From one parent to another, I feel your pain. ...and let's face it, flying is a miserable experience for EVERYONE... the fat guy, the smelly guy, the sick guy, the talker, the snorer, the hog the armrest guy, the bump your elbow everytime flight attendant, the screaming kid...

It's a federal law that applies to Southwest too. If you live in reality you will know that these laws apply to all carriers that operate in the united states. The airlines get massive fines for disobeying federal laws. They don't get to pick and choose which laws they abide by.

Age 3 is much too old for such behavior. This shows a lack of proper parenting from Day 1. The only exception is if this child is a Special Needs child...and no I am not referring to ADD or ADHD...which only, apparently, came into existence 15 years ago.

I love how this guy takes no responsibility for his jerk son, and blames the airline. Does he realize his family delayed hundreds of people? Good riddance.

i hadn't gotten that far yet, but yeah! what about the other 100+ or so people? the guy doesn't seem to be phased at all about hassling them!

as a parent, i'd be MORTIFIED. however, as a parent, my kid wouldn't be ALLOWED to get that "antsy." (cute word to basically say the kid was being a disruptive little snot to the point of TURNING A PLANE AROUND)

OH, and as a kid, my parents would have DESTROYED me if acted like that! PARENTS! STOP BEING DOORMATES FOR YOU PERFECT LITTLE ANGELS!!! YOU DO THEM NO GOOD SERVICE BOWING TO THEM!!!

doormats.

TOGETHER ? And then they wonder why stuff like this happens. A three year old IS a three year old. And there have been tree year olds flying with their parents for over 50 years. ........ Maybe it just hasn't made the news before, but I've never heard of a flight kicking off a three year old before.