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deegee
The two questions I have about the Delta problem are:
(1) Did the older kid use the ticket originally intended for travel on the other flight? That is, was the money used for that ticket transferrable to his new flight? If so, then the seat on his original flight was empty and could be resold to another passenger. There was no mention in the article about someone else claiming the seat, so I tend to doubt it. Also, Schear obtained a boarding pass after canceling the older kid's ticket and buying a new one, so the airline knew what the Schears were doing and approved of it.
(2) Was the car seat they brought onto the plane an "approved child safety seat," so Schear could use it in the vacant seat? If so, then the Delta FA was surely in error saying the kid couldn't be in a seat at all.
Even if Delta doesn't allow tickets to be transferred to another person (I assume for security purposes), in this case the other person it is being transferred to happens to be a passenger already legally aboard the plane. Common sense tells me this is not a security issue and an exception can be made.
With all the flap about airlines kicking people off planes who have already (legally) boarded, I think Delta screwed up. I also found it interesting that Delta's CEO did not appear at the recent congressional hearing even though top brass from most of the other major airlines (American, United, Southwest, Alaska) did appear, and all promised not to forcibly remove passengers who had legally boarded unless it is for security or medical reasons.
If the seat belonged to the Schears and the car seat was not an approved safety seat, then let the kid sit on the dad's lap during takeoff and landing but let the kid sit in the empty seat, with or without the car seat, in flight.
Barring something big but not yet known, I am siding with the Schears.
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cfuter
Thank doG some normal people on the 'net here. Everyone on Twitter is on the white knight's side.
After he threatened the employee, even if 'right' he shouldve got removed from plane because how can the pilot let him fly after threatening someone???????? I like how some of the news headlines stated employee challenged passenger to a fight. Uh, no, the stupid fucking white knight jumped over his wife, and left his seat to challenge the employee to a fight. If I was his wife, I would've climbed under the seat in embarrassment. I knew because of stupid baby idiot Dr Dao, everyone is gonna go down some slippery slope of thinking they have to grandstand everytime they dont get their way.
I have never had a problem w/ rudeness or anything on a plane. We live in an upside down world. It will work against us all in the long run one day.