Mother booted off flight for asking passengers to mind baby

mkpdavies · 14-02-2007, 11:38 PM

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/a...aby/article.do

Quote:

TO Ann Jordan and her family, it was simply a kind gesture from a fellow passenger who wanted to help resolve a problem.

But instead of allowing one of her two young children to sit on the lap of another traveller during take-off and landing, the airline marched her off the plane.

The reason given by easyJet had nothing to do with safety on board the short-haul flight.

It was made, it was explained, because of child protection fears.

And even though Mrs Jordan was sitting next to the woman passenger who had offered to look after her three-month-old son, Kaleb, she was told it was too much of a risk.

Couldn't make it up.

NoMoreEUSSR · 15-02-2007, 05:36 AM

The moral? Don't fly DODGYJET.

Bluemerle · 15-02-2007, 09:03 AM

The whole world is going mad :twisted:

rjt · 15-02-2007, 09:18 AM

Gone mad some time ago I fear, what business was it of the airline to interfere in a privvate arrangement between two women that clearly did not threaten flight safety.

g hall · 15-02-2007, 10:38 AM

PC and litigation mad so courtesy and kindness get thrown out the window no doubt some idiot feels proud of themselves

Feldoon · 15-02-2007, 10:56 AM

I can see this from the captain's point of view easily.

Yes it seems insane but you can never be assured of someone's intentions, stranger or not.

I see that easyJet have just lost some customers.

harryaldridge · 15-02-2007, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Feldoon

I can see this from the captain's point of view easily.

Yes it seems insane but you can never be assured of someone's intentions, stranger or not.

Surely it is the choice of the mother if she lets another passenger do this? It is no business of the airline or any other passenger.

Westcountryman · 15-02-2007, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Yes it seems insane but you can never be assured of someone's intentions, stranger or not.

Yes but the airline is exempt from any liability so long as the child is in full view of the parent, which is true in this case.

arden forester · 17-02-2007, 06:40 PM

Feldoon, do you think all people are potentially dangerous? What a sad world!

Quote:

But the captain claimed that because the woman passenger was a stranger it was possible – although highly unlikely – that Kaleb could be abused.

It is such a sick society. PC parasites all over the place. Surely a mother sitting next to another woman can make a deal like this.

By the way, is the captain a molester of flight attendants?

15-02-2007, 10:38 AM	#5 (permalink)
g hall Uber Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: erewhon Posts: 5,935	PC and litigation mad so courtesy and kindness get thrown out the window no doubt some idiot feels proud of themselves __________________ "That government is best which governs least." "This is a sharp Medicine, but it is a Physician for all diseases and miseries". "To be "matter of fact" about the world is to blunder into fantasy --and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful." TANSTAAFL TANJ

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

15-02-2007, 05:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
NoMoreEUSSR Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: ANZAC-Land Posts: 492	The moral? Don't fly DODGYJET.

15-02-2007, 09:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
Bluemerle Uber Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dorset. Posts: 3,252	The whole world is going mad :twisted:

15-02-2007, 09:18 AM	#4 (permalink)
rjt Uber Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Aldershot Posts: 5,767 Party: Other	Gone mad some time ago I fear, what business was it of the airline to interfere in a privvate arrangement between two women that clearly did not threaten flight safety.

15-02-2007, 10:56 AM	#6 (permalink)
Feldoon Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,003	I can see this from the captain's point of view easily. Yes it seems insane but you can never be assured of someone's intentions, stranger or not. I see that easyJet have just lost some customers.