Mother Says Baby's Recurring 'Bye Bye, Plane' Comment Got Them Kicked Off Airpla

[Dr. Blutarsky]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289119,00.html


Mother Says Baby's Recurring 'Bye Bye, Plane' Comment Got Them Kicked Off Airplane

Thursday, July 12, 2007

 
ATLANTA ?  The mother of a 19-month-old boy says she and her son were kicked off a plane after she refused a stewardess' request to medicate her son to keep him from talking.

Kate Penland, who lives in Gwinnett County in suburban Atlanta, said she and her son, Garren, had boarded the Continental Express plane last month after an 11-hour delay in Houston on an Atlanta-Oklahoma flight.

Garren kept saying, "Bye bye, plane," Penland recalled. And she said the stewardess objected.

"At the end of her speech, she leaned over the gentleman beside me and said, 'It's not funny anymore. You need to shut your baby up,"' Penland told WSB-TV in Atlanta.

When Penland asked the woman if she was kidding, she said the stewardess replied, "You know, it's called baby Benadryl."

"And I said, 'Well, I'm not going to drug my child so you have a pleasant flight,"' Penland told the TV station.

Penland said other passengers began speaking up on her behalf, and the flight attendant announced they were turning around and that Penland and Garren were going to be taken off the plane.

"I was crying, I was upset and I was thinking, 'What am I going to do? I don't have anything with me, I don't have anymore diapers for the baby, no juice, no milk," Penland said.

The young mother said she later learned the flight attendant told the pilot that she had threatened her. Penland said that never happened.

Express Jet Airlines released a statement saying, "We received Ms. Penland's letter expressing her concerns and intend to investigate its contents." Express Jet did not immediately return a call Thursday from The Associated Press.

A fellow passenger told WSB none of the other passengers had problems with Garren and that Penland never threatened the flight attendant.

[Dr. Blutarsky]

How many people have dealt with an annoying child in a flight? It happens and pretty often . Its not the kids fault, people should just deal with it.  For those who actually try, it is no easy job for a parent to to control a child on a plane.

[2NaFish]

fuck it, they deserved it. Who names a child Garren? Garren?? Christ Almighty. Poor child. The mother should be flogged.

[The Dog]

Please, you guys are kidding right?  this is a fucking joke.  i know plenty of adults who have annoyed the shit out of me on planes by giggling and laughing with each other and talking very loud.

this kid wasn't screaming or crying - just being a baby.  i wonder if it was the words "bye bye plane" that were bugging her (like the kid was a terrorist or something).

passengers have rights too.

[2NaFish]

Please, you guys are kidding right?

no. i sincerely believe that people who give their kids daft names deserve to be flogged and that they forfeit their right to air travel.

[GeorgeSteele]

 i wonder if it was the words "bye bye plane" that were bugging her (like the kid was a terrorist or something).

Hilarious, I thought the same thing.? Maybe they should have named the kid Stewie.

[The Dog]

Please, you guys are kidding right?

no. i sincerely believe that people who give their kids daft names deserve to be flogged and that they forfeit their right to air travel.

agreed, but that has nothing to do with air planes

the dumbest names are celebrity ones:

Kal-El cage

inspektor pilot is the best though hahahb

[Communist China]

Such bullshit. Airtravel should be boycotted for their regular bullshit anyways.

[Bill 213]

Simply put that would freak me out.  I bet it was like that scene in the Shining where that kid kept going "redrum, redrum, redrum, etc."  I would have suggest locking him in a closet or bathroom for the duration of the flight though......that way you don't waste fuel turning around.  Garren, listen up you little heathen.....let me do the job your mother is afraid to do..."SHUT THE HELL UP!"

*This message was paid for by the Alec Baldwin Parenting Foundation.

[SLCPUNK]

I don't have a problem with little babies crying etc. I tend to think people over react to them/their parents sometimes.

[Bill 213]

Just think, this baby probably flew for free too.? That's the ultimate insult.? Those poor folks paid hundreds of bucks to see some little hobo stowaway who didn't fork over a cent to be on that plane act up like a fool.? I personally think babies should be substitutable for carry on luggage, but other than that be charged per pound.

We can't let the terrorists win like this.  9/11 showed us that freedom isn't free and we have to be as keen as ever on these planes.  God only knows if that little baby was a soldier of Allah, hellbent on destroying our values and freedom.  I think the Homeland Security Agency did the best job ever and hopefully this baby will serve hard time in Guantanamo.

[SLCPUNK]

We can't let the terrorists win like this.  9/11 showed us that freedom isn't free and we have to be as keen as ever on these planes.  God only knows if that little baby was a soldier of Allah, hellbent on destroying our values and freedom.  I think the Homeland Security Agency did the best job ever and hopefully this baby will serve hard time in Guantanamo.

You are right, I'm going to Home Depot right now to get some duct tape to protect my family.

[mrlee]

i guess next time someone talks during a movie in the cinema i can shoot them in the head!

[The Dog]

next time i'm on a plane I'm just going to keep repeating:

bye bye plane


hahahahah

[GeraldFord]

Wow...

The stewardess sure has good people skills...

[Bill 213]

We can't let the terrorists win like this.? 9/11 showed us that freedom isn't free and we have to be as keen as ever on these planes.? God only knows if that little baby was a soldier of Allah, hellbent on destroying our values and freedom.? I think the Homeland Security Agency did the best job ever and hopefully this baby will serve hard time in Guantanamo.

You are right, I'm going to Home Depot right now to get some duct tape to protect my family.

Don't forget some dog collars and bags for the heads....you can't really torture anyone Cheney-style without those necessities.

[stolat]

And dogs, you need savage dogs to bark in thier faces.......the Nazis used German Shepards, I believe.

[lynn1961]

Simply put that would freak me out.? I bet it was like that scene in the Shining where that kid kept going "redrum, redrum, redrum, etc."? I would have suggest locking him in a closet or bathroom for the duration of the flight though......that way you don't waste fuel turning around.? Garren, listen up you little heathen.....let me do the job your mother is afraid to do..."SHUT THE HELL UP!"

*This message was paid for by the Alec Baldwin Parenting Foundation.

You have no children, right? 

[Bill 213]

Simply put that would freak me out.? I bet it was like that scene in the Shining where that kid kept going "redrum, redrum, redrum, etc."? I would have suggest locking him in a closet or bathroom for the duration of the flight though......that way you don't waste fuel turning around.? Garren, listen up you little heathen.....let me do the job your mother is afraid to do..."SHUT THE HELL UP!"

*This message was paid for by the Alec Baldwin Parenting Foundation.

You have no children, right??

Just one......it's name is Sarcasm.  He's a fiesty one, he is!