Dear Flight Attendant from United Flight 6223,
I know you’ve been getting a bit of flack lately for your decision to remove a crying toddler and his seven months pregnant mother from your flight on Wednesday, but can I just be the first to say thank you?
I’ve been on a flight with a crying child (my niece! yikes!) and it was just awful. Easily one of the worst experiences of my entire life. If I had to think about all of the terrible things that have ever happened to me in my lifetime, riding on a plane with a screaming child for a few hours is probably number two. Number one is when I had a tumor in my toe in junior high and couldn’t play basketball, but a crying baby on a plane is seriously a close second. A bad flight is something that haunts you forever.
You did the right thing by kicking off that child and his pregnant mother. As you noted, it was for the safety of the other passengers. I fear for my life when I board a plane and see a baby. It’s just a chilling feeling to know I’m in the air with a creature so small who could lash out at any moment.
If you ask me, babies and pregnant women should be on the No Fly List. No questions asked. If they want to repopulate the earth that’s fine, but they better not disrupt anyone else while doing it!
Furthermore, would I be out of line here if I suggested we stop letting old people fly as well?
Often times they fall asleep and their heavy breathing freaks me out. Sometimes they startle themselves awake and then they look around like they have no idea where they are. It’s just a bit unsettling.
On the flip side, if they are awake they spend the entire time looking over your shoulder trying to spot swimming pools on the ground. That can’t be safe for the passengers around them. What if they accidentally start peeing because they get confused and suddenly think they’re in a pool? Like a crying a baby, it’s just too much of a risk.
Like you said, it’s all about keeping your passengers safe and comfortable.
Speaking of comfortable, have you ever considered kicking off minorities or people with disabilities? Being that I’m a woman, I know I’m technically a minority so I realize I’m kicking myself off here, but hey, occasionally I scream and throw fits so I’m probably a flight risk as well.
And since we’re talking about screaming, sometimes intellectually disabled people get upset and start “acting out” too. Are you thinking what I’m thinking? Get them off. It would be super annoying to interrupt a “normal” person or cause them to have an uncomfortable flight just because someone else can’t calm down.
Because like pregnant mothers traveling alone with toddlers, disabled people have it way too easy in this life to be causing anyone else trouble for a few minutes. Am I right? Or am I right? If there’s a bone to throw, these people don’t need it!
Lastly, let’s kick off the pilot too. It makes me uncomfortable when he says “good morning, passengers” when it’s clearly the afternoon.
Thank you for being a wonderfully empathetic flight attendant and understanding that in no way did I take my above requests too far. I didn’t go too far, just like you didn’t go too far.
XOXO
Girl Who Wants A Blanket Because Like My Feet Are Cold
Ha, yes! I have been the mom with the crying baby, and it is by far the WORST to be the one that everyone hates and gives death stares to. Because I love listening to babies cry, too, and clearly wanted to be the one trying to console a crying child while trapped in a flying tin can with no way to escape, RIGHT?! 😉
bahaha! is it really sad that I hadn't heard of this (living under a rock here) but seriously?? wow. I thank god she made the right decision. babies on planes is the issue, america.
Hahaha that is nuts. There was a crying baby on my flight the other day. I actually heard someone complaining about how a mother should know how to keep her baby quiet on a plane. I was just waiting for her to say something like, "I bet she doesn't breastfeed because babies who are breastfed don't cry on planes!"