homeland "security"

[faceless_wonder]

this story is absolutely ridiculous. airplane "security" has gone too far.

trying to force a mother to drug her kid, and then kicking them both off the plane, for the kid saying "bye bye plane" over and over again? the kid isn't even two years old. he has no concept of "security implications." if he were parading around in a car, seeing other cars going in other lanes, he'd probably be saying "bye bye car." it's baby chatter. that kid is not a security threat, and anyone who thinks he was is just plain stupid.

yes, i know. i never go to bat for kids. i hate kids. whenever i mention them here, i am usually trashing them. but, this isn't really about the kid. this is about the adults running the flight. this is a shining example of zero tolerance gone too far--of adults being extremely stupid, and too wedded to bright-line standards of what "should" and "should not" be said on an airplane to use a little common sense. this isn't an adult telling jokes about guns and bombs. this is a kid who doesn't know any better and is not old or sophisticated enough to mean anything sinister. let it slide.

Comments

[agent-alpo.livejournal.com]

It sounds more like the flight attendant was annoyed by the kid's repetitive babble and decided to use what little power she had to get them off the plane. Doesn't excuse it at all, but it doesn't sound like anyone was worried about security, based off the report you linked.

Sounds like that flight attendant needs to look for a different job if she can't handle a kid talking.

[faceless-wonder.livejournal.com]

yeah...i do have a tendency to believe that anyone involved in air travel overreacts to stupid things. if it was the flight attendant getting pissed...i agree, she needs a new job.