Although the heroic and presumably, hailed decision to kick a brat kid and her parents off a plane will surely end in some public apologies and lame protest, I have to say, I think this decisive move warrants a thumbs up in my book.

The toddlers parents speak to the Associated Press as published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

“We weren’t given an opportunity to hold her, console her or anything,” Julie Kulesza said in a telephone interview Tuesday.

The Kuleszas said they told a flight attendant they had paid for their daughter’s seat, but asked whether she could sit in her mother’s lap. The request was denied

She was removed because “she was climbing under the seat and hitting the parents and wouldn’t get in her seat” during boarding, Graham-Weaver said.

The Orlando-based carrier reimbursed the family $595.80, the cost of the three tickets, and the Kuleszas flew home the next day.

They also were offered three roundtrip tickets anywhere the airline flies, Graham-Weaver said.

No doubt, kids will have mental melt-downs here and there, but if this kid was hitting her parents, then she was just being an asshole and it’s not fair to the rest of the passengers to put their lives on hold for someone else’s kid, although I’m sure the parents felt entitled to it.

Personally, I’m sick and tired of the little 3-foot Princes and Princesses who are taught that their lives are more important than anybody else’s.

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