On 12 Jul 2007 13:22:28 -0700, Banty wrote:
>Y'know - something is fishy about the whole story. Wonder if we'll ever hear
>from one of the other pax who were there...
>
>Banty
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/13664685/detail.html
Flight Attendant Boots Gwinnett Mom, Baby From Plane
POSTED: 4:51 pm EDT July 11, 2007
UPDATED: 8:21 pm EDT July 11, 2007
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. -- A Gwinnett County mother says she wants
answers and action after she and her baby were kicked off a plane.
Kate Penland said she was glad to board the plane in Houston after an
11-hour delay to visit her father in Oklahoma. But she said a rude and
aggressive flight attendant caused her to get to Oklahoma a day late.
Penland thinks her 19-month-old son, Garren, has a bubbly personality.
But Penland said when they were aboard a Continental Express plane, a
flight attendant became annoyed by Garren’s personality when he kept
saying three words.
“As we started taxiing, he started saying ‘Bye, bye plane,’ said
Penland. “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.’
In disbelief, Penland asked the woman if she was kidding. It was then,
Penland said, the flight attendant went too far.
“She then said, ‘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 said when the other passengers began speaking up on her
behalf, the flight attendant got angrier and soon 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,” said Penland.
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 that said, "We received Ms.
Penland’s letter expressing her concerns and intend to investigate its
contents."
A fellow passenger told Channel 2's Rachel Kim none of the other
passengers had problems with Garren and that Penland never threatened
the flight attendant.
Penland is considering legal action.
Copyright 2007 by WSBTV.com.
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