R.I.P. Scout26
They sold his $1000 seat for $75. One of the details that really pisses me off, is in their statement about it, they say they are going to offer her something (they didn't say what; it should start with a full refund of both tickets) as a "goodwill gesture".
She wanted to complain but remembered other United incidents in the news. "The violence. Teeth getting knocked out," she says. "I'm Asian. I'm scared and I felt uncomfortable. I didn't want those things to happen to me." Five days after the flight, United offered Yamauchi a refund for Taizo's ticket, a travel voucher, and an apology, claiming Taizo's boarding pass wasn't properly scanned and gate agents believed he hadn't checked in. But Yamauchi says she saw agents scan Taizo's ticket. "It just doesn't add up," she says.
The article says the child was 27 months old, meaning he doesn't qualify as a lap child. The FAA isn't going to like that. There is a chance that United will be paying a fine for allowing that child to travel as a lap child.
Wasn't it United that had the Asian guy dragged off the plane not long ago? And now another high-profile screw-up with an Asian passenger, and a revoked seat. Interesting.
"The station notes that FAA guidelines advise parents against holding kids on their laps."And didn't that come about as a result of a United crash?
Advises. But in a car, a child has to be strapped in to specially designed seats. The whole lap-child idea is stupid and should be disallowed.
