Originally Posted by
maniac78
You can't always assume that people didn't plan and select seats together. I was on a flight a while ago that I had booked well in advance and had selected seats so that my 4 year old, my 2 year old and my wife were all together. I knew about the exit rules etc etc etc. I checked seat guru, and as far as I knew the seats I selected were fine for kids. Come check in time they inform me that kids can't seat BEHIND an exit row. We're suddenly all separated. Luckily it all worked out in the end.
You are not the type of parent who concerns most of us. While you tried to do right, not everyone is as proactive. For example.....
The true problem lies with the airlines who chose to charge for anything but a middle seat, not the people who choose not to be suckered into that game. If anyone has a problem with the fact that they are stuck next to a 4 year-old then their problem is with the airline.
This person doesn't accept responsiblity. He doesn't accept that he has options to 1) choose a flight that allows adjacent seat selection without extra fees, 2) pay the fee and sit together on the flight of their choosing, or 3) not fly until the child is older.
He consciously chooses to sit apart from his 4 yo and then blames everyone else for creating a safety issue. I suspect, this is a parent who won't be suckered into buying a car seat for his child either. The family should not only be deplaned, but someone should call child welfare before parental delusion of entitlement results in real harm to the child.