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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.....
This person doesn't accept responsiblity. Wrong He doesn't accept that he has options to 1) choose a flight that allows adjacent seat selection without extra fees,Wrong 2) pay the fee and sit together on the flight of their choosing,Wrong or 3) not fly until the child is older. N/A
He consciously chooses to sit apart from his 4 yo and then blames everyone else for creating a safety issue. wrong I suspect, this is a parent who won't be suckered into buying a car seat for his child either wrong. 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.
You've done about as fantastic of a job reading me as you did reading my post. Please re-read what I wrote and tell me how you came to any of your idiotic conclusions.
Not too long ago, one could buy a ticket to fly somewhere, bring a bag or two so that they would have clothes upon arrival, carry on a reasonable sized bag on the plane with them (granted on most airlines one can still do this) get a seat assignment, and get get a crappy high-fat, high-sodium meal; all included in the cost of their ticket. Now airlines charge extra for all of the above. When someone says "I'm not going to play the airline's game" and you wind up next to a hypothetical (not mine) 4 year-old next to you then your problem should be with the airline who has decided that an extra $25 in fees is worth more than the goodwill they lose by upsetting you and anyone else affected by a parent not being able to sit next to their young child.
Does the parent have a choice? Absolutely. Does the airline have a choice? Absolutely.