Originally Posted by zresnik
the airlines is now being sued $10,000 for a secuirty breech (they made a copy of my sons birth certificate in Liberia as proof). The fact is, American Airlines screwed up big time by flying us without proper documentation to an international country, and I am looking to take massive action against them for what they have done.
I am having a little trouble understanding a) why you are suing American Airlines for $10,000
and b) why is photocopying your child's birth certificate a security breech?
If AA determines their check-in agent was at fault for accepting a birth certificate rather than a passport, they most likely would comp you new tickets or return your money. But threatening a lawsuit isn't going to do it for you - not when they have a small army of in-house and on-retainer attornies to deal with petty annoyances such as this. And to AA, your threat
is a petty annoyance.
As for the breech of security you're claiming, I just don't see it. An unticketed passenger would constitute a breech of security - but not a child who had been checked in and issued a boarding pass. Okay the child may have been improperly checked in, but that still doesn't mean the child was a security breech.
I understand you are upset at having your trip ruined, but truthfully most of the fault is yours for not double checking the Costa Rican requirements for entering the country and obtaining a passport for your child.