Kettle Invasion
May 5, 2011, 9:27 pm
#16
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Delta actually just started MIA-MCO service; my suspicion is that anybody with kids is just going to drive their massive SUV, leaving the flight about as sane as possible while still being a torture tube.
May 5, 2011, 9:43 pm
#17
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Well, you were not like your's truly...
I would have got the momma so worked up that she would have backhanded the lil booger eater herself... you were playing checkers when you shoulda been playing chess....
I would have got the momma so worked up that she would have backhanded the lil booger eater herself... you were playing checkers when you shoulda been playing chess....
May 5, 2011, 9:53 pm
#18
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Nicely played professor. 
May 5, 2011, 9:56 pm
#19
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May 5, 2011, 10:00 pm
#20
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May 5, 2011, 10:28 pm
#21
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I'm on 1805 DTW/MCO. Apparently this group of a mom, 2 daughters and the grand kid are all headed to see Mickey Mouse. They had some IROPs situation (probably got ejected from some flight) and because they no doubt complained something awful, they were put in F on this flight. The idiot (man I wish I had a name) CSA who dealt with them thought it would be ok to put this clan in 4A/D and 5A/D.
I'm sitting next to the mother, who is sitting in front of child, who is sitting with the sister. The mom is across the aisle from me, and she is working the guy in 4C to join the mile high club as much as the daughter is working me.
The kid is running up and down the aisle like a mad man, the FA (MCO based so used to this crap) is doing her best to keep everyone happy, and I am on my 5th Woodford.
Oh and the guy in 5C has an "emotional comfort animal" or whatever they call them - my allergies are going nuts.
I'm sitting next to the mother, who is sitting in front of child, who is sitting with the sister. The mom is across the aisle from me, and she is working the guy in 4C to join the mile high club as much as the daughter is working me.
The kid is running up and down the aisle like a mad man, the FA (MCO based so used to this crap) is doing her best to keep everyone happy, and I am on my 5th Woodford.
Oh and the guy in 5C has an "emotional comfort animal" or whatever they call them - my allergies are going nuts.
Sounds like you are saying the "mom" next to you is one of the daughters so the other "mom" is the grandmother. Mom is in 4A, you're in 4B, some guy is in 4C, and grandma is in 4D.
Since they also have seats 5A/D, that puts the child in 5A and the sister/daughter(?) in 5D.
I got the 5C comfort animal guy but 5B is another pax(?). If the crumb snatcher was in 5A behind his mother, how did grandma get 5B so that the child could be in her lap and kick your seat?
Sorry for the seating confusion, must be the 5th Woodford tonight.
BTW, I fly into MCO >30 times/yr and have had a situation similar to this only once. Usually not a problem with families but sometimes it is IROPS, sometimes award tix for the family that moves them up to the front. Sorry this was your flt from hell but most MCO flts are not this bad.
May 5, 2011, 10:45 pm
#22
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Daytona isn't that far away - like an hour - if you can get service on Delta there
I had to help a paraplegic out of his seat because his wife (35 years his junior) couldn't do it on her own. I bit my tongue and helped...
May 6, 2011, 12:22 am
#23
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You know, there's nothing in the OP that truly indicates that these were infrequent fliers. They might just as well have been DYKWIA Diamonds, including the kid.
Hey OP, you're only GM. The kid may well have had the right to kick your seat, just as all other Diamonds do. It's right there in the DM package. You're just lucky that Grandma didn't put her bare feet up on your armrest (also noted in the package, but we're too cool to actually do it).
Hey OP, you're only GM. The kid may well have had the right to kick your seat, just as all other Diamonds do. It's right there in the DM package. You're just lucky that Grandma didn't put her bare feet up on your armrest (also noted in the package, but we're too cool to actually do it).
Last edited by PaulMSN; May 6, 2011 at 12:28 am
May 6, 2011, 12:40 am
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The daughter is old enough to have a young child, so is obviously of age to provide IFE greatly surpassing that generally offered.
May 6, 2011, 6:39 am
#26
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"Booger Eaters"
AG
May 6, 2011, 7:12 am
#27
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You know, there's nothing in the OP that truly indicates that these were infrequent fliers. They might just as well have been DYKWIA Diamonds, including the kid.
Hey OP, you're only GM. The kid may well have had the right to kick your seat, just as all other Diamonds do. It's right there in the DM package. You're just lucky that Grandma didn't put her bare feet up on your armrest (also noted in the package, but we're too cool to actually do it).
Hey OP, you're only GM. The kid may well have had the right to kick your seat, just as all other Diamonds do. It's right there in the DM package. You're just lucky that Grandma didn't put her bare feet up on your armrest (also noted in the package, but we're too cool to actually do it).
Make sure you write a letter to DL to not only complain but also say how the FAs attempted to handle the situation, I imagine that this family will be writing complaining about the FA not letting the kid run up and done the isle.
May 6, 2011, 7:15 am
#28
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After I posted my first message, the grandmother got into it with the purser because the purser had the nerve to ask the child to not run up and down the aisle. Then the child was sitting in the grandmother's lap and repeatedly kicking my chair. I asked if the child could stop and the grandmother's response was (not making this up), "Shut up and have another drink ........"
May 6, 2011, 7:28 am
#29
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Tampa is a horrible drive. I4 from Daytona is easy and fast.
Wonder if MIA-MCO is less kid infested.
May 6, 2011, 8:03 am
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