Whether a child has Down’s syndrome or not, allowing your child to run wild in a public place is just plain arrogance and lacks common courtesy. I do not accept what the parents said about the boy being TOTALLY calm. The father also made a telling little statement when he said "Usually my son gets his snack and falls asleep, just like most people.” Really…why was this little statement even made? Maybe the father should have fed his son his snack then.

That would have been just a wonderful cross-country with a 5’1 160lb boy all hyped out to the max. The cappy made a judgment call when he denied boarding. That is what he gets paid to do. Of course the press just loves to twist these kinds of stories into something they are not.