Originally Posted by xjsaab (Post 847164)

I always make sure the UM's are sitting next to a woman on the flight. Never next to a man. I taught my kid to that if he is ever lost go to a woman. When's the last time you saw a firefighter or cop? When's the last time you saw a woman. The kid will get frustrated and scared looking for a uniform.

Originally Posted by xjsaab (Post 847164)

I always make sure the UM's are sitting next to a woman on the flight. Never next to a man. I taught my kid to that if he is ever lost go to a woman. When's the last time you saw a firefighter or cop? When's the last time you saw a woman. The kid will get frustrated and scared looking for a uniform.

Originally Posted by DelDah Capt (Post 847181)

Do you allow your 9 yr old to attend public schools?
Do you allow your 9 yr old to ride the school bus unattended?
Have you ever dropped your 9 yr old off at Little League practice and them run errands?
Would you allow your 9 yr old to go to a friend's birthday party at the Mini-golf with the Friend's parents in charge?
Would you allow a 9 yr old to go to a G rated movie with his friends?

The fact is that we leave our children under other's supervision all the time with the reasonable expectation that they will exercise due care. These parents PAID for a service and the service was not rendered. End of story.

I realize there is an inherent bias on this board in that no one believes that an airline employee could ever possibly make a mistake....but it happens. I know I'll be branded a heretic, but Pilots make them too. In this particular case, the airline failed to perform it's duty. Stop blaming the victim.

If you really believe that the parents are idiots because they trusted an airline employee to perform the simple task of guiding a child from one plane and on to another, then why in the world would you expect any of your customers to trust the other airline employees to safely maintain, dispatch and fly an airplane. Seriously, how can you safely work with fellow employees that you hold to such low standards.

BTW, I'm still with wife #1 after 21 years and I've never sent my kids as UMs, but I still think the airline should be held accountable to provide a service when even naughty divorced parents pay for it.

Originally Posted by GearMover (Post 846969)

Some one has to check the facts in this story, just sounds like a regional pilots life to me. Stuck in a small room all day waiting on a flight, playing the same video game over and over, eating McDonalds, mommy calling to check on you and the chief pilot coming in and yelling at you to stop being kids..........the $27,0000 seems a bit high......is this some flight schools regional traing program?????