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Originally Posted by G-Dog (Post 194816)

I have seen and heard on at least two stations, CNN and FOX News, that they used Express Jet. Nothing about Continental. But like others say, people see Continental colors and that is what they think.

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Originally Posted by Spartan07 (Post 194923)

Yeah, that kid didn't really help her case by acting like that on national television. She should have given him some benedryl before the show.

However once again, IF the story is reported accurately (Which I have no way of knowing until the flight crew is interviewed) I in absolutely no way condone that kind of treatment of passengers... Especially if your airline is just getting started on it's own label, bad publicity like this could kill an upstart like XJet.

Its funny, any time its a negative story its always "ExpressJet" but when its a positive story its "Continental".:rolleyes: I got an idea. If Big CAL doesn't want us using the ExpressJet name around their passengers then how about they quit using our name in their press releases.

And if they were flying from Houston to Oklahoma City, they were on Continental Express.

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Originally Posted by Superpilot92 (Post 194864)

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3374063

This is the mom and baby on ABC news. Watch

If he acted anything like this on the plane he should have been kicked off. The media always blows things out of proportion.

I have a 2 1/2 year old and he would never act like that.

LMFAO. If you want to draw on public sympathy for something like that, DO NOT put the obnoxious kid on national TV!! Haha...

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Originally Posted by Hacker15e (Post 194390)

SAAB, shut your cake hole. You have no idea what the situation was, and it is completely ignorant of you to assume that it was a parenting problem.

That "little SOB" (nice way to reference a child, by the way) might have had Autism or another disorder which affects their behavior -- behavior that no "discipline" can change.

OMG! Everyone has a "disorder" these days. Yes, he has Mom can't control her pain in the a$$ child disorder. :rolleyes: Are you one of those people that thinks a murderer should not be fried because he was abused as a child?

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Originally Posted by jungleguppy (Post 194733)

I second the, "shut the hell up!" If a kid just says "bye bye plane", you and everyone else should be happy.

There is no way in he!! I would believe that ANY Flight Attendant would kick a mom and kid off for the kid "only" saying "bye bye plane". Yeaaaaaah riiiiiiight. I'd say he was doing a little more than saying "bye bye plane". GMAFB.

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Originally Posted by Spartan07 (Post 194923)

bad publicity like this could kill an upstart like XJet.

Not if they sell the cheapest tickets.

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Originally Posted by Freightpuppy (Post 195310)

Not if they sell the cheapest tickets.

Hmm... You think SkyBust will be able to get away with pulling a stunt like this?

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Originally Posted by Spartan07 (Post 195351)

Hmm... You think SkyBust will be able to get away with pulling a stunt like this?

Probably not but they are also flying into wierd cities.