http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289119,00.html<b>Mother Says Baby's Recurring 'Bye Bye, Plane' Comment Got Them Kicked Off Airplane</b>

ATLANTA — The mother of a 19-month-old boy says she and her son were kicked off a plane after she refused a stewardess' request to medicate her son to keep him from talking.

Kate Penland, who lives in Gwinnett County in suburban Atlanta, said she and her son, Garren, had boarded the Continental Express plane last month after an 11-hour delay in Houston on an Atlanta-Oklahoma flight.

Garren kept saying, "Bye bye, plane," Penland recalled. And she said the stewardess objected.

"At the end of her speech, she leaned over the gentleman beside me and said, 'It's not funny anymore. You need to shut your baby up,"' Penland told WSB-TV in Atlanta.

When Penland asked the woman if she was kidding, she said the stewardess replied, "You know, it's called baby Benadryl."

"And I said, 'Well, I'm not going to drug my child so you have a pleasant flight,"' Penland told the TV station.

Penland said other passengers began speaking up on her behalf, and the flight attendant announced they were turning around and that Penland and Garren were going to be taken off the plane.

"I was crying, I was upset and I was thinking, 'What am I going to do? I don't have anything with me, I don't have anymore diapers for the baby, no juice, no milk," Penland said.

The young mother said she later learned the flight attendant told the pilot that she had threatened her. Penland said that never happened.

Express Jet Airlines released a statement saying, "We received Ms. Penland's letter expressing her concerns and intend to investigate its contents." Express Jet did not immediately return a call Thursday from The Associated Press.

A fellow passenger told WSB none of the other passengers had problems with Garren and that Penland never threatened the flight attendant.Are people getting this paranoid now on flights?

Whoo hoo! Score one for the "I hate children" group!

You would think they would have had a short conversation with the woman and the passengers near her to see what really transpired before turning around to make her deplane. If this woman is telling the truth it's crazy that a hostess would behave that way. Dealing with children is common and many times children are put into the care of the flight crew and allowed to fly alone. Of course this child is younger than those who would be allowed to travel without a parent I would think. Children talk, this one wasn't screaming at the top of his lungs, from what they said, or trying to run around the plane bothering passengers. What is it with people wanting to drug children!

Maybe they thought the message was a veiled terrorist threat. <img src=http://lag9.com/rolleyes.gif>

The needs of the many. I only fly once or twice a year but each and every time I get really paranoid until we touch down again. Personally there should be something done about kids who wont shut the **** up or stop kicking seats... maybe make thier parents pay more for them or something so they'll keep them in line.

Only thing worse then flying to me is when I have somone crying or being annoying as ****, its not like I can just walk away and ignore them, only so much room on a plane.

And the bastards always seem to get first class when I do too! ><

The needs of the many. I only fly once or twice a year but each and every time I get really paranoid until we touch down again.Your drive to the airport is far more dangerous, mile per mile, than your flight. But I doubt you even think twice when you get into your car or walk in traffic every day, even though it's the single most likely way you will die in the United States between the ages of 1 and 44.Personally there should be something done about kids who wont shut the **** up or stop kicking seats... maybe make thier parents pay more for them or something so they'll keep them in line.Why should the airline make the money, when you're the one being inconvenienced? A separate section would be more appropriate, though somewhat impractical.

Your drive to the airport is far more dangerous, mile per mile, than your flight. But I doubt you even think twice when you get into your car or walk in traffic every day, even though it's the single most likely way you will die in the United States between the ages of 1 and 44.

While true, flying removes any sense of control which is unnerving for many people. Imagining **** going wrong on a plane ppl feel helpless, at least with a car people have the security blanket in feeling that they can prevent a situation.

Why should the airline make the money, when you're the one being inconvenienced? A separate section would be more appropriate, though somewhat impractical.

At that point when I know im already going to fly I can care less who makes the money, but I suppose jacking up the price wont do much but anger the parent into probably goading said kid into being abnoxious.

I dunno I dont have any solutions to this either, it just sucks to be stuck in a cramped space for 5-10 hours while someone is screaming behind you at the top of thier lungs or being all around annoying and you unable to do anything about it.

While true, flying removes any sense of control which is unnerving for many people.

I do not know if it is really true, but I did hear about some research that showed that people had a lot less anxiety about flying if they were given some sort of steering wheel or other control that they could pretend to use to steer the plane. A forward view screen also seemed to help.


Eri

Like that little pretend steering wheel that Maggie Simpson has! :D

I do not know if it is really true, but I did hear about some research that showed that people had a lot less anxiety about flying if they were given some sort of steering wheel or other control that they could pretend to use to steer the plane. A forward view screen also seemed to help.


Eri

There have been alot of improvements in flying since I began doing it 5 years ago. The biggest for me was just coping up and flying first class.

I honestly have little problem flying despite my fear of heights, but what little anxiety I do feel only comes when flying, compared to driving. Im sure if I flew on a daily basis that may decrease some.

But short of shots of vodka with vicodin chasers there really is nothing to do about annoying kids. ><

I dont even mind babies crying, its the kids that wont shut up or scream at the top of thier lungs just for attention that get me.

While true, flying removes any sense of control which is unnerving for many people.Your sense of control with a car is mostly illusory. Lots of things can go wrong that you cannot prevent.I dunno I dont have any solutions to this either,Short term solution: earplugs. Long term solution: breeding licenses.

Your sense of control with a car is mostly illusory. Lots of things can go wrong that you cannot prevent

Again I completely agree with you, nobody said people are rational. Example is both my brothers drove cross country instead of flying for a funeral. Percieved safety is often more real then real safety. You dont see daily about every car accident, but any time a plane crashes its front page on most news outlets in detail.

.Short term solution: earplugs. Long term solution: breeding licenses.

I carry earplugs and expensive noise cancelling headphones nowadays, the earplugs work best but I never have gotten comfortable wearing them. I dont fly enough to make a bigger deal about the issue when it arises.