tHIS IS IN RESPONSE TO : Mom to 2 ASD kids, NC and
Formerly a Southwest Passenger
You are a sensationalist, I wonder if you've ever even flew Southwest, because your stories seem a little over the top to me, I think you are mad and trying to scare Southwest with your "FORMALLY A SOUTHWEST PASSENGER" comment. You stated that you have been on flights with all kinds of crazy scenarios, so your really travel that often with 2 ASD children? Even if you do I find it hard to believe all of that happened to one person it seems fairly unlikely (unless you have some extremely bad karma!), given that I fly very reguaraly and have not encountered what you claim to have encountered. And dogs on planes? Not on Southwest so you claims seem a little stretched to put it nicely. On top of all of that you seem to be believe that this is about a child with autism, but it's not it's about an unruly family that happens to a child with autism. You are the one discriminating.
This is the psot I'm referring to:
"as a parent of a child with autism I was alarmed to read this report. what if its me next time? I have suffered through my fair share of other people's offenses on airlines - to wit, fat people sitting on me because they can't fit in their own seat (was I compensated? NO), smelly people, sick people coughing on me or my belongings, crying babies, farting !, spilling food or drinks on me, babies with DIRTY DIAPERS whose parents don't see fit to change them, even small DOGS making noise in the seat next to me - were these people banned from their connecting planes? NO. "
I am disgusted and outraged that regular paying passengers like myself are asked to put up with ALL of this but these people - who are probably the most outraged of all by the kids' behavior - are not in turn expected to put up with a special needs kid or two.
Mom to 2 ASD kids, NC and
Formerly a Southwest Passenger
Anonymous — Wed, 07/09/2008 - 10:22
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