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Mother and her one-year-old son kicked off an American Airlines flight for skin condition: But Was the Airline Right?
A South Carolina mother and her baby son were allegedly kicked off an American Airlines flight on Thursday because of their rare genetic skin condition. Jordan Flake had boarded a flight from El Paso, Texas, to Dallas to visit her husband, Chris Flake, before he deployed for the military. She had her one-year-old son Jackson with her. (www.waytoimprove.net) और अधिक...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The airline stewards have the final say,what if the baby did infect the whole plane.then they all sue the airline.so probably correct to stop them boarding
If the airline had not made the decision.
If the woman had not been telling the truth.
If just one passenger had become infected, the airline would have been sued.
To carry a doctor's certificate is so simple. Why not do it ?
Compare with "An unvaccinated French boy is suspected of having reintroduced measles to Costa Rica after the Central American country had been free of the disease for five years." Someone at Costa Rica immigration must be saying, "how could we have prevented this"?
Only part of the story that rankles :
"The staff member helped Flake get a hotel for the evening and arranged for her to take a different flight on another airline."
So American didn't want her, but OK to palm her off on another airline.
Or was she required to get a doctor's certificate first ?
If the woman had not been telling the truth.
If just one passenger had become infected, the airline would have been sued.
To carry a doctor's certificate is so simple. Why not do it ?
Compare with "An unvaccinated French boy is suspected of having reintroduced measles to Costa Rica after the Central American country had been free of the disease for five years." Someone at Costa Rica immigration must be saying, "how could we have prevented this"?
Only part of the story that rankles :
"The staff member helped Flake get a hotel for the evening and arranged for her to take a different flight on another airline."
So American didn't want her, but OK to palm her off on another airline.
Or was she required to get a doctor's certificate first ?
Was this a Mesa flight or American?
Here we go again. A commercial airline, once the door is closed, is not a democracy. While there are many conditions (like this) and situations (many peanut allergies) which from external review are perfectly safe, the captain thru their flight crew has the legal responsibility and liability for the health and safety of all customers. A doctor's note doesn't exempt them. We can only continue to build better education mechanisms in place so that the flight crew feels comfortable to accept that the risk is minimal and let the passenger fly.
Unfortunate and Canuck44 has detailed the issue very well. Still, a little pre-planning and a medical letter of explanation would have made the whole thing disappear before it even got started. It’s tough when you get singled out because you don’t look like everyone else?
It's absolutely normal and entirely to be expected. If you think actually about it, it actually makes complete sense that looking very different must automatically attract attention.
The reason was not because of your statement it was for the rash which could have been something real bad. But due to the parents lack of thinking ahead and having papers to show what it was caused the problem nothing else. Seems these days people like you have to bring race into things and keep the issue alive.