JetBlue really doesn’t know when to leave well enough alone! Remember Marilyn Parver, the grandmother who was arrested for videotaping a fight between two other passengers, and then refusing to delete it? Well, it seems that after the whole thing had blown over — JetBlue had to go and send the woman a nasty email in which they accused her of being “argumentative, condescending and belligerent” and refusing to obey the instructions of crewmembers. Dumb! Now Parver has released the tape in question and we can’t see anything wrong with what she did. The fight is one of those basic “I’ve been on a plane for a really long time with your out-of-control child and I’m having a nervous breakdown” altercations. Nothing cookies and hugs wouldn’t fix!
Here’s the video. One passenger is heard telling a woman and a child to get the hell out of his seating area, and the woman says that he should go to sleep and take a sleeping pill. The man also asks why the woman can’t control her child, blah, blah, blah.
Christopher Elliott says JetBlue could have handled this differently, and we have to agree. He’s his take on it:
I think JetBlue could have handled this differently. Rather than sending a lengthy, defensive letter to the customer, the airline could have tried to patch things up. It’s obvious that she wasn’t taping the flight deck for nefarious purposes. Arguments between passengers such as the one she taped are pretty common these days.
The crew overreacted and the company overreacted. Its letter to Parver has just reopened old wounds.
Here’s the video that got grandmother detained on JetBlue flight [Elliott]
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if you have children you shouldn’t fly PERIOD if your child has any chance of causing a disturbance.
Because the simple fact is, you decided to have the child, you must have known the issues and problems that come with them. You do not have a right to bring a child who will bother others on a flight. If you have to travel, DRIVE.
and if you can’t drive then get a babysitter. And if you can’t do either of the above. YOU JUST STAY HOME. it’s as simple as that.
Having children is a sacrifice. And if you miss a funeral or wedding. well that’s just another sacrifice you have to make. YOU DID make the decision to have kids.
Why the hell should ANYONE have to put up with your decision to have kids. If you can’t have quiet kids. STAY HOME. anyone that doesn’t see the logic in this, is ignorant and inconsiderate.
@WinstonMania: ANY chance of causing a disturbance? Doesn’t, well, pretty much everyone fall under that category? Or should we all just just be gagged and straightjacketed at all times in public so that we don’t have ANY chance of disturbing others? Believe me, I’ve met a LOT more adults that bother the hell out of me than I have kids.
Oh, and what should those of us who have family in other countries do — take trans-Atlantic boat rides?
I have been flying with my son since he was 7 weeks old. I see the looks of absoulte fear when we board the airplane, now at 8 he flies by himself. I have only recieved compliments on how my son is behaved. The only time he time he was out of control was when we spent over 24 hours in airports and airplanes, I was able to calm him down in the back where we would not be bothering others. I demand that my son behave on an airplane because traveling is a stressful time, large amounts of people are cramped in a small area and not everyone will have the patience for my child that I have.
If you are going to spread your legs and have kids, learn to keep control of them in public. Too many parents hatch kids and never bother to teach them how to act as a responsible citizen, especially in public! Citizenship, a lost art in this country! Its all about me, right now.
@danno50: if you’re going to espouse your views in public, learn a bit of civility yourself.
apparently it IS all about you.
True, kids can be annoying.
But I’ve also seen ample evidince of mean, self-absorbed, whiney adults that think everything is about them and that they’re entitled to yell at every kid, even the ones that are truly behaving themselves.
Of course, those same adults don’t have the “nads” to say something to an adult doing the exact same things (e.g. temporarily blocking their view of a movie while getting into the seat in front of them).
You guys think this is bad?
How about having a kid screaming for the entire flight? How about the kid constantly putting his seat back, and then forward again, and then back again, and then forward again? How about the parents changing the kids diapers on the seat, and then leaving them there for the rest of the 4 hour flight? AND running up and down the aisles?
Well, they WERE from New Jersey, so I guess that explains a lot…
Heh. Here’s a phrase gauranteed to ensure parents keep their children from running up and down the aisles of an airplane (and I think it’s been mentioned here before).
Flag down a flight attendant and say these magic words:
“As long as he/she’s running past me, I’m technically violating parole.”
Hilarity will ensue.
This video hardly tells much, other than two people arguing. I don’t see why a person would get arrested for it though. An apology should be a bare minimum.
I am that Grandma and I was on my way home from my first visit with her. We live across country from the baby and I knew she would be flying a lot. I was taking photos out of the window when this altercation happened and I had just learned how to shoot video on the same camera. I shot it to serve as a warning to my daughter that kids of all ages must be controlled in public or you risk real trouble. I wish I had not filmed it but once I did…I was not going to delete it under such strong pressure. If the Captain had asked me to..I would have.
I called myself a new Grandmother to the flight crew when I explained why I had filmed the event. That is how Grandma came into the picture.
Question: Some comments on this board say the constitution lets us film in private places open to the public. Does this mean we can film in Wal*Mart?
Greyhound bus with wings.
Never would have happened when the working classes knew their place….
I was recently on a Delta overnight flight in a row next to a kid screaming his head off and a parent who was ignoring the whole situation and could care less of those around her whose peace she was destroying. I very politely told the stewardess that I needed to have another seat or I would not be responsible for the consequences. I got my new seat quickly. Part of me felt sorry for the airline employee who got stuck next to the bitch and her spawn, but after all, I was the one paying.
Complainers against children, I bet at one time you were all bratty a** kids. Maybe your parents just never took you on a flight. Hard being in a tube when you are 4 years old for hours. I know it sucks, but people with kids have to get somewhere too. I agree, be a good parent. Sometimes it isnt enough. Kids dont think like you do.
A little FYI for all of you clueless people….it is against FAA regulation for ANY customer to video tape flight attendants regardless if they are doing the safety demo, going through the aisles passing out drinks, or trying to calm down psgrs during a disagreement. This woman was not obeying orders from the inflight crew who was just doing their job & this old bag was lucky their wasn’t any FAA person on board because she would have gotten a hefty fine instead of being taken off the flight to be questioned.