Here’s a video interview with the mother of the 16-year old student kicked off a plane for coughing too much.

While we appreciate the pilot’s concern for the other passengers, we still think he was overcautious.

We’d hate to be thrown off a plane for sniffles… but then again, we’d hate to sit next to some chick coughing up a lung for 10 hours.

It’s really a matter of whose shoes you put yourself into, and whether they’re filled with mucus. — BEN POPKEN

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