This has got nothing to do with 911. The passenger explained the dilemma to the FA and it was welll within the powers of the FA to manage the situation appropriately so that the child can use the toilet.
It is more to do with ignorant and stupid FA's who shouldn't even has such powers, as they are mostly too stupid to exercise them appropriately. In days gone by, any decision to have passengers met at the gate by security or the police, or to ask someone to leave the flight, was made by the Captain. Often the Captain would come back and talk to the passenger and evaluate the situation themselves. Sadly, the demands of the post 911 cockpit make this less common and now power hungry morans exercise the powers and the Captains go along with it because of some dodgily applied rule.
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