[Butch Cassidy Slept Here]

One difference between this case, and the Express Jet (Continental Express) case in Houston, of over two years ago, seems to be Southwest's allegation that the child was interupting the pre-flight announcements. In the case of the former it appears said announcements were completed and there was no allegation, on the part of Express Jet, that the announcements were interrupted. In addition, I believe the flight attendant on the Express Jet flight---who was the source of the complaint---lied to the cockpit crew and said the mother had threatened her.

A link to that Express Jet story appears below:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/fligh...r-flight_N.htm

Also, I believe there was another, so-called, "unruly" child-related incident some time ago involving a Frontier flight. In this instance the cops were called when the plane landed---after, what the law would call, the end of the "terrorist incident!"

I wonder if this is the begining of an anti-family campaign by some airlines? I'm a little surprised Southwest has no problem in allowing their crew to perpetrate anti-family behavior. As long as some airlines apparently have no problem in going to war against families then why not pull-out all the stops and start calling the cops on families who's kids kick the seat back in front of them??

To me this thread is, definitely, "helpful, and Mars should be commended for starting it. However had I been the starter of this thread some oppressed control freak, in the TampaBay area, would be on here banging-away at that "report" button! Maybe we will, yet, hear his "pearls" of wisdom. And I'm not talking about anyone who just joined this board within the last 60 days---unless, of course, it's that control freak just posting under another name.