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Welcome to Chapter 4 in the What The Hell Chronicles. This edition is called: Another day, another story of somebody being kicked off a flight for no reason! **Video of the incident will be provided below** This incident took place on a flight that was returning from Kahului Airport in Maui, Hawaii on April 23rd and the passengers involved were a family from California, Brian and Brittany Schear as well as their 2 toddlers. According to the Schear family, the problem started when they wanted to use the seat they had purchased for their 18 year old son and have their toddler sit there instead. Their older son had returned home on an earlier flight. On Delta's website it's outlined that tickets can't be transferred and name changes aren't allowed, however federal regulations don't prohibit name changes on a ticket as long as the new passenger can have their name run through a database before the flight. Brian Schear, can be seen speaking to somebody that's not seen on camera, it's not known if the person is a security guard, a Delta employee, or somebody else altogether. Brian Schear can then be seen and heard saying that he won't leave and the airline will have to remove him. The person off camera says, "You and your wife will be in jail, it's a federal offense if you don't abide by an airline crew's order." Brian then says, "I bought that seat," he also suggests that his Brittany could hold 1 of their children during takeoff and then put the child in the car seat. A Delta supervisors appears and tells them that federal rule requires that children under 2 must stay in a parent's lap throughout the flight...which is a lie. The FAA advises that young children be placed in a car seat and allows children under 2 to be held in a parent's lap. By the time the video went viral and the incident spread, Delta hadn't given an explanation on why the family was removed from the plane, a spokesperson for Delta cleared up the fact that the flight wasn't overbooked. Delta apologized Friday by saying, "We are sorry for the unfortunate experience our customers had with Delta, and we've reached out to them to refund their travel and provide additional compensation," the statement read. Delta said its goal is to work with customers to resolve travel issues, "that did not happen in this case and we apologize." Of course the amount of compensation as well as refund amount weren't provided. Quick thoughts: if they purchased the ticket, who gives a shit who sits in it? They purchased it with the intention of having their 18 year old sit there, he went ahead, so since I paid for it, I'm going to have 1 of my other children sit there! There was no reason for this family to be kicked off of their flight. If it's not against federal law, then what's the problem? They threatened this family with jail time just for refusing to give up 1 of their seats. Listen, if I paid for it, then I'm not giving it up if I don't want to. Now, if the person who I'm giving it up for is willing to give me what I purchased for the seat, then we can talk, if not, it ain't happening. This family was also threatened with having their children taken away over this! What in the entire world? It's just a plane seat, these people made it seem like these parents were beating the life out of these kids infront of everybody. Again, listen, you don't mess with people's children or make threats about having their children taken away, so I hope they got Delta for ALL they're worth for threatening to have their children taken away cause that's some sick ass shit and way overstepping boundaries. There's enough craziness in the world and these issues that are happening on these flights more and more aren't necessary and/or needed additions.
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