(FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - Virgin Blue Airlines has fired a male flight attendant and offered an angry mother free flights after her toddler was put in an overhead locker. Natalie Williamson says the flight attendant picked up her son, placed him in the locker, and closed the latch when they were on a flight from Fiji to Sydney. Virgin has admitted the incident, but claims the attendant was just joining in on a game Williamson's husband was playing with the boy.
I'm sorry, does that count as one of their two carry on items? Personal safety be damned, if you're going to have your child stowed in the overhead compartment that should be counted as an item just like everyone else, other wise I'm going to throw one hell of a shit fit next time they tell me I have to check one of my bags at the check in counter. I mean these people already found a loophole for not having to purchase a ticket for their kid, now we're letting them get away with extra baggage too? Bull shit. Screw giving them a free flight, they should be reimbursing the airline for one extra carry on and one additional passenger ticket. Not to mention apologizing to their fellow flyers for their greedy hogging of the overhead compartment. Nothing I hate worse than the asshole that hogs overhead space that is no where near their seats. Absolute scum of the earth.
