PHXFlyer wrote...
I'm not talking about taking a belt to the kid's behind but that might be a start!
The case of Tamara Jo Freeman might suggest that spanking your kids in-flight can get you prosecuted as a terrorist. One version of this incident suggests that this woman's attempt to discipline her unruly children was the "last straw" for at least one Frontier Air flight attendant. Freeman was also drunk so, obviously, the airline could have made some hay out of that issue alone. I don't know if she was ultimately convicted on the assault charge (with "interfering" being the sole conviction.) One version of "throwing a drink" had her throwing bloody mary mix to the floor. As part of her sentence Freeman was banned from air travel and, as a result of her temporary incarceration, she lost custody of her children. Link to original story...
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drm...645529,00.html
As to the incident described by the OP: Again, this may be a function of the temperment of the flight attendants. There was a case involving some unruly kids on a Southwest flight. The family had a connection in Phoenix and were banned from boarding the connecting flight. The airport police actually wound-up taking a collection so the family could have a motel room for the night. A family member paid for a flight to the final destination the next day.
If the kids described in the OP’s post were, indeed, the pilot’s children then that, rather than the temperament of the flight attendants, could well be the reason for no action being taken. However, aren’t children of employees (traveling on a pass) subject to the same rules regarding behavior as the employees themselves??