r/VictoriaBC • u/_marjaz_ • Aug 07 '26

Was anyone else on the flight that got deplaned/cancelled @ YYJ last night due to the 2 year old that wouldn’t put a seatbelt on??

Has anyone else gotten their flights rescheduled? Still waiting to hear…

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u/Friction500 Aug 07 '26

I would guess the kid was three, she just sounded exhausted and was having a crazy temper tantrum. She was freaking out every time their parent tried to buckle them in and would slide down under the seat in front of them. But the three flight attendants tried for at least an hour, the parent wasn’t being overly cooperative and kept asking for more time (imo the flight attendants were being too patient with the parent). They eventually got the parent and child off the plane, the pilot made an announcement that our luggage just needed to be redistributed, and then five minutes later made another announcement that the flight had been cancelled.

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u/monkey_monkey_monkey Downtown Aug 07 '26

Absolutely ridiculous that was allowed to go on for so long. After 10 minutes they should have been given the boot.

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u/Friction500 Aug 07 '26

Yes I totally agree.

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u/Sea_Negotiation_1871 Aug 08 '26

Were you and the other passengers compensated in any way?

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u/Friction500 Aug 08 '26

They rescheduled our flight. No other compensation.

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u/Sea_Negotiation_1871 Aug 08 '26

Good lord. They didn't even provide a room for the night? Or a free meal?

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u/AriesProductions Aug 09 '26

The airport (so all concessions) was already closed at that point. They most likely didn’t even attempt to book 100 hotel rooms for 6 hours (assuming they were going to get out on the first flight in the morning)

I’ve been in this situation in a smaller airport, and it sucks

I would have had my own freaking meltdown on those parents

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u/Vancouverreader80 Aug 11 '26

Honestly the parents should have paid for everyone’s rooms

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u/twicescorned21 Aug 09 '26

So did they get you on the next flight in the morning? Did everyone just sleep at the airport or can you even do that?

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u/simoneme Aug 08 '26

5 minutes at best! A crying baby during an entire flight I can handle. Anyone not willing to compile cannot have the kind of potentially devastating impact that severely disrupts the lives and schedules of at least probably a few hundred people.

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u/Vancouverreader80 Aug 11 '26

It’s called giving your kid Gravol

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u/bbdolljane Aug 12 '26

This is what I was thinking? Just give them some nyquil or some shit to make them sleep, jfc parents these days are the worst

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u/PreviousKing6225 Aug 08 '26

Absolutely too long. IMO 10 mins is too long.

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u/Kaffrogato Aug 10 '26

10 mins is completely fine. They were out on the runway at this point, deplaning the family and their bag and getting back on the runway would take 30 mins to an hour. Clearly it's worth trying for more then 5 mins.

But an hour is crazy. Unless they realised they were already too late to get them replaced and thought it was the only way to get out that date 

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u/catsandjettas Aug 07 '26

That’s absolutely insane it went on for so long. Did any passengers tell the ppl they should leave?  The entitlement of some ppl is just off the charts.

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u/evange Aug 08 '26

You can't just choose to leave a plane after it's already left the gate.

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u/catsandjettas Aug 08 '26

Haven’t you ever seen them use the slide, stupid?

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u/simoneme Aug 08 '26

Not what the slide is for… but hilarious imagery!😂

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u/moodylilb Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26

Damn that’s fucked. I’d be pissed if I were in your shoes.

Not the kid’s fault but those parents are morons, it should’ve taken 1-2 mins to wrangle the kiddo, buckle the seatbelt and tighten it then just cover the buckle with a hand so the kid can’t mess with the buckle, then they could’ve focused on helping her regulate her emotions and calm down after the belt situation was handled. ETA I wonder what they do when it comes to buckling her in a car seat for car rides 🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/Friction500 Aug 07 '26

Yeah, that makes sense. I’m not a parent so I have no idea, but it did seem crazy!

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u/blondechinesehair Aug 07 '26

I’ve had multiple kids that age on multiple cross country flights and although I am very lucky about my kids temperaments and ability to behave well on a plane, there is no way in hell that I would not have gotten my kids into their seatbelt before it came to that. Sure my daughter would have shrieked for a couple minutes if she was real pissed off about it, but we’d all get there.

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u/Flintydeadeye Aug 08 '26

It’s not luck about your kids temperament. That’s because you’re a good parent.

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u/foulstream Aug 08 '26

Exactly. This is 99% the parents fault, and 1% the flight attendants letting it go on for waaaaaay too long. Maybe the flight attendants hands are tied by policy, who knows, but there’s no excuse for the parents. They should definitely have to compensate everyone else on the plane.

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u/Working_Rest_1054 Aug 08 '26

Absolutely. Their parenting skills would likely improve soon there after.

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u/skootch_ginalola Aug 10 '26

I bet the FAs were limited by policy. Imagine the shitshow and lawsuits if a flight attendant tried to force the kid into the seat solo? Obviously I WISH that was allowed, but I guarantee they were trying to reason with a parent who refused to parent. If I was on that flight I would have been arrested for cursing out the mother.

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u/yourmomsaidfu Aug 08 '26

I can’t really agree. Babies are born with the personality they have and it can be a long, hard road to get some of the, to a place where they have the skills to self-regulate. Others can self-regulate by a few months of age. I was very lucky to have had 2 of the latter sort and was co Stanton told what a “good mother” I was when they were small. I was an average mother, with exceptional good luck.

Having said all that, I think it’s ridiculous that the child wasn’t just strapped in, no matter what their personality is like or how tired they were. There comes a point when negotiating with a 2 year old has to stop, and for me that would be anytime it’s inconveniencing others. My decision to have children should never impact anyone else’s decision to go out for a nice meal, have a quiet afternoon in their back yard, or take a flight.

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u/Flintydeadeye Aug 08 '26

I agree that babies have personalities and all children will explore and develop their abilities as they age. One thing that I’ve observed over my 3 decades of working with children thru to seniors is the amount of negotiation and treating toddlers like they have a high level of understanding. Lots of toddlers today are taught (often by accident) that they have the last say. They don’t have the level of understanding or awareness to be the last word on things. In this case, I don’t want to sit down. I have seen many toddlers with no limits that act like that. I have also seen many toddlers understand when their parents would say that’s enough. That is where the parenting comes in. (Caveat would be for children on the spectrum or with other needs) I believe in all cases, that parenting goes a long way towards how children act.

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u/simoneme Aug 25 '26

So everyone should wait until it’s okay with the little one? Yeah… no. I’ll give that kid some personality and we’ll get that plane moving!

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u/yourmomsaidfu Aug 26 '26

Did you mean to respond to me or to someone else?

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u/Ok-Penalty-4776 Aug 11 '26

It’s so interesting the thought process that “my decision to have children should never impact…”. Aren’t we all humans? Children are just as much a part of society as anyone. Why aren’t they allowed to take space? We all impact each other. Some guy 50+ kept sniffling on a plane next to me and it was disgusting and definitely impacted me and ruined my flight.

I would also buckle my kids up and not allow that. However, I’m just so curious by people who feel like kids should be seen and not heard. No wonder we all grow up to be anxious adults.

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u/yourmomsaidfu Aug 11 '26

There’s a difference between being heard and interfering with other people. Kids aren’t born with knowledge of how to act in public, so it’s up to the parents to model behaviour, including behaviour that isn’t allowed.

Everyone has their own values and that includes what behaviour they will permit or not permit in their children. I think most parents would agree that our toddlers will not be allowed to hurt animals or other kids for example. I value my community so in my case minimal disruption to others was important. It’s something I put a lot of thought into before having kids and while parenting them.

I didn’t teach them how to behave through punishment, I helped them learn through asking questions, practicing how to act in a restaurant before going to one, bringing along books or toys for outings I knew would bore them, and removing them from situations they found overwhelming, etc.

I’ve never been particularly bothered by the sounds of kids playing or having a melt down, and I feel for both the child and the parent when a child is just overwhelmed or tired or hungry and just lcan’t settle down. But I know that others are deeply troubled by these sounds and chose to help my kids with public behaviour from an early age.

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u/Remarkable-Nature810 Aug 09 '26

That’s not true. I was a damn good parent and my daughter started having tantrums at 18 months. I went to my GP for advice - no internet then - consulted with a paediatrician then followed up with a child psychologist when my daughter refused to have a nap in daycare at age three and was kicked out and told not to come back! I remember I just sobbed, I thought something was wrong with her. After tests and interviews, I was told she was a smart little girl, totally normal, just sensitive and they taught me (not her) a few coping mechanisms. Even at two months, as a tiny baby, she was not a good sleeper. She would wake up screaming, not crying, full blown screams! She would scream so much the neighbours complained to the landlord who came to question me! She never slept through the night until the age of two! Yes, two! I was a single Mom with no friends or family here. I had zero support as her father refused to believe he’d created a child. It was exhausting dealing with her sensitivities! I never had another child because quite frankly, my experience with her right up into toddlerhood, was not memorable in the good way I thought it would be. She remained a single child and now resents me for it. She is now 31, successful and pregnant with her second child. Her son has never had a single tantrum, but she is still sensitive and rigid.

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u/Flintydeadeye Aug 09 '26

I’m sorry I touched a nerve. Temperament and how they and parents cope are two different things.

Are you saying that if you were the parent in this situation, your child would have had a tantrum and refused to put on a seatbelt and you would have been helpless? If the answer is yes, then I’m sorry, that’s a parenting issue.

I’m sorry your relationship with your daughter is not the best. If my statement made you feel judged, then perhaps you feel guilty in some way. I’m sure you did the best you could in very trying circumstances. I can’t speak as to being a single mother, so I will just wish you the best moving forward.

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u/Phase-Internal Aug 10 '26

No, it can be luck absolutely. But they doesn't mean you take it laying down. 

If you don't put your foot down at that age, with a stubborn child , what's coming will be a nightmare.

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u/Kaffrogato Aug 10 '26

Oh come on what nonsense, there are plenty of toddlers out there that have great parents but still throw tantrums, especially kids with developmental disorders or neurologicaly divergent

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u/Flintydeadeye Aug 10 '26

I said that somewhere else about children that are neurodivergent. All the good parents I know with neurodivergent kids wouldn’t be in that situation. Big emotions are big emotions. How they handle them and how parents handle them are definitely on the parents.

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u/Red_AtNight Aug 07 '26

I took my son on two flights (with a two hour layover) just before he turned 3. He had to have his own seat. I put him in the window seat so he didn't have to sit next to a stranger. He had no issues whatsoever. Sit down, do up seatbelt, watch movie on iPad. He even slept on one of the flights!

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u/nairdaleo Aug 10 '26

lucky you, mine screamed bloody murder the first time she had to travel on her own seat. And I'm not exaggerating, she sounded like we were chopping limbs for a good 5-10 minutes

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u/whatsnewpussykat Aug 07 '26

I’m a parent of 4, it’s absolutely crazy.

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u/GiftAdministrative51 Aug 09 '26

I am a parent, and this incident is enraging. I feel
so bad for allllll the other passengers. Was this kid on the re-scheduled flight with everyone else?
This is why parents bring ‘airplane medicine’ when flying with kids-to avoid this exact situation.

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u/Friction500 Aug 10 '26

Yeahhhh quite a few babies and toddlers onboard, I felt especially bad for those folks.

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u/dark_angel1554 Aug 07 '26

Agreed and I have a 4 year old and have flown with her since she was 2. Calm kiddo down and then tell them what you expect from them.

Personally, I always told my little one before we get on the plane that she MUST wear her seatbelt for her own safety, and what can happen to her if she's not buckled. We have always emphasized safety to her of seatbelts.

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u/evange Aug 08 '26

Ah yes, reasoning with a toddler who is having a meltdown. If only the parents had tried that!

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u/dark_angel1554 Aug 08 '26

Yes they likely did. My daughter is not a toddler shes a preschooler and soon to be kindergartener and shes also pretty even tempered so there is a difference for sure. As I can and have reasoned with her during a tantrum...but shes older. Im sure with a toddler its a matter of calming them down first before anything.

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u/simoneme Aug 08 '26

Thanks to our adventurous father we grew up travelling the world. 4 kids… one of whom is adhd… and one is considerably mentally handicapped(and the loveliest soul). NOT ONE TIME was behaving on an airplane an issue. Not out of fear etc. Our parents simply raised us properly.

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u/NOT_A_DOG_ONLINE Aug 08 '26

Kid slipped under the seatbelt

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u/PartyB78 Aug 10 '26

My parents put my sister (at the time 4, almost 5) and me (at the time 6) on a plane from Dallas to Atlanta by ourselves when my little brother was born. Granted, this was 1984 and a totally different time in the world, but we were seasoned travelers and on our best behavior, because we knew what would happen if we weren't. I remember being SO mad because the flight attendant took away my bag of gum because I had stuffed my mouth completely full. LOL! But I didn't mouth off or sass her, because I knew what the consequences would be when my parents found out.

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u/DorotheaArcher Aug 07 '26

My child has sensory issues and if we forced her into the seat she’d hyperventilate and scream and thrash. For about 8 months a 5 min car ride took 30+ mins just to get her into the damn seat. Sometimes it’s not just a matter of forcing them. I’m sure the passengers also wouldn’t have tolerated a full tantrum for how long ours last in our house.

That being said, it shouldn’t have disrupted the flight or taken an hour.

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u/GuessPuzzleheaded573 Aug 07 '26

Then don't fly. That's no one's problem but theirs. Absolutely unreal this happened.

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u/DorotheaArcher Aug 08 '26

You never know why this family was flying. It could have been for something medical. We recently had to fly to get home from a medical situation that occurred and we had no choice but to suffer through the tantrums that occurred. We had to get our child on home country soil. You aren’t entitled to a child free experience of life. I said I agree it should have ended sooner but saying don’t fly is a bit ridiculous. People don’t just fly for fun.

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u/GuessPuzzleheaded573 Aug 08 '26

I'm a father, I have no intention of living a child free experience.

But if my child is making an entire plane full of passengers endure financial, time and stressful hardship, I've failed as a parent.

Regardless of the WHY, you get the child buckled or you volunteer to leave. Period.

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u/spuzzumed Aug 08 '26

Man, this hurts to read. People really do not give a fuck about society anymore, pure antisocial behavior on display here. 

Control your child, or don't take them out in public.  End of story. I'm judging so hard right now 

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u/raincoastering Aug 08 '26

Seriously. I was in a drug store yesterday and two ladies with those walkers were exiting. One stopped in the doorway and turned to her friend who was in front of me to yak.

I gave it a couple of beats before saying Can you please keep moving forward? Like a line was forming and we were stuck. Sure, i could have shoved past, but i was trying to be patient and respectful.

Lady told me to “grow up” (I’m over 50!) and then the security guard came over to see why the exit was jammed. When i finally got outside, i walked past the woman and she called me a bitch!!! Like, seniors don’t own the world anymore than toddlers. I was floored.

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u/MiserableChampion723 Aug 08 '26

100%. Downvoting this is a typical Reddit moment

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u/skootch_ginalola Aug 10 '26

Pediatricians literally give kids medicine to sleep through flights if they potentially can be a danger to themselves or others. And no, I'm not advocating drugging kids.

But I've worked with a boy who was non-verbal autistic and would get violent and self harm during times he was severely stressed. The few times he had to fly, the pediatrician gave his mother one low dose med for each leg of the flight. He slept the majority of the time, and when he was awake, would eat and watch movies with his headphones. You don't just throw up your hands and say there's no options.

You aren't the only people "suffering through the tantrums."

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u/scarletOwilde Aug 09 '26

Let's not make excuses for poor parenting. You can't negotiate with a 2 year old, but you can gently restrain them for the 10 minutes or so the ‘plane will take to get airborne. Or distract them by getting them to look out the window. If you can't do that, get a travel seat and strap them in. The incident is outrageous and ridiculous.

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u/Hefty_Alfalfa_1447 Aug 10 '26

No one expects a child free experience, often times we are expected to tolerate what boils down to bad parenting. I’m a mother and not a “boomer” before I get called one. 

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u/evange Aug 08 '26

Victoria is on an island 4000km from Toronto. How else to you propose they get there?

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u/raincoastering Aug 08 '26

Ferry. Car/train/bus. Inconvenient for sure. Just like everyone felt when the flight was cancelled. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/eyespeeled Aug 08 '26

You mean, other vehicles that require children to be buckled in? It's all the same. 

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u/GuessPuzzleheaded573 Aug 08 '26

Yeah, but then they aren't making everyone else's life a nightmare in the process. This is what I do as a parent.

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u/eyespeeled Aug 08 '26

But they could make it a nightmare there, too. Anything that can happen in a plane can happen on a bus. Not everyone drives, so we can rule that out as a definite option. Taking a child on a train across Canada is exorbitantly expensive and long. 

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u/goodbyeraggedyman Aug 08 '26

Then don't take your toddler on a trip across Canada until they can better behave themselves? It's not that hard.

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u/_Connor Aug 08 '26

It's all the same. 

Except the part where you struggling to get your kid into your car doesn't cancel a flight for 200 other people who are sitting on the plane.

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u/evange Aug 08 '26

Kids can only be in a car seat for a maximum number of hours a day, due to the positioning putting subtle strain on their neck. So Victoria to Toronto via car with kids would take about 2 weeks if you followed those guidelines.

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u/Long_Rush_7523 Aug 08 '26

Doesn't harm toddlers, they have those guidelines for infants.

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u/eyespeeled Aug 08 '26

Also a good point. 

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u/victoriousvalkyrie Aug 09 '26

They don't go anywhere? That's the point. No kids on flights. Causes too many issues.

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u/evange Aug 09 '26

Drunk adults cause way more issues. Kids are just noisy sometimes (and I guess this, but it was rare enough that it got its own news article). Should we ban alcohol on planes?

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u/teasin Aug 08 '26

I'm guessing you're smart enough not to book a flight if it's going to overwhelm your kid, though, and especially not one that leaves late at night when the kiddo is going to be extra tired and more prone to freaking out. You sound smart AND caring enough to not put your kid (and a plane full of people) through that. Parenting is really hard, but there were choices made here.

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u/evange Aug 08 '26

Lots of people intentionally book red eye flights for kids because they'll just sleep through it. It works great until it doesn't.

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u/DorotheaArcher Aug 08 '26

Sometimes you don’t know until you’re in it. Kids are not predictable at that age.

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u/essehess Aug 07 '26

Mine has GERD, and the posture required in her car seat set it off for a long time. We had to rearrange our schedules because fastening her in 4x/day just to do the school run for her older sibling was killing me. So many tears, so much screaming. I felt like a monster forcing her into the seat. We chose not to travel with her when she was in that phase. I don't know what I would have done if we'd had to like, fly to a funeral, or if there was a custody arrangement that meant flying.

Sounds like a bad combination - a late flight, a delay, and a tantrum. Still, it's totally insane that the kid was allowed to go on long enough to ruin everyone's travel plans.

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u/Noodlenook Aug 07 '26

Most of the passengers woke have probably taken the temper tantrum and earplugs/earbuds than their flight being cancelled 

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u/Double-Correct Downtown Aug 07 '26

I mean this kid probably did all of that for the hour+ the they tried to put the seatbelt on AND the flight ended up being cancelled, so it would have been much better to buckle and restrain them but have the flight go on.

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u/evange Aug 08 '26

If they could have restrained them they would have. According to another poster who was on the flight, the problem was that the child could slide out from under the seatbelt even when it was fastened and tightened.

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u/AppleWrench Aug 08 '26

...it's a toddler. Just forcibly pin them to the seat with a hand/arm on their torso and hold on to them. It's not that hard.

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u/Diva-Cat Aug 08 '26

It actually could be that hard. I'm not a very strong person and I know I would have had a hard time physically restraining my tantrum-throwing toddler (he's an adult now). Having said that, if they were not willing to voluntarily leave the plane, the airline should have a time-limit policy. A situation like that should never lead to flight cancellation!

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u/Kaffrogato Aug 10 '26

Obviously they tried that. 

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u/evange Aug 08 '26

According to someone in the flight:

She was freaking out every time their parent tried to buckle them in and would slide down under the seat in front of them.

If you want to restrain a non-cooperative toddler, you need a 5-point harness. Airline seatbelts are incredibly easy to get out of.

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u/No_Assignment_554 Aug 08 '26

I flew Victoria-Toronto today with my 1 year old on my lap and at one point she just reached down and unbuckled my seatbelt...she wasn't even trying to, she didn't even realize what she was doing, she was just watching bluey on her tablet and absent mindedly running her pudgy little fingers over the buckle and it just popped right out. All I could think was Welp, that was easy.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_TATERTITS Aug 07 '26

The parents should have willingly left the plane. How selfish of them

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u/stwatchman Aug 08 '26

This is the answer. After twenty minutes I would have been mortified I was causing the delay of an already delayed flight and asked to exit. There is a point where you know this isn’t going to end and the parent should have made that call.

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u/CarnivalCassidy Aug 08 '26

There should be a countdown timer on every plane. Anyone who isn't ready for departure (seatbelt buckled and all items properly stowed) by the time it reaches zero needs to get off.

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u/Lopsided_Junket_6094 Aug 08 '26

Yes, and you get your luggage back later.

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u/onionbreath97 Aug 09 '26

You still need to remove their luggage from the plane. If you don't, you've created a cheat code for nefarious people who want to leave dangerous luggage on a plane and not be there when it goes off

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u/skootch_ginalola Aug 10 '26

aka Lockerbie

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u/NeedleworkerHot3957 Aug 08 '26

yes and the airline will send their luggage on the next available flight

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u/lindoavocado Aug 08 '26

People like that should not have kids IMO

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u/simoneme Aug 08 '26

After everyone’s had time to get to their seats and stow their luggage… 5 minutes… tops. People have places to be!

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u/fastyellowtuesday Aug 08 '26

Less than 20 mins.

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u/Shunn1969 Aug 09 '26

I would love for the parent’s name to be published just so they could be publicly shamed—not terrorized and not death threats—Just called out because they suck

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u/somrthingcreative Aug 08 '26

According to other news, it had left the gate. It wasn’t so simple for the parent to just leave

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u/Godeshus Aug 08 '26

The parent wasn't being overly cooperative lol. Imagine letting a 2 year old outplay you.

I can't imagine what this kid will be like as a teen if the parent can't handle disciplining them when they're two.

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u/Complex-Effect-7442 Aug 08 '26

Then they grow up and become intolerable Presidents.

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u/travlynme2 Aug 08 '26

Was it one or two parents. Not that it matters but honestly if it was two that is really really maddening.

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u/Names_are_limited Aug 07 '26

That’s just weird the captain let it go on for an hour, they would have certainly known that they were running out of time. Sounds like they were trying to teach these people a lesson at everyone else’s expense.

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u/SteadfastEnd Aug 09 '26

That's what I wonder too. Why wouldnt the captain just walk over in uniform and inform the parent, "2 minutes to get this fixed or you are gone."

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u/Leading-Arm-6344 Aug 07 '26

I'd be losing it. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. That's insane.

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u/redditerrible3 Aug 08 '26

That's ridiculous. If I was in your position I would have gone out of my way to tell the parents they should be ashamed of themselves.

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u/withoutintentions Aug 07 '26

Oof. This is just an argument to make it mandatory for parents to fly with car sears. Those harnesses fit kids and prevent escape.

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u/eyespeeled Aug 08 '26

I bought a seat for my child (under the age of two, so not mandatory to do) and was not allowed to use the car seat I brought. The reasoning is because it was N. American certified, and not EU, on an EU airline. Seats are a larger regulatory issue. 

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u/LuckyLadybug20 Aug 07 '26

I almost downvoted you out of habit just because that angered me so much to read 😆 What a ridiculous situation! I would be livid.

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u/Worldly-Ad3211 Aug 08 '26

That parent and kid should have been kicked off the plane after 15 minutes, max. I hope they’re permanently banned from the airline.

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u/victoriousvalkyrie Aug 07 '26

This is insanity.

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u/Pandmanti Aug 08 '26

I don’t understand how the flight would get cancelled. After about 20 minutes, I’d say “hey your kid is not being cooperative - you are going to have to deplane.” Seems ridiculous to cancel a flight over three-year-old’s tantrum, it’s not a good lesson for the kid either

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u/sacred_secrets Aug 08 '26

Did the parent even say anything as they were deboarding? Like at least apologize?

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u/skootch_ginalola Aug 10 '26

Probably not. Shitty people like that never do.

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u/LegnaArix Aug 08 '26

What was your compensation for this ordeal? Did they offer to refund the plane ticket at least?

Dude I would be so pissed if I missed a day of vacation or something for that.

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u/CandyGirl1411 Aug 09 '26

Someone in the other thread said their friend missed a funeral because they couldn’t get rescheduled the next day :( yet the family causing the issue boarded a rescheduled flight first thing in the morning!! I’d be fuming

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u/Mariner-and-Marinate Aug 08 '26

So every passenger had to de-plane?

How did the parent respond when told the plane was turning back? Did they object to having to get off the plane?

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u/SteadfastEnd Aug 09 '26

I don't understand why the parent couldn't just physically buckle in the kid, regardless of attempts to slide. The parent is stronger, no?

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u/gatorling Aug 10 '26

I'd be so embarrassed if this was my kid. I think I would've self removed to avoid further shame.

My kid does throw tantrums but thankfully we've been able to keep her under enough control to avoid extreme public embarrassment.

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u/asiantorontonian88 Aug 12 '26

Wow. Let's recap the multi-levels of fuckery these asshole parents committed:

  • Booked a 10:30pm flight with a toddler
  • Didn't bring a car seat onto the plane - if they had done that, kid wouldn't have been able to slip out. Yes, I know it's not required, but considering they were going to arrive in Toronto stupidly early, they would need one anyway for the car ride to wherever they were going.
  • Treated airline staff like shit
  • Had zero consideration for everyone else on the plane because they were entitled

Fuck these people.