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IPFS News Link • Transportation: Air Travel

SOCAL FAMILY THROWN OFF OVERBOOKED DELTA FLIGHT OVER CHILD'S SEATING

• By Elex Michaelson and Chelsea Edwards

The Schear family of Huntington Beach says they were flying from Hawaii to Los Angeles last week when airline staff asked them to give up a seat occupied by their 2-year-old son and carry him on their laps for the duration of the flight.

They tried to refuse and argued with airline staff, but say they were threatened with being sent to jail.

"You have to give up the seat or you're going to jail, your wife is going to jail and they'll take your kids from you," Brian Schear recalled the airline staff telling him.