Miami Beach, FL - A South Florida family filed a complaint with the Department of Transportation after they said their special needs child was discriminated.
Miami Beach residents Avi and Dina Klein were flying with their five children in business class on American Airlines.
The family was coming from a vacation in Paris when they said the captain on board asked them to move their 9-year-old Autistic son Yosef to the back of the plane. “Just like people would discriminate against people for race or religion, I believe my child was discriminated against because he has special needs,” said Avi.
Dina said she understands if Yosef was being disruptive but says he wasn’t. “It would have been different if he was making a lot of noises and passengers were complaining I would understand that, but none of the passengers were complaining,” said Dina.
A spokes person for American Airlines told 7 News: “A youngster repeatedly kicked the back of a seat set aside for cockpit crew members so they could rest during the flight. The lead flight attendant asked the parent of the young boy if he could swap seats with another family member. At no time did anyone ask the young boy or any other member of the family to go to coach.”
As a father of two young autistic boys 3 and 5 years old. The only thing I have to say now American Air Lines you are the wrost . Louis
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ReplyDeleteWithout all the facts I tend to side with the Kleins because they are the customer and the airline should be treating them with respect and the airline should know the rules and how to treat their customers. If the kid was bothering someone they have a right to ask it to stop and especially if it is a safety issue, but they do not have the right to be disrespectful or insensitive to the family. It is a fine line but one that the airline should be equipped to handle or they need more training.
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