Airline discriminates against those who are different!

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My feelings are along the lines of what most others have said. But maybe the pilot thought the kid was a threat.

OTOH, let's suppose the pilot had the worst imaginable intentions -- that he hates "ret*ds" and barred the kid for no other reason than that. Could anyone prevent that pilot from doing the same thing 1000 times over the next 20 years? Nope.

That's what it is to be a n****r -- when you get treated badly no one cares, because the majority doesn't identify with 'what you are.' If the pilot did that to a little old lady ("maybe she'll become disoriented and enter the cockpit and spill hot coffee on the electronics") there would be such an uproar that he would be disciplined, because there are a lot of little old ladies and a lot of people who know little old ladies, and all of them would complain.

The family being placed on the plane with no one within 2 rows strikes me as an attempt by the airline to protect themselves, because if there is some investigation they can say, "well, we HAD to seat them that way, because the kid was SO out of control. It actually PROVES the kid was out of control and the parents are lying if they say otherwise. Wink, wink know what I mean?"

Uhm.. should I mention that the pilots cabin is closed in flight not to mention bullet proof?
Unless someone would like to inform me that a large child or an old lady with a cup of coffee has more force then a bullet I think the pilots were fairly safe as were the electronics.

and there is in fact, the mother video taped her son "playing absentmindedly with a hat" while the pilot told her that she could not fly and the security guard told her she could not film in the "secure area"

I don't think that all airlines (especially American airlines) have bullet-proof doors. I remember hearing that the Isreali airline El Al has reinforced doors on all of their planes, but that most American airlines balked at the price of outfitting all of their planes with them after 9/11.

But, I do think that the cockpit doors on most or all passenger jets are lockable from the inside. And I've heard that flight crews usually work out a "password" in the number of knocks on the door. I.e. 3 knocks = they let you in, any other number of knocks and they don't unlock the door.

I'm going with the "someone slated to sit with the kid in 1st class complained because she saw a behavior that was slightly 'off'" theory. Not to mention the mother couldn't have gotten 100% of the kid's time in the airport on video. It still does't make it right, though... for either the complainer OR the airline.

I heard it was because somehow the child was being disruptive and the airline staff were concerned his behavior may distract the pilot (shouldn't they have more focus than that?). Even if this were true, couldn't they simply move him further away from the cockpit entrance and still maintain first-class seating?

I would like to have seen more video evidence proving that he was or was not disruptive. Until more evidence surfaces, I will reserve judgment.

They thought someone with DS would have behavior problems? every person with DS I know is super-kind a polite and would never hurt a fly.

Ignorant dolts!! !