Mom 'Scared to Death' After Stranger Allegedly Slapped Her Infant on Flight

[Doktor]

Before slapping a kid in front of its' mother, make sure you wear welding glasses, helmet and ear plugs.

Other body armour is welcomed too.

[bonehead]

First thing I want to say is that God or some other higher power help the person who reaches over and smacks one of my kids without them deserving it (If they are doing something to deserve it - feel free to discipline, they probably know better).

Yeah. I am not touching that with a 10 foot pole. It takes a special kind of stupid for a stranger to reach over and smack a child in front of the mother and that kind of stupid is going to hurt.... a lot

[THL]

First thing I want to say is that God or some other higher power help the person who reaches over and smacks one of my kids without them deserving it (If they are doing something to deserve it - feel free to discipline, they probably know better).

That being said, I have not read anything that said the mother planned for her childs ears hurting on take off and landing. We flew with Dharma from Chicago to Tampa when she was 5 weeks and I had pacifiers and a bottle for her to suck on to help with her ears just in case. I got her to sleep before we got on the plane and then again right before we landed. No one heard a peep. Especially me, who does not like to hear crying, whining, or screaming.

I have low tolerance for other peoples children. I don't even really like kids (other than my own) most of the time so I understand a persons frustration in having to listen to someone elses kid scream and whine in a closed space like that. But this guys problem was not that he was annoyed with the kid, it was that he was drunk and belligerent. The woman should have handed the child to the person across the aisle from her and beat that mans ass.

[gunnut]

Racist language plus hitting a toddler - I'm sure he will be spending some time in jail and no doubt be "former president" of an airplane parts company.

Can't stand kids crying on airplanes - especially international flights.

Would it still be racist if he were black?

The mother lied. She didn't die.

[USSWisconsin]

Smacking a kid or their parents who decided to force the rest of the world to endure their irritating child might not be a good career move.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Saturday that AGC Aerospace and Defense had suspended 60-year-old Joe Rickey Hundley, of Hayden, Idaho, as president of its Unitech Composites and Structures.

On Sunday, AGC issued a statement saying that, while not referring to Hundley by name, calls reports of an executive's behavior on personal travel "offensive and disturbing" and says he "is no longer employed with the company." The statement does not say whether the executive quit or was fired.

I bet there was a nasty board meeting at that company. I wonder how their stock is doing?

This Joe guy really pickeled his baby punchin goose. I wonder if he's wishing he had used the corporate jet?

[troung]

Smacking a kid or their parents who decided to force the rest of the world to endure their irritating child might not be a good career move.

Man charged with slapping toddler may be out job
Associated Press – 17 hrs ago

Man charged with slapping toddler may be out job - Yahoo! News

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man charged with slapping a toddler on a Minneapolis-to-Atlanta flight appears to be out of a job.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Saturday that AGC Aerospace and Defense had suspended 60-year-old Joe Rickey Hundley, of Hayden, Idaho, as president of its Unitech Composites and Structures.

On Sunday, AGC issued a statement saying that, while not referring to Hundley by name, calls reports of an executive's behavior on personal travel "offensive and disturbing" and says he "is no longer employed with the company." The statement does not say whether the executive quit or was fired.

Hundley was charged with assault last week after he was accused of slapping a 2-year-old boy and called him a racial slur during the Feb. 8 flight. His attorney has said he will plead not guilty.

[Doktor]

There would be few parachutes in captain's cabin for this kind of situations

[USSWisconsin]

This guy is psycho man. In India he would have got beaten up on the flight itself.

Coming to irritating kids, I can deal with the loud whiny ones. A good set of earplugs, or if there is a movie, and your are set.

Its the ones right behind you kicking against your backrest which I generally draw the line at.

I'd draw a line there too, but it would be complaints to the flight attendant - demanding the kid stop that - a kid that age can be talked to and disciplined (by the parent or the authorities). It happened to me once, the kid wouldn't quit it, I got bumped to 1st class. This baby puncher has no excuse, IMO, he needs to be cuffed and stowed with the luggage - and put off the plane ASAP, its too bad the baby's Dad wasn''t there to punch him, he needed a knee in the groin too.

Chogy,

How would a situation like this be handled on one of your flights?

[Pedicabby]

Parents doing it right:

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Looks a lot better than most in flight meals.

[doppelganger]

We talk smacking, not spanking.:Dancing-Banana:

With the whiny brat in tow, its all the same man. :(

[Doktor]

I agree. Problem is here most times they are mummies, travelin alone, and some are quite pretty as well.

We talk smacking, not spanking.:Dancing-Banana:

[doppelganger]

In some cases it should be legal to smack the parent around...

I agree. Problem is here most times they are mummies, travelin alone, and some are quite pretty as well.

[bigross86]

In some cases it should be legal to smack the parent around...

[doppelganger]

This guy is psycho man. In India he would have got beaten up on the flight itself.

Coming to irritating kids, I can deal with the loud whiny ones. A good set of earplugs, or if there is a movie, and your are set.

Its the ones right behind you kicking against your backrest which I generally draw the line at.

[Doktor]

14 weeks, mate, 14 weeks....

Dang... In my defense I have fever - over 38,5C...

And kudos to the parents. They know that kids can be annoying on planes, and decided to do something to maybe minimize the inconvenience. Shame there aren't more people like them....

Indeed. Tho 8 y/o can be pretty annoying as well. Even more then babies.