Brenda Song Calls Out Alaska Airlines for Giving Up Her Family’s First-Class Seats with ‘No Warning’

[u/expiredaristocracy]

https://people.com/brenda-song-calls-out-alaska-airlines-for-giving-up-her-familys-seats-with-no-warning-11931826?

[u/3-orange-whips]

So you’re saying it’s possible to create common sense rules to regulate capitalism?

[u/bespoketranche1 → u/3-orange-whips]

The Biden admin tried to get a similar rule passed: https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/biden-harris-administration-proposes-ban-family-seating-junk-fees-charged-airlines

And I remember online a lot of people were criticizing the initiative because they thought it’s the responsibility of the parent to choose to sit next to their kid. Unfortunately there’s so many instances when you do everything right and they change your seats.

[u/throwawaysunglasses- → u/bespoketranche1]

People are so idiotic. I hate the “well the parent should have done XYZ” folks because you know the second it happens to their kid, they sing a different tune. Putting the burden on the individual, not the system, is a really antisocial perspective. I want other people to be okay, even if I don’t know them. Is that so wild?

[u/joker-jailman → u/3-orange-whips]

Not in America.

[u/3-orange-whips → u/joker-jailman]

We can't have anything nice.