I thought the cockpit door was supposed to be closed and locked at all times. If that's true how is Bede going to distract the pilot?
That actually makes no sense, so now for the politically uncorrect uncouth question: Which one of the snobbish "elite" was do to fly on that same flight? Because that is the only answer, that makes any sense as to why, this child couldn't fly first class.
A family claims they couldn't board their cross-country flight to Los Angeles after their son was singled out and discriminated against because he has Down syndrome.
Joan and Robert Vanderhorst were flying on American Airlines from Newark, New Jersey to Newark, NJ to Los Angeles on Sunday with their 16-year-old son Bede.
But they say that as they waited to board the flight, they were told that they weren't allowed on the plane.
Joan pulled out her cell phone and began to videotape, documenting what she believes was a violation of her son's civil rights and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Bede -- who was labeled a flight risk -- can be seen in the video sitting at the gate, quietly playing with his hat.
In the video, you can hear Joan sobbing and her husband expressing disbelief.
"He's behaving," Robert says. "He's demonstrating he's not a problem."
"Of course he's behaving. He's never not behaved," Joan adds.
"I kept saying, 'Is this only because he has Down syndrome?'" Joan said in an interview with KTLA via Skype.
The family has flown together dozens of times. The only thing different about this flight was that they had upgraded
