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    Delta Apologizes To Family That Was Kicked Off A Plane Over A Toddler's Seat

    The airline is offering compensation and an apology to Brian Schear after a crew member said agents would put the parents in jail and place their children in foster care for a "federal offense."
    by Bill Chappell May 05, 2017 3 minutes
    Brian Schear, seen here during an argument with Delta staff, says he and his family were forced off a flight from Maui because they put their two-year-old in a seat Schear had bought for a different child.

    Delta is the latest airline to face fallout from an on-plane dispute, after a family that was forced off of an overnight flight from Maui to California posted video that saw the crew say agents would put the parents in jail and place their children in foster care.

    The airline is offering compensation and an apology to Brian Schear and his family after Schear posted an 8-minute video Wednesday. In it, Schear and crew members argue over whether the seat he bought for his 18-year-old

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