A big salute to the pilot who kicked a 3-year-old boy and his father off his plane because the boy wouldn't buckle up and, apparently, the father was useless in the situation.

I'm seeing that so much anymore -- parents who aren't parenting, and it's always someone else's fault or overreaction. If parents don't parent, others have to step up -- too bad all around.

-- Laurie Dunnagan

Anchorage