A mother on a Frontier Airlines flight made quite a scene after landing, blocking the aisle and demanding that no one deplane until her child, seated several rows back, could get off first.

Mother Blocks Frontier Airlines Aisle, Refuses To Let Anyone Deplane Until Her Child Gets Off First

In a video circulating online, a woman is seen standing in the aisle of a Frontier Airlines flight after arrival, holding up the entire cabin while repeatedly insisting that her child must deplane first. Passengers can be heard groaning as she refuses to move aside, stating that “nobody’s leaving until my kid gets off.”

Her child was seat several rows back and she thought that everyone between her and her child should sit down and let her child get past them

As she continues to block the aisle, emotions escalate, and a shouting match ensues. Thankfully, a soft-spoken flight attendant stepped in and coaxed her into stepping aside so others could pass and she could be reunited with her daughter. This video includes coarse language:

Emotion Or Entitlement?

Deplaning is usually one of the most predictable rituals in air travel: the seatbelt sign goes off, people stand, and the process unfolds row by row front to back (unless the rear aircraft door is also used). It’s not an official rule, but it works because of mutual understanding. What happened here broke that unwritten rule. It’s one thing to stand up to retrieve a bag or wait for someone in your row, but it’s quite another to hold up an entire plane of passengers because you think your situation takes precedence over everyone else’s.

Maybe her child was scared, sick, or separated from her during the flight—if so, perhaps she should have paid for seat assignments in advance. But nothing in the video suggests a medical or safety emergency. It comes across more like someone trying to assert control in a moment of frustration and confusion; a sense of entitlement from someone who does not fly often. As View From The Wing notes, “By blocking the aisle, other passengers can’t move forward, and neither can the woman’s kid!”

Here again, I praise the flight attendant and only wish she was present from the start (this apparently went on for over a minute before the camera started rolling). A calm but firm direction to sit down and allow others to pass should end the matter before it escalates. Passengers should not be left to argue among themselves over who gets to leave first, though I can see how this would be something you just would not expect to happen in the first place…

CONCLUSION

This kind of behavior perfectly illustrates how civility in air travel seems to be eroding. Everyone has a story, but that doesn’t give anyone the right to hold others hostage in a metal tube after landing. If the child needed help, she should never have been separated in the first place. Blocking an aisle and demanding special treatment helps no one, it just turns a crowded cabin into another viral spectacle of entitlement. And honestly, after a long flight on Frontier, I’d be eager to get off too…

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