When it was time to board, the family was approached twice by a customer service representative who

The parents of a teenager with Down syndrome say they suspect they were kept off an American Airlines flight because the pilot didn't want a disabled child in first class, tom cruise and dyslexia while the carrier counters the decision was made for safety reasons.
It happened Sunday as Robert Vanderhorst, his wife and their 16-year-old son Bede were set to fly on American Airlines from Newark, N.J. to Los Angeles, after attending a family reunion over the Labor Day weekend.
"We went from first class to last class," Vanderhorst told NBC News. "From the front of the bus to the back, and the only thing I can conclude is that the airlines do not want people like my son to sit in first class...who may disturb them in some way."
Vanderhorst, tom cruise and dyslexia who is an attorney in Porterville, Calif., said the family had coach tickets, but when they got to the airport, his wife decided to splurge and pay $675 for all of them to upgrade to first class. Bede had flown about 30 times before, but never in the premium cabin, so the family was excited about the trip.
Vanderhorst walked Bede around the terminal before the flight. The boy sometimes hums or talks to himself, but doesn't do it in a loud voice, tom cruise and dyslexia Vanderhorst said. Bede wasn't excitable, never ran and did not misbehave in any way, he added.
When it was time to board, the family was approached twice by a customer service representative who told them the pilot was concerned the boy could create a disturbance, according to Vanderhorst's account. There was alleged unease about Bede's size – he is 5'1" and weighs 160 pounds – and his seat's proximity to the cockpit.
But American Airlines said that clip was filmed during a calm moment. There were times the boy was calm, but he continued to be agitated when it came time to board, Miller said, so the airline asked the family to take a different flight. The decision tom cruise and dyslexia was made with careful consideration and based on the boy's behavior, he added.
"We were put in the back seat of the bus and there was a buffer zone around us," he said. "I don't think the airlines tom cruise and dyslexia wanted us chatting with our fellow passengers about what had just happened at American Airlines."