Did they still get the miles?

I read this post over at Finslippy's other blog today and I about fell off the couch.

A woman was kicked off a flight for breastfeeding her child. Discreetly!

Now I can tell you, I am not one to whip out the boob in public. Even at home, if someone other than Josh is around, I just go upstairs. And most of the time, I feed Jack in his room anyway because he gets too distracted in other environments.

But I have no problem with any other moms nursing in public. I think it's great people feel more comfortable than I do. I once saw a woman nursing her baby on a bench on Damen Avenue in broad daylight. Go Momma.

I have, however, breastfed my child on a plane. Everything I read encouraged this in case the baby had a problem with ear pressure during takeoff and landing. I, like the woman in the story, was very discreet. I was in the window seat. My husband was next to me. There was no blanket involved because a. I tried to use one and Jack grabbed it off and b. I was not exposing anything. Jack was practically inside my sweatshirt.

We're going on three more plane trips in the next two months and you can be damn sure I will be breastfeeding him during takeoff and landing. I dare them to kick me off the plane.

For God's sake -- I have a friend who sat next to some random guy who read PORN for an entire flight. But breastfeeding is clearly off limits.

If you are as outraged as I am, please take a minute to fill out this petition.

Screw you Delta airlines. I hope you go bankrupt.*

Don't even get me started on the not being able to fly with expressed breastmilk. I will have a post about that in a few weeks after I fly to New York for business.

*But not before all the breastfeeding moms can use up their frequent-flyer miles on nice trips. They deserve nice vacations.