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Which is what he did.

The article says he paid for a safety seat from the airline.

That's the mistake made by the check in desk.

He did check the toddler in, and bought a safety seat for the flight. From the articie Despite Mr Schear later relenting and agreeing to hold the child, the crew member tells him the family was being removed from the plane because "it's come too far". When he responds that there is nowhere for...

He had checked his toddler in at the boarding desk, with a ticket he had paid for.

Four people took those seats when the family left. Edit to add - read the link in my post #9. The family eventually left the flight, and Mr Schear said their seats were filled by four other passengers waiting with tickets.

I realise that, but overbooking is not one of them. Here is the legal jargon from the United airlines case. Under United’s Contract Of Carriage (COC) rules (which follow federal rules), a passenger may only be bumped from a flight before they board (Rule 25). After they have taken their...

As with the Vietnamese doctor, the airlines have no right to ask you to leave a plane, once you have boarded.

But the toddler would have been checked in for that seat, with the ticket and a boarding pass issued. I can understand it if the airline said the seat couldn't be used before boarding.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39814586 His two-year-old was sitting in a child safety seat, which crew members then claimed was banned under Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations and said the child would have to sit in an adult's lap. That is at odds with Delta's...