leave child with maternal grandparents ,fly to see other half.......or better yet have gramma and grampa fly....wait oh wait?

Teach your child respect and manners. Put child in seat tell child she/he will pay for the rest of its life with chores. but get into seat now or mommy and daddy will .........

oops sorry not PC , however since I have never raised a hand to my kids and for some reason ppl meet kids my kids that dont exist in this house.. ( wow they are so sweet, helpful , respectful, tidy etc) uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ok. Looks into said childs room that looks like an atom bomb hit it and says for the 12th time do your chores or I will make you pay for college.......

This whole thing is riduculous. In a sense this plane was hijacked by a 3 yr olds tantrum and the parents that were unwilling to set limits.
Think about this for one moment..child flew out there no issues...return flight? had issues, at that point you set your foot down lean over if you feel you must hold her/him and tell child quietly to stop.

Then the rest of us that do fly endure flight with screaming toddler, making fun of you behind your back in comedy houses all over US.