United Airlines Gives Toddler's Seat Away On Flight

United Airlines issued an apology after a Hawaii middle-school teacher had to hold her 27-month-old son on her lap during a flight because the airline gave the toddler's seat away to a standby passenger, according to Hawaii News Now Tuesday. After Shirley Yamauchi's son Taizo was already seated on the flight, a passenger told Yamauchi that her son's seat belonged to him because he acquired a ticket on standby.