n yet another incident in a series of overbooking mishaps in the airline industry, an entire family was kicked off of a Delta flight traveling from Hawaii to Los Angeles because they refused to allow the 1-year-old son to sit in the seat they purchased. The moment was caught on video in an incident that occurred near the end of last month after the family was returning from vacation and had their two infant children with them—as though traveling with children wasn't hard enough.

It all started towards the end of the Schear family's vacation, when they had initially booked three seats for themselves and their teenage son, opting to keep their 1-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter on their laps for the duration of the flight. When their teenage son offered to fly back home the day before, the family decided to replace his seat reservation with their infant son, which was approved by the airline ahead of time.

Once they were seated, they placed their young son in his seat by placing him in a car seat, but Delta staff informed the Schear family that this is not allowed for children 2 and younger. Despite Brian Schear, the father, telling them that they paid full price for the seat and had done the exact same thing on their flight to Hawaii with Delta, the personnel continue to tell him that this isn't allowed at all and that he must remove the child from the seat. When Brian says that he will not leave the flight because he paid for the seat, Delta staff responds with a shocking threat.

"Then it's going to be a federal offense," a crew member tells him. "I mean, you and your wife will be in jail and your kids will be put in foster care."

Credit: Brian Schear

Though it's unclear if this would have happened, as jail time and calling Child Protective Services is an extreme measure, Brittany, the mother, said she was terrified once the staff said this to her husband.

"As a mother, you have a one-year-old and a two-year-old – it doesn't matter whether that's true or false. It put fear in me," she told ABC.

Unfortunately, the drama did not stop there, as Brian continued to make his case while more staff showed up to inform him of their alleged rules, which were later directly refuted by Delta's own website. The staff member tells Brian that the 1-year-old absolutely cannot take up his own seat and must be in their lap or else the plane is not leaving the tarmac. She says his options are to take his child out of the seat and hold him for the entire flight or leave the flight entirely.