Originally Posted by
sydnerd
She certainly understands the Golden Rule..."do unto others..." If my six year old would know what the right thing to do is, there shouldn't even be a debate here about it.
To be honest, I would willingly give up any seat in first and ride in the back (even on a long flight), if it was necessary to accomodate this family. This is "real life", folks. What is your comfort on a 4 hour flight really worth to you? I mean, what is it *really* worth?
-L
All I can say is; thank god for people with this additude. ^
I recently did AMS-FRA-MCO (vice versa 2 weeks later) and eventhough I have been planning things for over a year, talking to the airline for over a year and actually having been assigned the proper (economy) seat for me and my family, the airline thought it was suitable to give us 3 seats allover the flight. All of them in places that do not only not fit my needs but actually worsen my health. Gate-agents refused to sort things out, leaving it to the flightcrew. Thankfully the woman asked to give up her seat helped me out, so at least I could sit in a more suitable seat.
To be honest, the outlook of a lot of people on this subject makes me sad. It's pretty obvious that I'm disabled and have particular needs, but you don't want to count the evil eyes I got these last 2 weeks whenever I preboarded (even when escorded by folks in uniforms stating on it they are ambulance personal
). It seems like it's more and more dog-eat-dog when it comes to flying.