Originally Posted by
MikeyZBT
Also, there may be no "unwritten rules", but what is the overwhelming opinion "out there"? Just curious.
There has been A LOT of discussion about this on FT since it started. Some think people should not burden Biz or First passengers with infants. Others think kids & infants should be stowed in the cargo hold or placed out on the wing.
I wouldn't call this overwhelming though. It's easy to predict. If someone travels with kids they will most certainly have a predictable slant. Then there are those that don't travel with kids but do have kids. They are less predictable. There there are the childless. They often suggest the cargo hold or wing.
Everyone has an opinion and everyone thinks their own doesn't stink.
But almost everyone agrees: infants cry and there is nothing anyone can do to stop this... its the pressure in their ears. But when it comes to toddlers and up the biggest complaint is not with the child but with the parent that is doing little or nothing to control the child. The most egregious offense is when the parent is sleeping while the child is keeping everyone else awake. ANY effort - even if the effort doesn't work - is usually all that fellow passengers want.