Originally Posted by
jgcii
You are unbelievably wrong. No one has a right to fly. Period.
From a purely business point of view I suggest there is enough people who travel for a living that a case can be made for no leisure travellers on board (read no kids). There would likely be a hefty premium for that service and admittedly it would be difficult to implement.
I have 2 young boys and I know my kids. Taking them together on a plane is a good way to upset a whole lot of other folks. Seperately they are fine. But as noted by another poster the travel is actually harder on them - discomfort, loss of control, and the all-mighty BOREDOM. So the best answer is not to fly them - thus Hawaii has been off the radar, as well as Europe, etc...
The OP notes that family visits must be paid - I suggest that fa,ily can come to visit. There myriad ways in which infants can be accomodated - airplanes are just one solution and absolutely NOT a right.
Well said flying is not a right. Therefore what makes you think business travelers have any rights to demand who flies and doesn’t fly. Airlines is a business and obviously they know they can’t just cater to business trips, otherwise they would have used that for their model. They need people to fly on holiday also. They also need people to fly in the back of the bus in order to make the flight profitable. Sure the people in the back don’t provide much profit for the airplane, but they need them since it is difficult to fill a plane with all premium seats on the multitude of routes they have to fly.
And the suggestion not to fly shows how international you truly are. There are many of us with families on the opposite side of the world. It is absurd to expect all the cousins, parents, grandparents, siblings, and friends to fly over and spend thousands of dollars each (just in Y) to fly to come see you, every time you want to have your child see them. You want your kids to grow up knowing their family, and to visit the land were their parent(s) were from, and be exposed to different cultures so they aren’t narrow minded (which is the view that most of the world already has on us Americans, and I am starting to see why through forums like this).
Anyway I for one will continue to fly yearly or every other year on our 2 long haul legs back to RSA with our kids in whatever class I can afford at the time or have miles for. And I look forward to sitting next to anti-kid types who think kids don’t deserve to fly.
The world has spoken and the person who deserves to fly is the one who can afford it. If you don’t like get a private plane or start up an airline that only caters to business travel. Good luck with getting a network that has any depth that will be profitable.
P.S. Is this serious your view or are you just trying to stir the pot?