JimBoLiGuy... I too would have asked for the pursur or the first flight attendant and just asked nicely that the child was annoying me and if they could ask the parents to do something about him.

But some good points have been made here:

*It's important to give the child a lot of stuff to keep them busy (and it could also help if they can get tired out BEFORE getting on the plane so the kids go off to Z land!)
*Rudi's absoluately right: It's mostly the adults who act like the children and the children who set a better example. I've seen so many times children who say Please and thank you and grown men saying "Well it's about time."
One little girl told her mother "I guess that man was never taught manners!"
*Showing the plane is a great way to keep the kids quiet. (It's also for the older kids like one 33 yr old from Jerzee!) Also: give them wings! They'll think they're special.

OF course I am not an expert, no children, just "single with cats" (although when I had to fly once with both cats in First they were better behaved than the snobby, pompous big man in the designer suit who spent the whole flight complaining about everything from his ex-wife to the F-A's to me having cats. "It's very bad to let animals on the plane" I was tempted to introduce him to EDDIE.

I paid extra for the cats to go on the plane but the F-A's complemented that the cats could teach the humans manners.

OMNI FOR RUDI: I hope you become a grandfather someday and I know you will make a great one! WIth happy, well-manner grandchildren who will teach adults how to act in a plane!




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CATMAN