<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by richard:
Well, this topic has come up before, of course, and I weigh in on no children in F or C unless they are very well-behaved. Otherwise, I believe parents should fly in coach.
This is the fine restaurant vs. McDonald's analogy, and that is what I would go by. Anything goes in McDonalds (of course parents should keep their kids from running wild anywhere, goes without saying) but not in a fine restaurant.</font>
Is flying in coach a permission to behave worse than in first? I am not sure if a difference should be made. A plane is a public place, where we have to be very close people we don't know and thus all of us, adults too, should try put on our best behavior regardless of the class of travel. There is something wrong with the parents if they let their kids to annoy fellow passengers. Well, easy for me to say... no kids
The only airline, that I can remember now, where I have encountered badly behaving kids (and adults) is Lufthansa. (Sorry, German FTers)