Originally Posted by
George Purcell
Long past time for this. The current situation, where airlines basically force a bunch of uncomfortable interactions between strangers to deal with what should be an open and shut issue of a parent and a kid sitting together is pretty bad. Far better to put it back on the airline and have them deal directly with any affected passengers who might need to be moved to accommodate the family.
I don't mind sitting next to a kid. That threat by entitled parents doesn't bother me. I won't be looking after the kid either. Not my circus, not my monkey.
What I mind is having to give up my pre-reserved seat because some parent couldn't be bothered to pre-reserve seats as well, or assumed the airline would seat them together.