Originally Posted by
madfish
Have you considered if these people what these people think of having to sit next to you? Does the child/parent have the right to ask the CC to get you offloaded because they don't want to sit next to you, after all they have a seat as well, and you just so happen to be next to them.
This.
Plus wasn't it only very recently that BA stopped their unaccompanied minor service for 5-11yr olds? So this scenario of sitting next to a 5yr old was perfectly plausible with no parent onboard.