Originally Posted by
Handcake
I am not sure why you are being so judgemental???
I take students (high school) on trips myself and while I usually sit with the kids, this year I was up in J while the other chaperones were with the kids. If you have enough staff/chaperones to sit with the kids, what's the big deal if someone wants to pay to be upfront?
I assume the school doesn't have extra funding to pay for tickets for parents who want to come along but don't actually want to chaperone.
If your volunteered role is to chaperone, why would you relinquish that responsibility for the flight? If they didn't need your chaperone abilities, they simply wouldn't have brought you.
I agree with MSP here - the big deal is that, with less chaperones, the kids are more likely to misbehave - causing inconveniences for other passengers, which you can't be aware of as you're sitting up in J.
Finallly, there is simply the social concerns here - you're better than all the other chaperones and the kids to sit in J? I wouldn't want to interact with the others after I separated myself for the flight because 7.5 hours was far too much to bear in C+ (sarcasm added for emphasis).