Originally Posted by
YXUhomebase
If you travel with young kids you would find that boarding last would be a night mare.
Likely nonstorage place left so left with trying to find places for carry on. And with young kids there are potentially more carry on items around “just in case”
as as well depending on seating there is trying to move around those already seated. Presuming you are likely in cramped economy seating there is trying to get seat belts and settling kids while everyone else is already there and minimal space.
If if you have ever boarded last in the back you would know the challenges of getting yourself settled and then imagine having to also worry about a young child or two who may not always be completely cooperative and understanding.
So are you making a moral case that people with children deserve special treatment? If storage space is a scarcity on planes, does it go without saying that people with kids deserve preferential access to it? I'm not saying I disagree but I just want us to be clear.
With respect to kids not wanting to cooperate and behave, that's why I suggested minimizing their time onboard.
Originally Posted by
WaytoomuchEurope
I actually can't understand the logic for not pre-boarding families with infants and toddlers.
Who loses? Does it really bother those of us in 1/2 who, worst case scenario are in the exit row (say, 31?).
Flying with kids sucks. AC should just make it a touch easier on those families and let them be Zone 0.
I've been on flights (especially during summer travel season) on other airlines (like LH or UA) where literally dozens of people take advantage of the pre-boarding privilege on account of traveling with children. Sometimes, the kids are at least 6-7 years old. Sometimes, it's 1 kid + their extended family of 8. So it's often not just "1/2" people we're talking about.
Again, I'm open to hearing the moral case for why people with children deserve special treatment. If someone wants to make the argument that humanity's survival depends on people having children and thus we owe a societal debt to them, I'm ready to hear the case. But I don't think it's a forgone conclusion.