I was intrigued to see the heat and emotion that this topic caused. IN the magazine Business Traveller this became as choleric a topic as smoking.

For my part, I detest badly behaved anybody, rather than whether they are infants, juniors, seniors, or adults who never quite mastered puberty. As far as I am concerned Small babies cry probably to unblock their ears. They can be so hard to console. I do feel so sorry for their parents that I just could not bring myself to complain to them or anyone else. I have my share of ill-behaved children, and they have been outnumbered 5 to 6 by the well behaved. From what I see in the USA few people seem to pay the full F fare anyway. If the youngsters have had an F fare paid they are entitled to ride in that seat. I'd rather some small child anyday to some of the so-called adults that I encounter. No child has ever thrown tantrums like some of the adults who are denied an upgrade.

I was interested to read about the parents who upgraded and left the children in Coach. I think that the passengers in that event had every right to complain. Upgraded meant that you had a confirmed seat in Economy. Why did you not stay with your children? Isn't that what a family trip is all about? I know that this string occurred recently, and most people said as I recall that they would refuse anything that separated the family. Don't children have a right to be with their parents? I do not mean to offend, but to me it seems bizzare.