Originally Posted by
PTravel
And why do you think it's okay that he kicks the seat?
And that is exactly why I find some (and thank god not all) parents the worst thing about flying. I don't care if kids fly or not -- it doesn't concern me in the least. However, I don't want my seat kicked . . . by anyone. You think it's okay that your kid kicks my seat. I don't.
PTraveler, did you even read my post? I don't agree it's okay, and I take reasonable steps to preven this. As I said before, it's roughly 99% effective.
I am going one step further. In your ideal world, zero seat kicking would occur. I am trying to HELP you make that happen.
As I said before, I am willing to change, to make things better for you. I am not willing to pay 60k to prevent a single incident, and I try as hard as I can to book bulkhead whenever possible. If you have any other suggestions on
how I can make life easier for you feel free to offer them. However, your continued rants make me believe you are not interested in a solution, you'd rather just complain.
Nope. As a society, we don't allow people to impose on others as a matter of right. I'm sorry you don't understand this. The fact that you have a kid does not give you the right to impose on me by kicking my seat.
As a lawyer, you should be ashamed to write such a statement. Of course we can impose on people as a matter of right. Laws and the legal system are all about balancing competing interests, and yes, rights.
For example, I cannot fire up my table saw before 7AM. However, at 7:01 AM, I can run it, my radio, and do it all with my garage door open, regardless of how late my neighbors want to sleep in. I am imposing on their right to peace and quiet by exercising my right to run power tools at 7:01am. The police can determine if my noise is excessive, and if so, I will be asked to turn it down. If not, my neighbors are out of luck.
Similarly, the FA can determine if the kicking is excessive - if not, you are out of luck. It's a matter of degree. Like I said before, our society is based on balancing competing interests - excessive kicking will get stopped by the FA or in extreme cases, the police. Non-excessive kicking, you will either live with, or fly in a private jet.
Sorry, but you're still not clear on the issue. I'm asking you not to kick my seat. Period. I don't care what else you do or how you do it. Don't kick my seat. Period.
Feel free to ask, but you are going to get ignored, because in the real world, that's what happens to complaints without solutions.
P.S. luckily for my neighbors, they like me, and I don't get up early enough to disturb them. But I *could*, if I wanted to
