Originally Posted by
wharvey
Not sure why it is better to inconvenience a coach passenger more than a first class passenger.
In fact, keeping the baby in first probably inconveniences fewer passengers...
We just have to accept that babies can fly... and that parents sometimes will not... or cannot stop the crying.
I can only imagine how painful flying can be for a baby...
A big "Amen" to that. Passengers in front don't pay for peace and quiet any more than passengers in back do - it's not part of the conditions of carriage. (That we often get it is a nice bonus, not part of the deal.) Those in back are not a lower life form on which we can inflict anything that annoys their betters. Can we sound a bit less like Paris Hilton wannabees, with her sense of entitlement? Children of any age should ideally be quiet in any cabin, but realistically it ain't always gonna happen.
(My most annoying cabin-mates have been loud businessmen who didn't know when, or how, to shut up. A bit late for their parents to do much about it, unfortunately.)