Originally Posted by drummingcraig

I'll put it this way...this child (who was about 3-4 years old) was running up and down the isle during boarding, each time he passed his family one of them tried very unsuccessfully to restrain him. Once most of boarding had completed he began running up into F, and at two different points he ran straight into the cockpit, stopping just behind the pilots' seats. The FA's initially were smiling and being patient, but finally one of them stepped up and made the point clear that he needed to stay in his seat for the remainder of the flight. Of course once this happened he began throwing the biggest tantrum ever, accompanied by some of the shrillest crying I've heard in awhile. I think his parents were as much to blame as he was, as there was definitely some parenting skills lacking.

Fortunately for everyone he fell asleep as soon as we were wheels up. I was fully prepared to crumble a Xanax into his juice had he not shut up.

Craig