Originally Posted by
dobiefan
Unfortunately, the baby probably disturbed most of the passengers in the immediate vicinity, including those in the back rows of J. I don't believe the airline is responsible for the temperment of an infant? Why would your peace and quiet be more important than that of the other passengers, including possibly, other status passengers. The flight attendant did her job by searching for a vacant Y seat for you. Good customer service sometimes involves not showing preferential treatment to one customer, in a situation which clearly disturbs many customers.
A good flight attendant would have noticed your predicament and would have finessed a solution. To blatantly move you to J, at your request, could possibly have opened pandoras box.
The baby was in a lap of a rather obese women. I was kind enough to give extra space to the infant, by leaving a good portion of my seat for the infant. I disturbed me the most, as I was taking a nap, and he would all of a sudden slap me on the knees. I would smile, and so forth. Not once, but ~30 times in 5 hours. Clearly, as his neighbor as I was disturbed the most, and this was well-known in the beginning of the flight. if the FA could move me elsewhere, and J was the only option, why not? I saw 5 seats empty in J while taxing. A for giving "preferential treatment", no. I had no idea, I would be seated next to a crying, lound infant. If I knew in advance, I would have taken another seat. So, conclusion....I deserved to be seated in one of those J seats, and I would say the same if 12D was ocupied by a non-status pax.
Your thoughts please?