Passengers push for child-free flights
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Passengers push for child-free flights
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/pa...-flights-66459
For many people, it is the second biggest fear of flying: sitting next to a screaming, kicking, uncontrollable child.
Particularly if that child isn't theirs.
Next to landing hastily on something other than a runway, sharing the cabin with a fussy toddler is about the worst luck many travelers can imagine. And as the economy and security regulations conspire to squeeze the comforts out of air travel -- lines are long, flights are full and increasingly devoid of amenities -- the sound of a baby's wail can be the breaking point for already frayed nerves.
For many people, it is the second biggest fear of flying: sitting next to a screaming, kicking, uncontrollable child.
Particularly if that child isn't theirs.
Next to landing hastily on something other than a runway, sharing the cabin with a fussy toddler is about the worst luck many travelers can imagine. And as the economy and security regulations conspire to squeeze the comforts out of air travel -- lines are long, flights are full and increasingly devoid of amenities -- the sound of a baby's wail can be the breaking point for already frayed nerves.
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http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/pa...-flights-66459
For many people, it is the second biggest fear of flying: sitting next to a screaming, kicking, uncontrollable child.
Particularly if that child isn't theirs.
Next to landing hastily on something other than a runway, sharing the cabin with a fussy toddler is about the worst luck many travelers can imagine. And as the economy and security regulations conspire to squeeze the comforts out of air travel -- lines are long, flights are full and increasingly devoid of amenities -- the sound of a baby's wail can be the breaking point for already frayed nerves.
For many people, it is the second biggest fear of flying: sitting next to a screaming, kicking, uncontrollable child.
Particularly if that child isn't theirs.
Next to landing hastily on something other than a runway, sharing the cabin with a fussy toddler is about the worst luck many travelers can imagine. And as the economy and security regulations conspire to squeeze the comforts out of air travel -- lines are long, flights are full and increasingly devoid of amenities -- the sound of a baby's wail can be the breaking point for already frayed nerves.
asinine idea
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I would imagine some pax would willingly pay "a surcharge" to be guaranteed a child-free experience.
How much that would be I have no idea, and it might be difficult for the carrier to foreknow which fare-paying pax would NOT be an offending entity, and thus to know which flights could accommodate the surcharge.
For all the international flying I do, I might be one of those willing to pony up a bit more for the sake of NOT having my earplugs challenged
How much that would be I have no idea, and it might be difficult for the carrier to foreknow which fare-paying pax would NOT be an offending entity, and thus to know which flights could accommodate the surcharge.
For all the international flying I do, I might be one of those willing to pony up a bit more for the sake of NOT having my earplugs challenged
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I believe in Karma when it comes to babies/kids in planes. I am sure of the people complaining so much about kids on flights at least some might have been the worst "screaming and kicking" kid 20-60 years ago...
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Where can I buy my ticket?
Oh, and above poster--you'd be wrong in my case on that karma theory. My parents did not fly with me until age 2, and after that, simply didn't allow any fussing to occur. It just wasn't allowed, and acting up didn't occur. Seriously. But then, my now-ancient parents were of the era where parents were parents, and not trying to be friends or appeasers. A point which took me a number of years to appreciate.
Oh, and above poster--you'd be wrong in my case on that karma theory. My parents did not fly with me until age 2, and after that, simply didn't allow any fussing to occur. It just wasn't allowed, and acting up didn't occur. Seriously. But then, my now-ancient parents were of the era where parents were parents, and not trying to be friends or appeasers. A point which took me a number of years to appreciate.
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Oh, and above poster--you'd be wrong in my case on that karma theory. My parents did not fly with me until age 2, and after that, simply didn't allow any fussing to occur. It just wasn't allowed, and acting up didn't occur. Seriously. But then, my now-ancient parents were of the era where parents were parents, and not trying to be friends or appeasers. A point which took me a number of years to appreciate.
Oh, and above poster--you'd be wrong in my case on that karma theory. My parents did not fly with me until age 2, and after that, simply didn't allow any fussing to occur. It just wasn't allowed, and acting up didn't occur. Seriously. But then, my now-ancient parents were of the era where parents were parents, and not trying to be friends or appeasers. A point which took me a number of years to appreciate.
The above poster needs to understand that it's not the children we blame when they create a nuisance -- it's the PARENTS.
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Sign me up, too. I'm probably older than you -- I didn't fly until I was 6 or so and, like you, my parents wouldn't tolerate poor behavior and I KNEW it.
The above poster needs to understand that it's not the children we blame when they create a nuisance -- it's the PARENTS.
The above poster needs to understand that it's not the children we blame when they create a nuisance -- it's the PARENTS.
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On the flip side, I rarely have flights where kids scream continuously (it's normally the first 20 minutes and then they get bored and fall asleep) and listening to music drowns most of that out anyway. Despite not having kids, there are countless things I'd change on airlines before banning other peoples' kids.
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Somehow, both of our families managed to survive.
sometime you have to fly and take your baby and he might cry the whole flight...I feel bad for the "good" parents as they cannot do anything and try really hard to get the situation to improve and yet you have some passenger that cannot tolerate it.... I tell them to work harder and fly private next time! air transportation is a public transportation even in first class!
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Just because it is public transportation doesn't mean that it's acceptable to impose on and inconvenience other passengers. The best example is the obese flier. Do they have a [commercial] right to fly? Of course they do. Does that excuse the COS who takes half the seat of the adjacent passenger? Of course not.
Again work harder and fly private!