First/Business Class: Should there be age restrictions?
May 5, 2015, 5:23 pm
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First/Business Class: Should there be age restrictions?
At the end of the day, commercial airplanes are a form of mass transit.
I don't really like Bose headphones, so if I'm in J and I'm not sure what kind of earplugs are supplied in the amenity kit, I bring my own. You can get a whole box for about $2 USD.
I don't really like Bose headphones, so if I'm in J and I'm not sure what kind of earplugs are supplied in the amenity kit, I bring my own. You can get a whole box for about $2 USD.
May 5, 2015, 6:00 pm
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What money would it take to implement it? You take one of the small-ish cabins as they are in the A380 and call it a family cabin. Done. Problem solved. Happier families, and happier non-parents. Simple, easy, no cost. Just a designation that this is an area of the plane that is expected to be loud.
May 5, 2015, 7:00 pm
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"After just spending an 11 hour flight listening to two toddlers scream in business class on a BA flight from LHR-->SFO..."
Nope, not a valid complaint at all, sounds like pure joy to me.
May 5, 2015, 7:12 pm
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It may just be me, but I notice every time I fly on US Airways, all my flights either had very little or no kids at all. In fact, when transiting through PHL, CLT, and even US areas of any airport (even MCO) I don't notice many kids at all. Am I just lucky or is there a reason for this?
May 5, 2015, 7:26 pm
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Agreed, adults can be annoying too. Maybe just a quiet zone cabin would help. One like they have on some train cars in Europe. Then at least, regardless of who books there, it would come with a reasonable expectation of quiet.
I mean, I would think that us having paid an obscene amount of money to fly in a cabin marketed as a sleeper cabin with lay flat beds would have that same meaning, but clearly it wasn't specific enough to sink into the family of four sitting in two business class seats on my flight.
I mean, I would think that us having paid an obscene amount of money to fly in a cabin marketed as a sleeper cabin with lay flat beds would have that same meaning, but clearly it wasn't specific enough to sink into the family of four sitting in two business class seats on my flight.
May 5, 2015, 8:16 pm
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That said, my personal opinion is still to get two seats in coach and use a car seat. More comfortable and arguable safer for all involved (and sometimes cheaper than a single F/J seat).
May 5, 2015, 8:25 pm
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Flying in long-haul premium cabins as a young child is what sparked my aviation enthusiasm. I'd hate to take that away from other young fliers.
May 5, 2015, 8:50 pm
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It may just be me, but I notice every time I fly on US Airways, all my flights either had very little or no kids at all. In fact, when transiting through PHL, CLT, and even US areas of any airport (even MCO) I don't notice many kids at all. Am I just lucky or is there a reason for this?
May 5, 2015, 9:01 pm
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i guess you have a good point there. but at the end of the day its still the parent's or the people who accompanies these children not to do something that would be inconvenience to other travelers especially on a business class since people are paying a hefty price for it.
May 6, 2015, 6:04 am
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Do lap children shrink when riding in coach? I've found older lap children to be highly disruptive because they can't stand being held for that long. This is especially true for the 3- and 4-year-old lap children who fly as lap children because the parents lied to the airline.
May 6, 2015, 6:42 am
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Not problem solved. What if there are not enough kids and families to sit in the "family cabin" and there are spare seats. The plane is full so who is going to want to go and sit in an area of concentrated kids? At least if they are spread out you get a chance of being near well behaved kids or no kids.
And I'll tell you who doesn't want to sit in an area with screaming kids - people who paid a boatload of money for the specific privilege of enjoying a cabin marketed as a place to sleep.
May 6, 2015, 6:48 am
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Because at least then the expectations are set correctly. If you book your flight so late that the only available seats are in the JetScream (tm) section, then at least you know what you're in for.
And I'll tell you who doesn't want to sit in an area with screaming kids - people who paid a boatload of money for the specific privilege of enjoying a cabin marketed as a place to sleep.
And I'll tell you who doesn't want to sit in an area with screaming kids - people who paid a boatload of money for the specific privilege of enjoying a cabin marketed as a place to sleep.