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Originally Posted by EmAAx
(Post 17712531)
I wish they would ban kids under 5 in first class. They certainly can do it. When I used to fly non-rev, AA prohibited employees from wearing denim in first class.
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Originally Posted by FWAAA
(Post 17712380)
There's the rub. Not enough masks. :(
I'd be in favor of a "lap infant upgrade fee" of $500 or $1,000 to discourage parents from doing this. My infants saw plenty of F and J but they were always in their own seats, so they never had the opportunity to annoy strangers in adjacent seats as we got wasted on the Glenlivet and ignored the kids. My younger son, now 13 was gold by the time he hit two. Now that both my children no longer qualify as babies or even small children, I don't see any basis for banning children from First Class.
Originally Posted by tylerdurden4543
(Post 17712484)
Guess we're getting off topic but we've been told to try feeding her from the bottle on take-off and landing. The swallowing action apparently helps with the pressure changes.
I would agree with OP though that what's most frustrating is parents who seem to have given up or worse, not care, to try and resolve the situation. |
Originally Posted by chfenton
(Post 17712394)
I have heard of that rule before-only three masks will drop hence no more than 0ne lapchild on each side of the F row. The only thing I never understood is whether oxygen masks are configured late enough in the process of building the plane that they know that it will be a F config because obviously there are at least 4 masks per side in Y rows to accompany a lap child in 3 across seating.
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I don't believe that now I have young children I should have to choose or accept lower standards in my preferred mode of travel, class of air travel etc. I do think of course that it is absolutely my job, for the whole flight, to ensure that my children do not cause a disturbance for other passengers. And I really do feel for the juice-soaked OP, especially when, at least in theory, in business or first it should actually be a bit easier to ensure one's children are not a nuisance simply because they are not crammed in so close to other passengers!;) Hooray for iPads and AVOD is all I can say!
If you really hate the presence of a child when you are flying, you could try to choose business class cabins with a herringbone configuration or first class cabins where the seats are not next to each other. Apart from the fact that these layouts give you more privacy anyway, they are also IMO much more unsuitable for flying with young children (other than infants) because of the increased difficulty of supervision etc and personally I avoid them where I can for that reason (so at least you won't run into my family there!:)). I have no idea if it's a coincidence or not, but I assume that's why in my experience you tend to see fewer young families in those cabins. |
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