Using the aisle as a playspace
Mar 27, 2012 | 9:05 am
#46
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But kids playing in the aisle? No.
Mar 27, 2012 | 9:44 am
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Mar 27, 2012 | 9:54 am
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Many airlines (Air Canada, BA) stop children sitting on the floor of bulkheads for the same reasons (turbulance etc). My last few flights I've seen FAs enforcing it more strongly than before.
Mar 27, 2012 | 10:07 am
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But indeed it would be considered child abuse today. For the record, my mother was a wonderful woman, but those were different times...
Mar 27, 2012 | 10:32 am
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I had one of those on my flight last week. Guy wearing a muscle shirt, fully-exposed armpits, blasting music out of his cell phone. Spent the whole flight chewing on a toothpick, including when he fell asleep. The woman in front of me had her bare feet propped up on the bulkhead.
For 50 bonus points, what city was I departing? Mike
For 50 bonus points, what city was I departing? Mike
Mar 27, 2012 | 10:43 am
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I did SEA-ORD with a 3 year old who keeps to herself. Parent of a another kid wanted my kid to play with her kid in the bulkhead of E+. granted it would have affected her legroom. I declined. So she offered the aisle so I could watch my kid if that was what I was afraid of. I declined again. Ten min later her kid is running screaming up and down the aisles after a passenger dumped water on the kid by accident after we hit turbulence. My kid was contently watching The Lion King on my iPad with headphones on. Yet again I'm also one of those parents who keeps my kid occupied on a flight and out of the way of fellow passengers. Heck. I've even bought passengers a drink if my kid unconvinced them in any way. Last flight kid kept kicking the seat in front of her for like 5 minutes. I bought the guy a drink since he was obviously annoyed.
Just wanted to say that the majority of times kids are not a huge problem onboard. I also think that the inconvenience is greatly increased by the class of service.
Ok-back to the bad children rants!
Mar 27, 2012 | 10:51 am
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The aisle is a passageway which allows people and things to move between different areas of the plane. Nothing, not kids, legs or luggage, should be "parked" there. 'Nuff said.
And no one country has an exclusive on bad parenting.
Back to your regularly scheduled FT rants about children traveling by air...
And no one country has an exclusive on bad parenting.
Back to your regularly scheduled FT rants about children traveling by air...
Mar 27, 2012 | 11:08 am
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I had one of those on my flight last week. Guy wearing a muscle shirt, fully-exposed armpits, blasting music out of his cell phone. Spent the whole flight chewing on a toothpick, including when he fell asleep. The woman in front of me had her bare feet propped up on the bulkhead.
For 50 bonus points, what city was I departing?
For 50 bonus points, what city was I departing?
Mar 27, 2012 | 11:16 am
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I had one of those on my flight last week. Guy wearing a muscle shirt, fully-exposed armpits, blasting music out of his cell phone. Spent the whole flight chewing on a toothpick, including when he fell asleep. The woman in front of me had her bare feet propped up on the bulkhead.
For 50 bonus points, what city was I departing?
Me thinks that your cellmate, a 400-pound guy nicknamed "Tiny," will have you bouncing off the walls, the bed, etc. I'm a generous guy, so I'll send you a rope to hang your soap.
As much fun as these threads about kids are (and let's not kid ourselves, inconsiderate parents do some stupid things), I've had far more issues with idiot grown-ups than kids.
Mike
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Me thinks that your cellmate, a 400-pound guy nicknamed "Tiny," will have you bouncing off the walls, the bed, etc. I'm a generous guy, so I'll send you a rope to hang your soap.
As much fun as these threads about kids are (and let's not kid ourselves, inconsiderate parents do some stupid things), I've had far more issues with idiot grown-ups than kids.
Mike
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Mar 27, 2012 | 11:24 am
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On my most recent eastbound TATL flight, two mothers though that the aisle in EC was the perfect place for their toddlers to play. I estimate that the children were 18-24 months old. Both mothers sat on the floor of the aisle, one forward and one aft, creating a "play-space" for the kids in between them.
Most pax (myself included) crossed over at the bulkhead to the opposite aisle to use the restroom on the left side of the aircraft. After about 20 minutes of this an FA finally broke them up and sent them to their respective seats (which were about 8 rows apart).
I was amazed it took the FA's so long to intervene. Anyone else ever encountered this type of behavior?
Most pax (myself included) crossed over at the bulkhead to the opposite aisle to use the restroom on the left side of the aircraft. After about 20 minutes of this an FA finally broke them up and sent them to their respective seats (which were about 8 rows apart).
I was amazed it took the FA's so long to intervene. Anyone else ever encountered this type of behavior?
Mar 27, 2012 | 12:27 pm
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Mar 27, 2012 | 12:34 pm
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[QUOTE=mikeef;18281580]I had one of those on my flight last week. Guy wearing a muscle shirt, fully-exposed armpits, blasting music out of his cell phone. Spent the whole flight chewing on a toothpick, including when he fell asleep. The woman in front of me had her bare feet propped up on the bulkhead.
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What is PHX?
For 50 bonus points, what city was I departing?
What is PHX?
Mar 27, 2012 | 1:49 pm
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s but he turned it off after we took off. He was approximately 5' X 5'. I swear, he looked like a box with a toothpick in his mouth and bad taste in music. The woman in front of me was 6' tall and completely emaciated. I felt bad that she didn't have much room for her feet with the bulkhead right in front of her, but seriously, shoes stay on.Mike