Why no kids class??
Jul 28, 2012 | 10:21 am
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Jul 28, 2012 | 5:38 pm
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Very disappointing - in any thread about kids on planes, it's customary for the "drunk obnoxious businessman" (or similar) response to be made within the first ten posts. You also failed to mention snoring.
Standards are certainly slipping.
Jul 29, 2012 | 11:45 pm
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Jul 30, 2012 | 3:21 am
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That, and the inevitable "but flying with kids is haaaarrrrd" by at least post 8.
Jul 30, 2012 | 8:10 am
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It's especially "haaaarrrrd" when cheapskate parents refuse to buy their 22-month-old child a seat and somehow think their neighbors should all join in the suffering of their child perched ever-so-miserably on their lap.
Jul 31, 2012 | 11:14 pm
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i have never been on a flight with a disruptive drunk, a loud snorer, or an obnoxious "do you know who i am?"(unless "they" are describing me).
i have been on a number of planes with the disruptive child issue
i have been on a number of planes with the disruptive child issue
Aug 1, 2012 | 12:35 am
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Aug 1, 2012 | 12:43 am
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Aug 1, 2012 | 4:49 pm
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but that was only once on your 3000 flights, or so. what about the schreeming kids? my worst kid flight was when BA was moving 10-15 russian orphan babies from russia to usa. none could handle the diet change. all had bad tummy aches, and serious diarrhea.
i knew two different families that did a russian adoption.. well worth the stench.
Aug 1, 2012 | 5:04 pm
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I say this is a mother of a three year old who has flown with her dozens of times. I've always bought her a seat, except for one Southwest flight that was just an hour long (it was half empty and we got a whole row for the two of us anyway).
Parents like this give those of us who are trying really hard to be considerate of others a bad name.
Aug 2, 2012 | 7:31 am
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I really wish airlines would either eliminate the lap baby rule or adjust the age downward for this reason. Any baby who can walk (and plenty who are just crawling) is too squirmy to be a lap child. 12 months would be a more reasonable cutoff.
I say this is a mother of a three year old who has flown with her dozens of times. I've always bought her a seat, except for one Southwest flight that was just an hour long (it was half empty and we got a whole row for the two of us anyway).
Parents like this give those of us who are trying really hard to be considerate of others a bad name.
I say this is a mother of a three year old who has flown with her dozens of times. I've always bought her a seat, except for one Southwest flight that was just an hour long (it was half empty and we got a whole row for the two of us anyway).
Parents like this give those of us who are trying really hard to be considerate of others a bad name.
Aug 2, 2012 | 8:35 am
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Why doesn't the world adjust itself to my needs? Don't They Know Who I Am?
As a sideline, I had an uncle who spent a considerable amount of time in a Japanese POW camp. He'd be quite amused at this thread. Or not.
As a sideline, I had an uncle who spent a considerable amount of time in a Japanese POW camp. He'd be quite amused at this thread. Or not.
Aug 2, 2012 | 8:42 am
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Wait a minute.... 28 posts and no one has posted to say how cruel and insensitive the comments here are. Personally rebelyell and pinworm, I've been on several flights such as you describe.
So far as I'm concerned it is up to parents to bear any costs in noise, space, bad behaviour, cost of extra seat etc., of their children, and not inflict those onto others. We all understand and sympathize that there can be occasions where despite a parent's efforts some disturbance to others is caused. But there are too many occasions where parents seem to expect that the costs of their children are socialized and that they have a right to expect others to bear these costs.
So far as I'm concerned it is up to parents to bear any costs in noise, space, bad behaviour, cost of extra seat etc., of their children, and not inflict those onto others. We all understand and sympathize that there can be occasions where despite a parent's efforts some disturbance to others is caused. But there are too many occasions where parents seem to expect that the costs of their children are socialized and that they have a right to expect others to bear these costs.