Comments on: Why Do Airline Passengers Hate Kids?

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:59:06 +0000

I just had to comment on the whole baby issue. I’ve always been the type of person who gets annoyed with loud crying in general and at first, babies annoyed me to no end on airplanes! I mean think about it, you’re in a confined space for how many hours and sometimes even noise canceling headphones won’t do the trick.

I used to get so mad at the baby who is causing such a ruckus and the parents who had the nerve to bring this loud obnoxious baby on board. Then, the darndest thing happened one day…I got an ear infection in both ears while driving through the mountains. I gotta tell you, it hurt like hell!

Now I actually feel bad for the babies who were brought against their will by uneducated parents or parents who don’t care about their babies well being, on a plane where their ears are constantly hurting. Do you think it’s the baby’s choice of flying? No, if it were up to them, they’d rather stay in a quiet house minding their business not up in a plane with hundreds of strangers glaring at them to shut up from howling in pain!

I now get really upset when parents “insist” that they need to take the baby to a wedding, or to visit the grandparents. Why not wait until your baby grows to ensure they will not have to deal with the pain? I can only hope that all parents experience the ear pain that their baby goes through just so they know what they are subjecting their babies to. Babies and air travel do not mix parents, stop being so selfish!!!

By: WhatAPainInTheAss Blogger

WhatAPainInTheAss Blogger — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:02:45 +0000

The reason most of us hate traveling with children is not so much the children, but the parents. Good parenting has become a thing of the past and uncontrolled brats kicking seatbacks while their parents “sleep” or couldn’t care less, loud squawling children and unsupervised little “tykes” running up and down the aisles are not “cute” to those of us who have to be ready for action after landing. Babies are another matter altogether – they simply shouldn’t be allowed on airplanes. Basically, I blame the airlines – why has none of them come up with “family seating” where those of you traveling with babies and/or “tykes” under about 16 are automatically seated in the very back of the plane away from the rest of us, thus ensuring better travel for all of us and better chances of survival of your satanic offspring, should the plane go down…
I have made other suggestions in my blog (albeit, tongue in cheek)but still wonder why no one at the airlines thinks about really introducing an easy solution such as the one suggested. My blog: http://whatapainintheass.typepad.com/blog/2010/05/there-ought-to-be-a-law.html

By: aim

aim — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:10:58 +0000

We are over populated in this world! All because folks just keep having kids without a thought about anyone else! I don’t have kids because I chose not too. Yet, I live in a world that is nothing but kids. Specifically kids NOT CONTROLLED by their PARENTS! When I was a kid, I was told to respect others around you at all times. I didn’t fly on planes or go to fancy hotels til I was old enough to obey! Kids are sooooo spoiled in this world now. NO DISCIPLINE! Its disgusting!

By: Manzanillo Blogger

Manzanillo Blogger — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:39:51 +0000

You know, I tend to attract the worst possible people when I travel. The horrible drunk guys, the crazy chatty wierdos, and the screaming children families.

I think it’s families like that that give other families a bad name.

I’ve seen some really awesome families on airplanes. The last time I flew there was a whole family in front of us, the three kids were sharing a portable dvd player with some disney movie and singing along some of the time, but not at an outdoor level. The parents chided the kids when they got to loud, but let them have fun. That is how it should be. Except for when the poor babies can’t equalize their ears on ascent and descent. I feel so bad for those kids, it is so painful.

It would be cool if there was a special kids section to the airplane though. I’d like to sit in it, they probably get better snacks and cookies.

By: Meg (B2B)

Meg (B2B) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:56:41 +0000

In the US there are a lot of people who don’t want to put up with kids anywhere. That being said, on trans-oceanic flights, international carriers usually put the families in the back coach section on the couple of rows near bulkheads. Isn’t that the same as a kids section?

Not many people are willing to put their money where their mouth is though. 5% premium, $10 more. Airlines would charge $50-100 each way for a child free fight – at least. I would pay $50 extra to be on an annoying road warrior – free flight. You know the ones that think they are entitled to talk on the phone every second possible, put their drink on your table so they can use their laptop, put their elbows in your space so they can do their important work and then get upset because you are reading the very sensitive info on their laptop. Sigh.

Better not let anyone know I used miles for first class tickets for holiday travel. It’s against the law to put children under 16 or women over 110lbs who aren’t “hot” in first class right?