Aircraft and babies

JailhouseBabe

skylight wrote: »

PC Brigade.....
Mine had a good slapped bottom last year on the plane.

Hooray for common sense! My daughter (turning 20 this week) got a smack at home if she was naughty and knew that no meant no - hence not one tantrum ever, at home or in public.

While not having the finances for flights of any kind when she was younger, we did once manage a cheap holiday to Spain when she was 3 years old - a 28 hour journey by bus and boat. As others have posted, a selection of books, activities and games ensured that she was never bored and behaved like an angel there and back. When I compare this to a weekend in Belgium by bus a few years ago and the drunken morons who ruined everyone's journey home (singing rude songs, taking the p*** out of 2 overwieght young ladies), with no-one daring to take a stand and complain, I know who I'd rather travel with. These are probably the same people who would allow their children to run riot and ruin everyone elses travel.

Tojo_Ralph

Pssst wrote: »

I hate the assumption that we should all like, put up with other peoples kids.

By the same token, I hate the assumption that we should all like, put up with other people. Whilst babies and young children may suffer from simply being a baby, poor parenting, the pressure increases and/or decreases, etc for short periods inflight, I've never known a child be a problem for too long..... Sadly the same cannot be said for boring, tedious, unwashed, halitosis afflicted, BO ridden, drunken or plain overweight passengers who insist on spilling over into your seat!!

jyonda

Without Children Society Would Cease To Function

1. Free child places are absolutely in a minority. When I pay full fare for my 2 and 4 year olds to fly we are actually subsidising your considerably heavier body to be transported. Therefor kilo for kilo my kids have paid more for their seats and logically we deserve better service and special treatment. Bet you didn't factor that in to your ignorant moaning.

2. I'd like to go on a kids only or at least alcohol free flight where groups of holidaying childless drunken adults can't hang out in the aisles bothering other people with their drunken prattle, bad language and boring stories.

3. Go Business/ First class and/or buy some noise cancelling headphones.

You see it's actually the moaning, bitter, misery guts adults who make life unpleasant for everyone not kids. I really don't get how some people regard having kids as some sort of lifestyle choice when in fact it's essential not only for the survival of the species but for a funtioning society. Particularly if you don't have kids you should ask yourself who will be paying taxes, providing essential services, guarding you whilst you sleep and wiping the dribble from your chin when you are no longer able? That's right, someone elses kids. Someone else who sacrificed 'me time' for at least 16 odd years, said goodbye to a thriving social life and gave up financial options which you take for granted in order to nurture another human being. Jeez it's probably not worth trying to explain it.... just watch 'Children of Men'.

tinkerbell84

jyonda wrote: »

Without Children Society Would Cease To Function

Badly behaved children (who have never been disciplined by their doting parents) are destroying society

OT, but true nonetheless.

sturll

tinkerbell84 wrote: »

Badly behaved children (who have never been disciplined by their doting parents) are destroying society

OT, but true nonetheless.

I think were assuming that all babies that cry have no discipline?

That is very wrong.

jyonda

I said it probably wasn't worth explaining it...

That crying child paid more than you Tinkerbell. Oh and I suppose you never did anything that could possibly be construed as bad behaviour?

tinkerbell84

sturll wrote: »

I think were assuming that all babies that cry have no discipline?

That is very wrong.

I said it was off topic :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

It was a general statement, not related to babies crying on planes

sturll

tinkerbell84 wrote: »

I said it was off topic :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

It was a general statement, not related to babies crying on planes

Ah.

Im sorry i didn't take it in the manner you meant it, but i can see it now

tinkerbell84

jyonda wrote: »

I said it probably wasn't worth explaining it...

That crying child paid more than you Tinkerbell. Oh and I suppose you never did anything that could possibly be construed as bad behaviour?

It probably paid the same actually (or it's parents did) :rolleyes:

Society may need children in order to continue, but given that a lot of kids are pampered and spoilt, never told off or shown any discipline, aren't allowed to go outside (there are paedophiles and child abductors on every street corner :rolleyes: ), aren't encouraged to learn at school and end up as dysfuntional, uneducated oiks that can't take any responsibility and are of little use to society, I'm not sure putting up with them misbehaving on planes is worth it

IMO, of course.

jyonda

tinkerbell84 wrote: »

It probably paid the same actually (or it's parents did) :rolleyes:

Kilo for kilo Kids pay more for the same seat. You weigh more therefor you cost more to transport (even after losing 29lbs on the easy peasy low carb diet).

As for the rest of your rant :eek:

You can try to sweeten it up with icons and a fluffy moniker but it sounds bitter to me.

If you're really bothered about the state of UK children then you could try and do something positive to make a difference or just whine about it on a public forum hoping others will join in.:grouphug:

By quoting my post, copying my red font and using it to have a supposedly off topic rant at so called doting parents and badly behaved kids I take that as a personal dig at me, my parenting and my kids which you might understand if I take offence at.:mad:

PS: You don't work for Ryanair do you?:p