Vent - babies on longnhaul flights

redmike123

12 pages in on this thread, and I am reading excuses and "why shouldn't I" from selfish parents who really don't care about disturbing other passengers just so long as they get what they want.

Just acknowledge that you are being selfish and that you have no regard for others.

HiToAll

Nope I wont acknowledge anything as I don't believe, and never will that I am being selfish by taking my child on an plane. If anyone has a problem with babies/children on flights then tough.

However, having said that I look after my child and am attentive on flights but all the attentiveness in the world does not at times stop them from crying.

I do agree with some people on here who mention the fact that they see parents who ignore their children on flights to run riot and do what they want. That is annoying. But those who genuinely try to stop their children from annoying others shouldn't be penalised by not flying.

Those who will be annoyed by any child who makes a noise, I stand by my comment of you either shouldn't be flying, buy a higher class ticket or stop moaning.

Dogger69

Takeaway_Addict wrote: »

I agree with the OP. Very unfair on people to have such a disturbance. I do think they should have some flights specifically without kids on them for those that want to travel in peace.

Because adults are never noisy, are they?

Georgiegirl256

redmike123 wrote: »

12 pages in on this thread, and I am reading excuses and "why shouldn't I" from selfish parents who really don't care about disturbing other passengers just so long as they get what they want.

Just acknowledge that you are being selfish and that you have no regard for others.

Bit harsh.

You say "why shouldn't I", well yes, why shouldn't people take their kids on, don't you think they have every right to be there as much as you do, and that they don't deserve to go on holiday etc?

Georgiegirl256

Dogger69 wrote: »

Because adults are never noisy, are they?

Ahhhh hen parties and stag doo's, irratating as hell! Give me a plane full of screaming kids anyday! :rotfl:

fluffnutter

Jamie_Yorkshire wrote: »

The problem was that one of the babies did not stop screaming for 9 hours which as you can imagine is extremely annoying. The parents got some very disaproving looks from my OH.

Do you think the parents were happy their child was screaming? Don't you think they were trying everything they could think of to calm their baby down? Trust me, parents don't actually like hearing their children scream - it's just as annoying for them as it is for you, plus it's upsetting too.

How do you think your OH's disapproving looks helped? Do you think they made the parents think 'Ooh! Silly us! We've got a crying baby here and we hadn't noticed! Looks like he/she's annoying others too. Fancy that!'.

The world is full of babies. Babies cry. It's not a nice noise but they can't help it, and throwing their poor parents boggy looks just makes you look like a prize shit.

Takeaway_Addict

Dogger69 wrote: »

Because adults are never noisy, are they?

True but less likely to be observant of quiet areas...otherwise why are there quiet carriages on trains?

fluffnutter

jd87 wrote: »

Surely non-stop crying for 9 hours = bad parenting?

You haven't got a clue what you're talking about.

mttylad

I dont think there is anything wrong with taking a baby on a plane, but taking a baby on a plane without a dummy or other methods of soothing it is inconsiderate of the parent.

It's not the babies fault - its the parents to blame...

meer53

mttylad wrote: »

I dont think there is anything wrong with taking a baby on a plane, but taking a baby on a plane without a dummy or other methods of soothing it is inconsiderate of the parent.

It's not the babies fault - its the parents to blame...

The best soother for a baby is it's Mummy or Daddy.