Children in Upper / First Class
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gather all the sprogs for that day on a specific route and just dump them all in a "Kindergarten express" plane of their own ...
That way the parents get a relaxing flight out to start their holiday / back home, the kids can scream and shout as much as they like in their own plane, and all the other passengers are happy too!!!
maybe your sprogs arrive a few days after you, but just check with travel insurance the same as when your bags arrive late, or alternatively just rock up to the bar until yer nipper is eventually delivered!
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That way the parents get a relaxing flight out to start their holiday / back home, the kids can scream and shout as much as they like in their own plane, and all the other passengers are happy too!!!
maybe your sprogs arrive a few days after you, but just check with travel insurance the same as when your bags arrive late, or alternatively just rock up to the bar until yer nipper is eventually delivered!
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Crossflow Kid said:
Correct, but they are not my kids, I did not sign up to put up with other people's kids, I do not want to put up with other people's kids, I don't see why I should be expected to.
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The answer is simple.]
If you choose to do something which children are also allowed to do then you have to accept it.
Your argument would be completely valid if a child was annoying you in a night club but if you choose to go on a plane where you know there will be children then you can't whine like a periodic women and feign disgust when, as is inevitable, there are children. You have chosen it.
swerni said:
Vipers said:
The way this thread is going, it seems the kids are not the problem al all.
When did you last have problems with children misbehaving in first class?markiii said:
SlackBladder said:
Making comments like that makes you out to be a complete and utter cock. Happy trolling!
cock I may be, troll nope, just someone with an opinion and 1 more brain cell than yourselfI'll be flying out of LHR to Dubai and then onto Manila on the 10th of December with my wife and 6 month old daughter, I really hope I bump into someone of your obvious intellect so we can discuss the matter further. In relation to the topic, we'll be in First to Dubai and then Business to Manila.
SlackBladder said:
markiii said:
SlackBladder said:
Making comments like that makes you out to be a complete and utter cock. Happy trolling!
cock I may be, troll nope, just someone with an opinion and 1 more brain cell than yourselfI'll be flying out of LHR to Dubai and then onto Manila on the 10th of December with my wife and 6 month old daughter, I really hope I bump into someone of your obvious intellect so we can discuss the matter further. In relation to the topic, we'll be in First to Dubai and then Business to Manila.
anonymous said:
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Your point being what exactly? Should people not travel because it was less accessible to previous generations? Like many things, the opportunity to travel has progressed hugely in the recent past, and people with/without kids are rightly taking advantage of it.
Or is it that you think folk shouldn't fly with kids in case one misbehaves, keeps other passengers from sleeping, subsequently causing them to crash a car and die? There are far more issues caused by adults drinking far too much whilst flying - should we ban alcohol on planes too?
Pothole said:
Zod said:
We've done it plenty of times, even with a baby, two year old and five year old. Don't worry about the moaners. Just do your best to keep the children interested or asleep. I just laugh when I get daggers looks from other passengers (very few do this).
What a lovely example to set to your children. Well done.The best example ever was the berk on a flight from London to Dubai who threw a fit when my middle son, three at the time stopped in the aisle near him for a moment in silence, just ahead of me. Said berk didn't notice me, threw his hands in the air and said in a raised voice to the cabin crew, "Look, I just don't like children". That marked his card from the cabin crew's point of view.
Edited by Zod on Thursday 11th September 10:55
Crossflow Kid said:
Having kids gives you the right to think "f
k you, fk everyone else, I've got kids, that's right, kids, and I'm the first and only person ever to do that, and that means you can all fk off, I can do what the fk I like and there's fk all you can do about it because if anyone so much as looks at my kids a bit funny I'll have them nailed to a tree, in fact, you can all bloody well adapt what you're doing so that me and my precious kids can carry on in our own pious little world of perfect harmony with the utterly deluded idea that people who <shudder> don't like my kids don't actually exist, besides, my kids are the physical embodiment of perfection so why would anyone not like having them around? I mean kids are great, especially my kids, my kids never do anything wrong nor upset anyone ever. That's simply not possible"
k you, fk everyone else, I've got kids, that's right, kids, and I'm the first and only person ever to do that, and that means you can all fk off, I can do what the fk I like and there's fk all you can do about it because if anyone so much as looks at my kids a bit funny I'll have them nailed to a tree, in fact, you can all bloody well adapt what you're doing so that me and my precious kids can carry on in our own pious little world of perfect harmony with the utterly deluded idea that people who <shudder> don't like my kids don't actually exist, besides, my kids are the physical embodiment of perfection so why would anyone not like having them around? I mean kids are great, especially my kids, my kids never do anything wrong nor upset anyone ever. That's simply not possible"
NormalWisdom said:
XJSJohn said:
i don't have kids am not the biggest fan of kids, however in general its not the kids fault if it acts up on the flight (unless said bin lid is an absolute monster) but more down to the parent's consideration and their planning before flight etc.
I have traveled at either ends of the plane with absolute angels that you would never even notice were there, and with kids that you just wanted to open the door and lob them out mid pacific!!!
Exactly!I have traveled at either ends of the plane with absolute angels that you would never even notice were there, and with kids that you just wanted to open the door and lob them out mid pacific!!!
We've travelled a lot with our little one. Earliest when she was 4 months.
It was the 9 year old a few rows back that constantly demanded snacks from the trolley and cried and sulked when his parents didn't provide them who really pissed people off.
At 9 months ours was walking unaided and toddled up and down the aisle saying "ayo" to all and sundry. I watched people's faces closely to see if it was a nuisance but she universally charmed them and a couple told us what a delight she was and had broken the flight up nicely.
Crossflow Kid said:
as they knew it
FFS.
I give up.
You're right. I'm wrong.
Having kids gives you the right to think "fk you, fk everyone else, I've got kids, that's right, kids, and I'm the first and only person ever to do that, and that means you can all fk off, I can do what the fk I like and there's fk all you can do about it because if anyone so much as looks at my kids a bit funny I'll have them nailed to a tree, in fact, you can all bloody well adapt what you're doing so that me and my precious kids can carry on in our own pious little world of perfect harmony with the utterly deluded idea that people who <shudder> don't like my kids don't actually exist, besides, my kids are the physical embodiment of perfection so why would anyone not like having them around? I mean kids are great, especially my kids, my kids never do anything wrong nor upset anyone ever. That's simply not possible"
Sums it up pretty well, to be fair. Parents themselves often exclaim that they love their kids, but have no real time for 'other people's' kids. To some of us, every child is 'other people's' child. And they're just not particularly charming, on the whole. The parents might think they are, but they're not, really. Certainly not for hours in close proximity to them. Sorry.*FFS.
I give up.
You're right. I'm wrong.
Having kids gives you the right to think "f
k you, fk everyone else, I've got kids, that's right, kids, and I'm the first and only person ever to do that, and that means you can all fk off, I can do what the fk I like and there's fk all you can do about it because if anyone so much as looks at my kids a bit funny I'll have them nailed to a tree, in fact, you can all bloody well adapt what you're doing so that me and my precious kids can carry on in our own pious little world of perfect harmony with the utterly deluded idea that people who <shudder> don't like my kids don't actually exist, besides, my kids are the physical embodiment of perfection so why would anyone not like having them around? I mean kids are great, especially my kids, my kids never do anything wrong nor upset anyone ever. That's simply not possible"Edited by Crossflow Kid on Wednesday 10th September 23:05
On a side note, I was sat on a flight recently watching a toddler trying very hard to open the emergency exit at 37000 ft while his dozy parents sat there cooing over some other spawn of theirs. After watching him for a while, with them still completely oblivious, I buckled-up and silently willed him to succeed in his little quest. Just so I could see the epic, if ever so fleeting, look of surprise on his face.
- Simply my opinion of course. But it's as valid as any other.
Edited by Joey Ramone on Thursday 11th September 11:25
I had a nice long flight from LHR to Jo'burg across the aisle from a couple with two young kids. The parents were geniuses and took sleeping pills so they slept all the way while their kids shouted and cried through the flight. In the end the cabin crew took the kids elsewhere in the cabin to give us a break.
Joey Ramone said:
On a side note, I was sat on a flight recently watching a toddler trying very hard to open the emergency exit at 37000 ft while his dozy parents sat there cooing over some other spawn of theirs. After watching him for a while, with them still completely oblivious, I buckled-up and silently willed him to succeed in his little quest. Just so I could see the epic, if ever so fleeting, look of surprise on his face.
think i might have done the same !!!swerni said:
It must have been a bloody tall toddler .
You sure it wasn't an oomph loompa?
He was stretching over the back of the seat, (his row was the one in front of gap for the emergency exit doors) and trying to hang off the emergency handle, and push as many buttons as he could.You sure it wasn't an oomph loompa?
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