Has anyone not been able to sit with their young kids on a flight?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Here we go with the entitle behavior AGAIN. I have my seat I'm not the one causing the problem or "disruption" remember. You are the one that does not have yours next to your child. Perhaps YOU should drive instead of fly so that you can be in more control of your situation/surroundings!

And you are correct, yes in a shared space you probably should observe common courtesy. I find it interesting that parents expect to receive "common courtesy" but don't expect to abide by this unspoken rule themselves. i.e allowing your child to kick the back of a seat during the flight or stand up in your lap and play in the back of my hair.

Wonderful
Some child actually kicked your chair

I am happy now

but to return to the argument. You are no gentleman
In a society with culturally accepted norms, we are supposed to be considerate to the elderly and the disabled and those with small children.
One day you will be old and bedridden and in diapers and one of those will have to clean your bedpan

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Here we go with the entitle behavior AGAIN. I have my seat I'm not the one causing the problem or "disruption" remember. You are the one that does not have yours next to your child. Perhaps YOU should drive instead of fly so that you can be in more control of your situation/surroundings!

And you are correct, yes in a shared space you probably should observe common courtesy. I find it interesting that parents expect to receive "common courtesy" but don't expect to abide by this unspoken rule themselves. i.e allowing your child to kick the back of a seat during the flight or stand up in your lap and play in the back of my hair.

Wonderful
Some child actually kicked your chair

I am happy now

but to return to the argument. You are no gentleman
In a society with culturally accepted norms, we are supposed to be considerate to the elderly and the disabled and those with small children.
One day you will be old and bedridden and in diapers and one of those will have to clean your bedpan

Actually the norm is to be considerate to elderly, handicapped, and children NOT "those with small children." You are clealry not as cultured as you are trying to make yourself seem.

[Anonymous]

Is it possible that some strangers like sitting next to kids because they get a lot more personal space that way?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Actually the norm is to be considerate to elderly, handicapped, and children NOT "those with small children." You are clealry not as cultured as you are trying to make yourself seem.

You are right
The upper class people do not behave as nicely as the working class

[Anonymous]

On my last flight I had to give up my paid for aisle seat so a parent can sit next to her small child. I ended up on a middle seat being squeezed in by 2 people on the heavy side. These 2 people were a couple, but I think they booked the window and aisle seats in the hope that nobody would be assigned the seat between them so they have more room...So on the entire flight, I did not have use of the armrests, had to endure their back and forth conversation,had to deal with spilled liquor and BO...It was just an extremely uncomfortable flight. I have decided that next time somebody wants to switch seats, I have to see first what seat And what neighbors I get before agreeing. Warnings (or Threats) from parents so I give up my seat like spilled juice, air sickness, misbehavior will leave me cold because I know it can be worse seating next to adults. I'd rather sit next to a kid, thank you very much. I am a parent, and I find kids quite delightful!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:On my last flight I had to give up my paid for aisle seat so a parent can sit next to her small child. I ended up on a middle seat being squeezed in by 2 people on the heavy side. These 2 people were a couple, but I think they booked the window and aisle seats in the hope that nobody would be assigned the seat between them so they have more room...So on the entire flight, I did not have use of the armrests, had to endure their back and forth conversation,had to deal with spilled liquor and BO...It was just an extremely uncomfortable flight. I have decided that next time somebody wants to switch seats, I have to see first what seat And what neighbors I get before agreeing. Warnings (or Threats) from parents so I give up my seat like spilled juice, air sickness, misbehavior will leave me cold because I know it can be worse seating next to adults. I'd rather sit next to a kid, thank you very much. I am a parent, and I find kids quite delightful!

THIS!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OK SO I guess the Flight Attendants are stuck with entitled parents who beleive that others should feel compelled to give up their seats. HOWEVER other passengers on the plane ARE NOT obligated to give up their seats. Maybe if we all stood firm and refused to give up our seats parents would stop acting like spolied entitled twits.

you are an idiot
In a shared space you are obligated to observe the common curtesy code of conduct and be polite and considerate and attentive to others. It is a big red flag for someone to not act according to that and that is the kind of behavior airport security staff is on the lookout for.
Afterall, you are on the plane just a short period of time. If you cannot behave then the flight is better off withiut you.
I suggest you drive instead of fly

Here we go with the entitle behavior AGAIN. I have my seat I'm not the one causing the problem or "disruption" remember. You are the one that does not have yours next to your child. Perhaps YOU should drive instead of fly so that you can be in more control of your situation/surroundings!

And you are correct, yes in a shared space you probably should observe common courtesy. I find it interesting that parents expect to receive "common courtesy" but don't expect to abide by this unspoken rule themselves. i.e allowing your child to kick the back of a seat during the flight or stand up in your lap and play in the back of my hair.

I do not allow my child to do these things. But if I am sitting five rows behind him (he's 2.5), I can't exactly stop him, can I? This is the whole point-- small children NEED supervision. But the burden should really be on the airlines not to use extortion by forcing people to pay just to supervise their kid. It is not the problem of fellow passengers, but sometimes they can help out.

[Anonymous]

Good point. I agree witht the pp above. Instead of pitting customers against each other. The airlines should step up to the plate.

[Anonymous]

I am flying to Europe next weeks alone with two kids , 3 and 6. Please God, make the airline assign me a seat separate from them (especially the 3 year old), so I can finally sleep through the flight!! Pretty Please

[Anonymous]

I can't believe that the airlines expect us to pay for aisle and window seats. Maybe I'm dating myself, but you used to book whatever seat you wanted that was not already claimed for the same price. Sometimes you couldn't get 3 seats together if you were a family, but it was your own fault because you booked late. If you asked someone to switch, they didn't already pay extra for their particular seat, so it wasn't such a loaded request.

I'd rather they raise all seats by $5 than have "premium " pricing for A&W, which creates this whole mess to begin with!