Should kids be able to fly on an airplane?

Postby **ExPatriatePen** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 12:40 pm

Fly First class... problem solved

Postby **meow** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 12:43 pm

There is no escape. We fly first class with mini-meow.

Postby **slappybrown** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 1:08 pm

Don't most airlines ban kids from first class? I thought this was the case.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 1:11 pm

There is no escape. We fly first class with mini-meow.

I have to ask...what's the point?

Postby **MalkinIsMyHomeboy** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 1:13 pm

wtf

my parents never took me on a plane ever, let alone first class

Postby **meow** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 1:26 pm

Don't most airlines ban kids from first class? I thought this was the case.

We flew American and no one said a things on our 4 flights.

Postby **meow** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 1:27 pm

There is no escape. We fly first class with mini-meow.
I have to ask...what's the point?

He played on the floor most of the time. Didn't make a peep.

Postby **slappybrown** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 1:32 pm

Ah, your kid is sub-2 years of age and so counted as a lap infant? You didn't buy him an actual ticket.

Postby **meow** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 1:36 pm

That makes more sense. He was attached to my ticket and didn't have his own.

Postby **shmenguin** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 2:16 pm

didn't know you were allowed to take a lap passenger into first class.

imagine tif or dodint splurging on a 1st class ticket and sitting next to THAT

Postby **dodint** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 2:28 pm

Impossible, I just buy the whole row.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 3:05 pm

didn't know you were allowed to take a lap passenger into first class.

imagine tif or dodint splurging on a 1st class ticket and sitting next to THAT

Might actually buy this on PPV.

Postby **tifosi77** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 6:03 pm

Generally, I'm a pretty easy going guy......... but I can't vouch for my conduct if Mrs Tif and I pony up for 1st class for some 14-hr long haul, and end up next to a squawk box with an ear infection...................

Postby **columbia** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 6:06 pm

didn't know you were allowed to take a lap passenger into first class.

imagine tif or dodint splurging on a 1st class ticket and sitting next to THAT
Might actually buy this on PPV.

5 star post.

Postby **tifosi77** » Wed Aug 26, 2015 4:36 pm

Was listening to a radio show this week, and the topic was carry-on bags. I was unaware that there is no uniform standard for the size of the bags (United, for example, excludes the wheels and handles in the length measurement), and the discussion was about ways to improve and modernize the boarding process. One of the callers was a 757 captain with a major carrier based in NY. As the conversation progressed he revealed the #1 non-mechanical reason for delays in pushback time..........................

Families who purchased tickets throughout the cabin and engage the crew to help find them seats together once boarding has completed.

Postby **slappybrown** » Wed Aug 26, 2015 4:37 pm

DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

Postby **PFiDC** » Wed Aug 26, 2015 4:37 pm

non-mechanical reason

Seems reasonable actually. What other non-mechanical reasons are there for delay that one would think are more common?

Postby **dodint** » Wed Aug 26, 2015 4:38 pm

I'd never considered they would go onto the plane before playing the family card. I guess not piping up until the last possible moment gives them leverage. When I complained about it, I was talking about them hassling the folks the gate.

Postby **dodint** » Wed Aug 26, 2015 4:39 pm

Source of the post Seems reasonable actually.

To those with an air of entitlement it probably does.

Postby **count2infinity** » Wed Aug 26, 2015 4:40 pm

I'd never considered they would go onto the plane before playing the family card. I guess not piping up until the last possible moment gives them leverage. When I complained about it, I was talking about them hassling the folks the gate.

Yeah, if you wait until you're actually on the plain to say anything, you're a jackwagon of a family.

Postby **dodint** » Wed Aug 26, 2015 4:42 pm

I'd never considered they would go onto the plane before playing the family card. I guess not piping up until the last possible moment gives them leverage. When I complained about it, I was talking about them hassling the folks the gate.
Yeah, if you wait until you're actually on the plain to say anything, you're a jackwagon of a family.

Makes sense, though, from their standpoint. If they ask at the gate, they stand to get "Sorry, we're not able to do that" or whatever. If they do it on the plane, they borrow the crew's authority to coerce people into moving. Shady.

Postby **meow** » Wed Aug 26, 2015 4:42 pm

I'd never considered they would go onto the plane before playing the family card. I guess not piping up until the last possible moment gives them leverage. When I complained about it, I was talking about them hassling the folks the gate.
Yeah, if you wait until you're actually on the plain to say anything, you're a jackwagon of a family.
Makes sense, though, from their standpoint. If they ask at the gate, they stand to get "Sorry, we're not able to do that" or whatever. If they do it on the plane, they borrow the crew's authority to coerce people into moving. Shady.

It's also impossible to know who is sitting beside a family member.

Postby **dodint** » Wed Aug 26, 2015 4:48 pm

Source of the post It's also impossible to know who is sitting beside a family member.

It's very possible. Purchase seats together.

Postby **meow** » Wed Aug 26, 2015 4:49 pm

Postby **shafnutz05** » Wed Aug 26, 2015 4:53 pm

Yeah, if you wait until you're actually on the plain to say anything, you're a jackwagon of a family.

I agree, say something when you are still in the mountains at least.