The previous 3 flights I have taken over the past month or two have been miserable because of screaming children on the plane.
On my flight to Denver we had the best seats on the plane… I thought. We were in the very first row and had about the same amount of leg room as we would have had in an exit row, except it wasn’t! The plane takes off and my chair starts bouncing. I realized the 3 unaccompanied minors that I saw board the plane are sitting behind us. Oh great! They are using the trays as drums. They continue to kick our chairs and beat on the trays the entire flight to Denver.
Then it gets better! After a few days in Denver, we have to get up at 7 am to catch our flight back. Neither one of us is feeling like a million bucks. We board the plane and pick two seats next to a nice older gentleman. I looked around and said, “No kids behind us, were gonna catch up on some sleep on the way back.” There was smiles from all three of us until we realized two verocious kids had moved in to the laps of their parents sitting behind us. I overhear the dad say that he hopes that the daughter would fall asleep on the flight. I was thinking thats a great idea! Then mom says, “No I want a quiet car ride and for the kids not to be awake until midnight tonight.”
Oh great! Were going to make 200 people on this plane miserable (I am on the plane as I am writing this post). We had a 3 hour flight back to Orlando and the entire flight was nothing but two screaming kids behind us and kicking our seats the whole flight.
My solution to this problem is to place all children and their parents in the back of the plane. This may sounds harsh but it is only fair to the other passengers on the plane. We shouldn’t be punished because of unruly children on the plane. Ugh…
July 16th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
I am surprised that the stewardess didn’t say something. Parents should bring stuff for the kids to do. They wouldn’t behave this way in a library, why do it on a plane? Mine certainly don’t!
July 18th, 2008 at 1:07 am
That would definitely be annoying…thus far, I have been lucky enough to not have any annoyances like that on any plane rides I’ve been on. Although, maybe something like that was happening but I was just too self-absorbed and into the book I was reading at the time to realize it.