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...should be banned. On the flight back from Hong Kong to London, a collection of about half a dozen small children conspired to cry, shout, wail and shriek nigh-on constantly. For twelve hours. :-(

I think it's incredibly selfish to take kids on planes when they're too young to understand what's going on, or to behave reliably. Children make noise, that's natural and expected. Forcing hundreds of other people around you to deal with that noise in an enclosed space for extended periods with no way to escape is just wrong, in my opinion.

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Re: Small children on long-haul flights...
James Livingston wrote on Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:05

I don't expect children on flights to be overly still and quiet, but I think parents need to take some responsibility for ensurely their children aren't overly disruptive.

Things like babies crying can't for the most part be helped. Children will make some noise which is expected, but they don't need to be making an excessive amount of it.

> Young children do not go by train, boat or plane by them self. > Their parents decided it. Complain to them.

Here's the problem - the people who this would be effective with are probably taking some responsibility for their children, so I don't mind. The ones who I'd complain to are likely to either ignore me, tell me to bugger off, or start an argument which is going to disrupt everyone even more.

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