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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...
Riku V wrote on Wed, 06 Jun 2012 07:21

What amazing amount of hate your posting created ;)

I had the most silent flight ever since getting Bose Noise Cancelling headphones. However, while it probably cancels about 80% of both plane noise and baby crying, the remaining 20% of crying will still be noticeable as human mind is tuned to notice baby crying.

Malaysia airlines solved this issue by having a "kids free upper deck" and "Family friendly area" in the lower deck in their A380 planes. Sounds like win-win and a great way to extract extra money from "grumpy old men" ;)

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