It should be illegal to take children onto a flight

[Mike Gayner]

This morning I had a 90 minute flight home, and it was the worst flight in history. Me and my GF were stuck in the middle of three parents and their misbehaving, noisy little shithead children. During the whole 90 minutes I got no peace - little wankers running up and down the aisles and being generally loud and obnoxious, and carefree asshat parents who should die.

Luckily I had my MP3 player, but that didn't keep the little bastards out of the periphery of my vision, and even my decent noise blocking headphones couldn't block the shrill cry of an upset infant.

Parents who have the discourtesy to bring little asshole children onto planes should be jailed or summarily executed. Thoughts?

 

[zerocool84]

Children only misbehave cus of bad parenting. You should ban the parents just as much as the children.

 

[JS80]

For once I agree with Mike the Gay. I wish it were illegal so I don't have to take my newborn and two year old to the in-laws this summer.

 

[Mike Gayner]

For once I agree with Mike the Gay. I wish it were illegal so I don't have to take my newborn and two year old to the in-laws this summer.

You don't HAVE to. As the parent of noisy obnoxious misbehaving little assholes, you can always leave them at home with a bowl of water and a week's supply of food. Like I do with my cat.

 

[Leros]

I used to take the 5:30 AM flight out on Monday morning and then show up to work around 9AM. I'd sleep on the plane, so waking up early wasn't a huge deal.

One flight, a baby sat a few aisles over and cried the whole time. I was so tired that when I get to work, I dozed off and knocked my coffee all over my lap. Granted, I was quite awake after pouring hot coffee all over myself.

 

[guyver01]

As was stated earlier... it is the parents who are the issue.. not the child.

My GF's son is 4. He's been on 6 flights in the last 2 years (his Aunt lives in Cali.. we fly out there so they can visit) .. never once has he cried, screamed, or been misbehaved. We bring coloring books for him, as well as a portable dvd player with his favorite movies.

 

[RbSX]

Children on flights need a beating, then beat their parents.

Flights are like restaurants, if you can't control your kids, they shouldn't be there. God forbid, that's why my parents never took me to a nice restaurant until I was old enough to not be a brat.

 

[Jeff7]

Kids are fine. Poorly behaved kids are not.

"You rack da disciprine!"

 

[Mike Gayner]

As was stated earlier... it is the parents who are the issue.. not the child.

My GF's son is 4. He's been on 6 flights in the last 2 years (his Aunt lives in Cali.. we fly out there so they can visit) .. never once has he cried, screamed, or been misbehaved. We bring coloring books for him, as well as a portable dvd player with his favorite movies.

In my experience, all parents think their child is an angel, and they all readily forget, or are oblivious of, the times their child has driven the people around them nearly to infanticide.

 

[guyver01]

In my experience, all parents think their child is an angel.

I think i would know if he was screaming or running around or kicking chairs or throwing shit.

 

[Leros]

In my experience, all parents think their child is an angel, and they all readily forget, or are oblivious of, the times their child has driven the people around them nearly to infanticide.

I think some parents have just given up and accepted the fact that their kids are annoying.

 

[Mike Gayner]

I think i would know if he was screaming or running around or kicking chairs or throwing shit.

See my next note about being oblivious, because in my experience 99.9% of parents with young children are inconsiderate jerks.

 

[MercenaryYoureFired]

90 min? GTFO.

 

[Hacp]

For once I agree with Mike the Gay. I wish it were illegal so I don't have to take my newborn and two year old to the in-laws this summer.

Just ship them via USPS. Make sure you mark the packages fragile.

 

[Mike Gayner]

90 min? GTFO.

Huh?

 

[guyver01]

90 min? GTFO.

New Zealand isn't very big... and everyone knows Mike Gayner won't set foot outside of the Aus-NZ airspace for fear of being contaminated by Americans.

 

[Rubycon]

They allow goats on a plane?

 

[nutxo]

I used to take the 5:30 AM flight out on Monday morning and then show up to work around 9AM. I'd sleep on the plane, so waking up early wasn't a huge deal.

One flight, a baby sat a few aisles over and cried the whole time. I was so tired that when I get to work, I dozed off and knocked my coffee all over my lap. Granted, I was quite awake after pouring hot coffee all over myself.

Not much you can do when an infant cries. I guess maybe they could have suffocated it with a pillow.

 

[guyver01]

They allow goats on a plane?

he did say he was flying with his GF.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

New Zealand isn't very big... and everyone knows Mike Gayner won't set foot outside of the Aus-NZ airspace for fear of being contaminated by Americans.

You don't think you can take a 90 min flight in NZ? Wow.

 

[guyver01]

You don't think you can take a 90 min flight in NZ? Wow.

i didnt say you couldnt.

 

[Mike Gayner]

he did say he was flying with his GF.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

It was a 90-minute flight. Toughen up. If the worst you ever have to face is 90 minutes with a few obnoxious children, count yourself lucky.

 

[Mike Gayner]

It was a 90-minute flight. Toughen up. If the worst you ever have to face is 90 minutes with a few obnoxious children, count yourself lucky.

I make a point never to spend more than a few minutes at a time around children under the age of 10, so 90 minutes was hell for me.

 

[TruePaige]

"I'm sick of these motherfucking sheep children on this motherfucking plane!"