V-Flyer

"It would be a separate cabin for kids with nannies to look after them"

Does SRB mean a premium product where only kids with "nannies" can travel?

...or does he mean VS-employed "nannies"?

http://www.cntraveler.com/daily-travele ... d=trail_hp

Hmmmm. Should there have been an emergency on a flight I would have wanted to be with my kids rather than have them in a separate cabin! A daft idea IMHO although I appreciate that not all will agree!!!

And Etihad have nannies onboard. And they seemed to do a good job with the children on my flights to and fro OZ in the Spring.

HWVlover wrote:And Etihad have nannies onboard. And they seemed to do a good job with the children on my flights to and fro OZ in the Spring.

Although initially sceptical when I looked at the link, it has to be said a third party's attention can help when the parent / child relationship is under stress so good on them. For me the problem would be terminology, as clearly a 'nanny' has connotations of allowing parents to do other things whilst someone else looks after, and is responsible for, the fruit of their loins. I don't think that's the intention here, but it sounds like that was where SRB's loopy idea was headed....

I've flown a lot to and from Seoul, where I've noticed that often a family (parents & kids) will be in business/first, and their own personal "nanny" will be in economy. I'm not sure why I've noticed this on this route more than elsewhere.

Anyway, more than once I've seen a terrible kerfuffle where the children were getting bored, the parents wanted to sleep, and the nanny is summoned to look after the kids, only to be firmly sent back by the cabin supervisor: cue massive argument between parents and cabin crew.

Cue more champagne for me...

Not a bad idea. An area of the aircraft decorated differently to the rest, wipe clean surfaces so we don't have to stress about making a mess, where kids can make a noise without being told to shoosh, where they can talk to and socialise with other children. It would really give the parents some peace. Specially trained Virgin cabin crew to lead the fun and games.

Parents would have to be in the same cabin though, but after taking 6 longhaul flights and ony seen half of Skyfall in total I would welcome it.

If there us money in the pot yo enhance, let's have the in flight therapists brought back.