Huzzah for International Jet-setting !
Ha ha TB ,should start a lively debate I think
I must admit that I'm a wee bit stunned by the last statement...
"I figure if he is bugging people it's better than having him screaming in his seat..I console myself with this perspective... bugging other passengers is a small deal in the larger scope of things."
Yes, so you can relinquish any responsibility for looking after your offspring.
"I figure if he is bugging people it's better than having him screaming in his seat..I console myself with this perspective... bugging other passengers is a small deal in the larger scope of things."
Yes, so you can relinquish any responsibility for looking after your offspring.
We can get better, because we're not dead yet
Aer John, who could be the biggest brat on God's earth at home in his formative years, became a charmed child once he set foot on public transport to the extent I wondered if I could set up home on a plane, bus or train! :0 Having said that, he created mayhem on his first flight from Cork to Manchester, due partly to the steep descent of the plane on that occasion into MAN and the effect on his ears. It taught me to have something to suck on for take off and landing but after that.....
....he was a dream to travel with - eager to learn what was what and loving the experience y) Look what he would have missed if I had drugged him! And would he have been where he is today if I had done that?
....he was a dream to travel with - eager to learn what was what and loving the experience y) Look what he would have missed if I had drugged him! And would he have been where he is today if I had done that?
I don't have any children so I won't weigh in on what's right or wrong, but most babies only fuss if there is something wrong with them and during take off and landing. As for toddlers, they could be annoying but drugs? No
Ship as cargo.... 
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Never have, never will. Now... drugging the parents on the other hand... (ideally with a nice Malbec)
Close on 40 years ago my Mum had exactly this idea (drugging me for a transatlantic flight). She went to the Dr's [in the USA where we lived at the time, so paying to see the Dr, so they should prescribe anything within reason! Dr prescribed something that was supposed to knock me out cold.
Luckily, my Mum had the foresight to test the said knockout solution before the flight. Yep, you've guessed it, it had the 100% opposite effect.
Apparently I loved my early transatlantic flights back in the 1970's [when airlines were flying very empty 747's across the pond]. On Pan Am, I am told that I found the wine bottle store that was between the last seat in the cabin & the bulkhead behind it - apparently I presented my Dad with a bottle of wine...
Luckily, my Mum had the foresight to test the said knockout solution before the flight. Yep, you've guessed it, it had the 100% opposite effect.
Apparently I loved my early transatlantic flights back in the 1970's [when airlines were flying very empty 747's across the pond]. On Pan Am, I am told that I found the wine bottle store that was between the last seat in the cabin & the bulkhead behind it - apparently I presented my Dad with a bottle of wine...
PilotWolf wrote:Ship as cargo....
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Ha ha - seconded
)The only way is left....since I found V-Flyer
I must admit that I'm a wee bit stunned by the last statement...
"I figure if he is bugging people it's better than having him screaming in his seat..I console myself with this perspective... bugging other passengers is a small deal in the larger scope of things."
Yes, so you can relinquish any responsibility for looking after your offspring
I couldn't agree more - after being on a flight where the toddler was 'wandering' around UC 'bugging' sleeping passengers while the parents slept. It amazes me that any parents actually think like this.
[quote=]"I figure if he is bugging people it's better than having him screaming in his seat..I console myself with this perspective... bugging other passengers is a small deal in the larger scope of things."[/quote]
I was on a flight last night where a six month old screamed from the second he was taken on the plane to the second he was taken off the plane.
His parents gave up trying to console him just after take off. Left him on their seats and went and stood in the crew space at the front of the plane (EasyJet Airbus) to and I quote "get some peace and let someone else look after him if he falls off the seat".
The crew made them sit down again but still ...
I do not agree with drugging children for flights as I was lucky enough to fly a lot as a child and enjoyed my time in there. My parents kept us entertained and to this day I see flying as a privilege.
Unfortunately there are some ... and I stress the some ... parents/guardians who think that getting on a plane will be like getting a room full of babysitters.
But then (as previously mentioned) this could also apply to a lot of adults!
I was on a flight last night where a six month old screamed from the second he was taken on the plane to the second he was taken off the plane.
His parents gave up trying to console him just after take off. Left him on their seats and went and stood in the crew space at the front of the plane (EasyJet Airbus) to and I quote "get some peace and let someone else look after him if he falls off the seat".
The crew made them sit down again but still ...
I do not agree with drugging children for flights as I was lucky enough to fly a lot as a child and enjoyed my time in there. My parents kept us entertained and to this day I see flying as a privilege.
Unfortunately there are some ... and I stress the some ... parents/guardians who think that getting on a plane will be like getting a room full of babysitters.
But then (as previously mentioned) this could also apply to a lot of adults!
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