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Re: Voluntary Bumping Posted on: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:38:57 +1000

hummingbird wrote:

> If I ever decided to shell out a large sum of money for First or
> Business class and found myself seated next to or adjacent to a
> noisy 10yo fidgety brat belonging to the nouveau rich, or even a
> multi-$$$ pop star and family or whatever it would make me livid
> and I'd feel totally cheated.
> That's one major reason why I don't do it. The risk is too great.
>
> I even proposed some while ago that large planes could offer a
> 'child-free zone' for people like me ...and there's plenty of us.
>
> What I want more than anything on long flights is peace and quiet
> so I can read or snooze.

I always have a schadenfreudish chuckle when going through the Special Bit
of the plane toward my crowded section, and in the Special Bit is Kids! Like
they're going to behave on a 15 hour flight. Ha.
Hopefully the growing push toward child-free options will see this in
aeroplanes. The push being driven by the poor behaviour of many kids these
days.


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