"Gerry Scott-Moore" <222ggg@adelphia.net.invalid> wrote in message
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> In article , PTRAVEL
> wrote:
>
> > "John W." wrote in message
> > news:3F5FC98C.1010302@yahoo.komm... >Finally, on the plan > MAKE SURE
> > you DO NOT buy a seat for your child (unless money isn't an > issue).
> > You and your husband need to reserve an aisle and window seat; >
> > unless the plane is just packed the middle seat probably won't be >
> > booked, especially if you get to the airport early. We've never had
> > an > issue, and while our child was under the required 'seat
> > reservation' age > we flew a dozen or more times.
> >
> > What horrible (and selfish) advice. Most flights run full these days.
>
> To Japan from the US? That's surprising, and doesn't mirror my
> experiences.
Well, it corresponds to mine. I fly Northwest to/through Tokyo, and the
flights I've been on ran full, or darn close to it.
>
> > What you propose will, almost certainly, result in some poor bastard
> > being stuck between you and your wife, while you shuttle your child
> > back-and-forth to hold on your laps.
>
> Don't be sillly. It's assumed it would go unbooked.
You assume it would go unbooked. The airlines don't assume that, nor do
most passengers.
> If someone actually
> got the seat booked, they'd simply slide over.
And what if that middle seat passenger chose a middle seat because there
were no window seats available? I prefer windows, particularly on long-haul
flights, and if one wasn't available, I'd want to be as closed to a windows
as possible.
And, yes, it is unacceptable to propose that this hypothetical person take
the window seat, while the couple in the aisle and middle share a
lap-infant.
> I know, I know--that
> would be against the rules...
No, it would be discourteous.
>
> > Subjecting someone to that on a short flight would be simply rude.
> > On a long-haul, it's entirely unacceptable.
>
> But in the imagination it's very colorful!
Imagination? Are you really not familiar with the reality of long-hauls
with lap infants?
>
> > If you insist on taking infants on airplanes, buy a seat for them and
> > bring an approved car seat. Your child (and everyone else) will be
> > more comfortable and safer. Don't assume, for a minute, that the
> > airline will simply make room for you because you have brought a baby
> > along.
>
> And certainly don't use your repeated personal experience as any kind
> of guide.
You sound like a gambler who has rolled 4 sevens in a row, and thinks thats
what craps is always like.
> Just do what you project would be good for others, even if
> inapplicable. It's the worriers way!
No, it's the considerate person's way. Sorry you don't understand that.
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