"John W." wrote in message
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> 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.
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. Subjecting someone to that on a short flight would
be
> > simply rude. On a long-haul, it's entirely unacceptable.
> >
> Why? I know LOT'S of people (with or without kids) that follow this very
> common, very acceptable practice. Do you want to sit between two people
> on a plane if you have a choice? Of course not. And if you object, then
> the couple will always give you the seat of your choice so they can sit
> next to each other.
And that's the whole point -- if it's just a couple, then it's solely a
question of who sits where. When a couple plays this game with an infant,
there are four people jockeying for three seats.
>And while I've found flights to be "more" full than
> in the past, it's not across the board and not 'packed' any more than in
> the past.
>
> > 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.
> >
> You obviously don't have children, and perhaps your advice would be best
> posted when you DO. My son rarely stayed in his seat; on a trans-pacific
> flight in particular he would sleep an hour or so around take off and
> did likewise around landing (that was planned, something a non-parent
> wouldn't understand), but otherwise stayed awake. Do you expect a 1 or 2
> year old child to seat peacefully in their seat for eight or ten hours?
> Grown adults can't do this, and a child certainly can't. Thankfully I've
> been surrounded by folks a bit more understanding than yourself on these
> issues, which is good because I'm not rich either.
>
> John W.
>
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