Should Children Be Banned From Red-Eye Flights?

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someone with a camera at just the right moment.

Haha not entirely. I think there should be a section for children, but they shouldn't be banned from the entire aircraft. I do not agree, however, that children should ever be allowed into first class or sometimes even business class. I don't like talking to people on flights, but I find putting in earplugs or feigning sleep is enough to keep away unwanted conversations. I'm usually always next to a friend or my brother anyway.

This is a hard one, i can see it from the person who has a meeting in the morning, and i see it from the parents point of view, perhaps there should be a section for people who have a busy day or want some sleep.

Just give the little monsters one of those tiny airline whiskey bottles and they'll sleep the rest of the flight:)

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No give the person who wants to have a kip and the kids whiskey.

The last time my family and I traveled together when the kids could actually be called kids we took the red eye to Las Vegas for a family reunion. I chose the red eye because I had hoped my children would sleep through the flight. They did and didn't bother anyone.

Yes that great, you raised you kids like i raised mine, to show a bit of respect to others and be a polite.

Even good kids can become obnoxious on a 6hr long flight. Mine tends to behave better when she is sleeping.

Yes a long haul flight is a pain even for adults.

This question is misleading. Kids weren't banned from the flights. Just from newly designated "no-kids" and "quiet zone" sections. That seems all right to me.

There should be the coach section, economy section, and a family section... Children shouldn't be banned from an entire flight but there should be a section for families bringing their young children, and if people buy tickets in that section then they know what they're getting into. These tickets should be cheaper btw... I can dream haha.

Just because you buy a ticket does not mean you should be subjected to the incessant ranting and screaming of children on flights. We all pay good money for air fare and should be able to enjoy peace and quiet and be able to relax and enjoy ourselves. If parents cannot control their kids they should stay home.

Well if they had a family section, people could pay the same amount of money for peace and quiet on an airplane in economy or business class, while families could be discounted and have to sit with other families and have to deal with screaming children.
It's not fair that people should have to stay home, because who knows how their kid is going to act on an airplane until they're on one? They could start screaming because they're scared, they could start crying because their ears are popping... Over all at the grocery store they could be well-behaved kids, but when you put them on an airplane they could be terrors. You don't know till you put em on a plane.

Do you honestly think that noise does not travel in a confined space of an aircraft. You must have the same mentality as most of the smokers from about 25 yeas ago who thought they could smoke in the back of a aircraft and that would be acceptable as well.

I have been in Wal-Mart and grocery stores every week and the number of well behaved children are very few.

I work part time at a grocery store, for one screaming, loud child there are several who are well-behaved. You sound like you just don't like children. Also, sound does travel but there are always barriers that could be put in place. My idea is just an idea for the future.

I do not like loud noises and dislike that permissive parenting or non-parenting style of today.

I see children in stores playing with toys their parents have no intention of buying, grabbing treats off of shelves, demanding attention by constantly yelling & pulling at their parents, running though aisles and being generally out of control. None of that is acceptable behavior.

It's definitely not, some people really don't know how to discipline. Just think about how these kids will act when they grow up haha

they'll become lawyers. ha ha

That is what really scares me.

I fly both domestically and internationally and yes children are sometimes disturbing. However, perhaps because I have had children of my own I wouldn't support banning them from some flights. Children are just another thing that we have to deal with when we travel. It's just like the ridiculous TSA security guantlet I must go through, something that accomplises nothing but I must put up with it to make a living. Besides I love kids.

It should NOT be something that people WITHOUT children have to deal with.

The, my answer was based on the question asked but as some people have noted the suggestion of having a certain section of the aircraft put aside as a no young children zone. I wouldn't have a problem with that. We should all try our best to respect other people on aircraft and part of that is controlling your child.

Please remember that while you may not have or want children of your own, at one time we were all children ourselves.

The problem is not everyone can control there children. I can't repect a parent who doesn't even attempt to try and control there little brat. They become a nusance and a public disturbance after a time and people come on an aircraft to relax and chill out because they have a long flight ahead of them and they don't want that kind of noise.

I've never been on a plane because i am afraid of heights/flying and to go on a plane with screaming children is not a great envrioment to overcome ones fears.

I realize we were all children once but that doesn't justify my dislike of babies and kids in general.

I also agree that a separate section for children of an airplane would be idea ! That way parents can take there kids on the airplane to that section and everyone is happy.

I always think of the reasons I'd have the little one on a red eye flight... The last time we were on a plane it was a red eye coming back from a family reunion at Disney World.. it was what was available at the time my mom bought the tickets. And my daughter slept the whole flight.

Other than that.. for us to be on a red eye flight, it would be a family emergency of some kind. I can't imagine telling the family that they'd have to wait till the child accepting flights were able to find us four seats if we needed to get to Michigan or North Carolina. (We live in Las Vegas, one of the busiest airports out there. Just finding a flight for four in an emergency to get us home would be a killer during some times)

But it doesn't sound as though anyone is talking about actually banning children from the flight entirely but creating a no-kids section. Actually, I like the idea of a quiet zone better which would ban small children and let adults and older children know that they are expected to be quiet in that section.

Yeah, let's just keep "categorizing" people and separating them even more. Why don't we just make "kids-only" flights... would that make everyone happy?

Perhaps not banned from them, but perhaps fine them or charge extra for luggage when they're picking it up if the situation persists.

totally agree

I think it is discriminatory if children are banned from red eye flights.

Ridiculous. The very fact that anyone has asked this question shows how screwed up our society is.

No it is not. It shows just how bad and ineffective parenting has become.

Parents can't put them in the hold but crying children are a nightmare for tired adults and the parents. I have found that parents get too stressed and the kids sense it. I was once in a family friendly hotel and a child was screaming. I could only take it so long so I went over and calmly entertained the wee girl with the "mad thumb". I wound it up and she was intrigued and stopped howling. I let it go and tickled her. Not a peep out of her after that. In my opinion parents are so stressed travelling with kids they stop coping. Sedate the parents and the kids with be grand.

wow! You are the best "baby whisperer"!

Not 'banned', but ''no-kids section'' and ''quiet zone'' seems to be all right.
Some babies are too young to be educated.
And some parents are too egotist and permissive, instead educating their kids for the world, with a bit of limits.

I've had more annoying seat mates next to me more than a child around me.