Kids on Flights

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

I was once on a plane where a kid who is likely special needs was assaulting her moyher very badly. So much so that if the air crew had seen it i reckon they would have been put off the plane in case it got worse in the air.

Luckily it didnt but it could easily have gone the other way.

I know it ain't popular, but some kids really should be sedated for certain journeys.

Christ.

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

I know it ain't popular, but some kids really should be sedated for certain journeys.

Do you mean like Calpol Six Plus or do you mean full on B.A (I ain't gettin' on no plane) Baracus?

Candie wrote: »

You don't have to watch though.

Would you say that if it was a random adult assaulting another random passenger?

Not saying it's the same but having to look away goes to show how strange the whole thing would be.

Candie wrote: »

Well it'd be bad manners to watch, not to mention making the already stressed parents even more self conscious.

You can't compare a child with special needs to a random adult. One is an assault, the other is a situation that the kid has no control over and can't be helped. Staring at the family would be a lousy thing to do.

Bad manners to watch??

What if the parent is being badly injured? I suppose looking would just be awkward.

I think it's unfair to expect paying customers to endure that kind of nonsense and not be annoyed. If a child is special needs and goes bezurk on planes or is likely to I think people have the right to be informed beforehand so they can decide to endure it or not.

Could they not give the child a sleeping tablet or something when it was clearly in distress?

Some serious lack of compassion from people on this thread. The mother of the autistic child didn't ask for her child to be autistic. She probably gets hardly any respite for her child. Her family are affected by this as the child gets the most attention in the family. The holiday was a break for everyone in the family. Yes, it lead to a nosy flight for those who sat near her, but they could walk off the flight and return to their normal lives. The family can't do that.

Bambi985 wrote: »

In fairness I agree with most posts here, all very reasonable and fair, but it's another story when I'm actually holed up in a small stuffy plane with a kid behind me kicking my seat and a kid beside me yelling the place down and a kid two seats in front of me going full-blown Exorcist-child non-stop for four hours. I'd never be as ignorant as to tut-tut or throw dirty looks because I am not a four-year-old myself, but I probably will fantasise about throwing said child out the window.

I don't disagree at all. I'm not going to be pleased at all with a screaming child on a plane myself.

But I can live with it - especially if there is some condition like autism involved (not that I'd know) and if the parents are doing their best to keep the child calm and relaxed (for the child's sake, not mine).

I'll take the attitude that these things simply can't be helped sometimes...like I said, I'd be much more understanding, and much less annoyed, in those situations than I would with a group of rowdy drunks, because that it is a situation where 'it can't be helped' most likely doesn't apply.

Stonedpilot wrote: »

Put them in a cage.


Seriously it is annoying when people bring their litter with them and treat a place like a creche. Was at several things at an arts festival recently and many of the installations and displays had wild navi's running around on a sugar rush crashing into everyone and sundry parent's in another room at the exhibit!.

Kids in public places should be under control.

You need a good slap in the face for such a comment. It was an autistic child not a rabid animal.

bear1 wrote: »

Again, are people with kids, especially those with special needs, not allowed to travel because it can be a bit annoying for passengers?
She mentioned people began swearing too but for some reason you aren't quoting that part - passengers of course can be annoyed and before I became a parent it also annoyed me but I'd hardly start swearing because of it.
There was obviously space within the plane for them to move around so instead of making a fuss and acting stupid about it they could simply move and get on with their lives.

A child having a tantrum screaming for a solid hour is not just a bit annoying.

And yes parents with special needs children should not be taking their kids on long flights if it puts that child under a lot of stress and to a similar extent will cause the annoyance of 180 other passengers.

Its a plane, the other passengers cannot just getup and walk away. A child screaming can be heard from the front to the back of the plane. Even if they could, im pretty sure having the 40 passengers that surround the child crammed up the other end of the plane to get away from the kid would be frowned upon by the crew!

I sat beside a guy on a flight to London who was traveling with a kid who had a meltdown. It only went on for 20 minutes but it was enough to make me nearly have a mental breakdown. A childs high pitched scream is a sound that goes right through you. I tried to help him out by getting toys and trying to entertain the kid. Had it been an hour im sure i would have gone mad.

Minderbinder wrote: »

Where are you going that you're meeting all these hen parties and stag trips? Have you no taste?

Bit of an idiot aren't you.