Rude Things People Say to Flying Families

Airplane Zingers For Traveling Broods

August 6, 2009

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Traveling with youngsters is no easy feat, especially when mama is the only adult in her party. Though the time on board is usually short, a screaming infant and scowling travelers in a cramped space can make it seem like an eternity. When all of the words of travel wisdom have failed, fellow flyers often make their displeasure known with less than complimentary comments. Though we find most jet-setters to be more kind than not, here are some of the toughest zingers we've heard. What's the worst you've gotten?

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6 Comments

Twinkle 3 years 35 weeks

We've only ever gotten compliments on our children. They've been traveling since they were babies so they know the drill and we always come prepared with treats and games.

3 years 37 weeks

i flew from Reno, NV to Philly ... wich was a total of 6 hours flight w/ 1 layover. it was my first flight & my 18 mos 1st as well./ it was quite the expierince. he has had a strict nap-feeding schedule & never been far from home, but we did our best. it coulda been a bit better but also coulda gone far worse. the layover was n the middle of naptime & the airline didnot provide meals during mealtime so i was a bit unprepard. most of the people around were understanding & a few even told me theyve been n our shoes & our son was better than most. even though he was 18mos & young enuf 2 have a free ride on my lay we chose 2 spend the extra & lug his big inconvientant carseat along. i recommend all parents spending the extra & doing that 4 any chold who can walk. it is easier 4 the child 2 sleep & eat when they have thier own space, & it is thoughtful of the other passengers 2 do what we can do 2 make our children comfortable. i know the extra seat was pricey but i would rather do that than expect a toddler 2 sit quietly n those crampd seat 4 6 hours. & i didnot find it appropriate that other mothers let their child roam the isles & b loud & inconsiderate of other passengers. i didnt allow my son 2 do that, just 2 walk 2 the restroom 2 stretch his legs. most of the other passengers commended my husband & i 4 our well behavd son & our consideration 2 get him his own seat, & bring his carseat 4 safety & eaier napping. 1 man told me he heard my child crying & it musta been a hard flight, when i had 2 tell him that wasnt my child, that was the 20 mo. old little girl 2 rowns behind that was expectd 2 sit on her dads lap 4 the enitire flight. she screamd almost the whole way there & when she wasnt screaming she was running the isles. i commended my husband, myself, & our child 4 how smoothly the whole trip went

GMarie 3 years 37 weeks

Flying with very small children is very challenging. My little boy (now two and a half) is generally well behaved, and I've flown with him MANY times. He's almost always flown like a champ, but once, when he was 18 months old, we were flying from Kansas to Oregon, and for whatever reason, he'd just had enough. Because he was under age two, he was riding on my lap, so I spent three hours trying to contain a whirling dervish. He kicked, he climbed, he cried. I worked so hard to keep his feet away from the seat in front of us and off the woman sitting next to me, and I can't tell you how many times I apologized. Everyone was very nice, but I was terrified the whole time that someone was going to get nasty with me, even though I was doing everything I could do to keep him from bothering anyone. You may say I should have bought him his own seat, but that would have been an extra $300. I will say that I waited to fly again until he was over 2, so my husband and I had no choice but to buy him his own seat. I took a carseat, strapped him in, and enjoyed the ride.

3 years 39 weeks

Why does it matter? Especially if you agree?

3 years 39 weeks

Your obviously not a parent, althoug I do agree with you on certain things you said most shows you dont have experience being a parent.

phatE 3 years 40 weeks

i've commented on this before, but you seem to have a warped view of traveling with children., first, the pictures are all of darling children behaving on an airplane..i think in all of the comments, the only one that was a match was the "is your kid a robot" which was inappropriate. a lot of the others were as well, but a couple of them weren't. like shouldn't your kid have it's own seat? or nice way to spend the last part of our anniversary trip. it's one thing if parents are trying to control their children, but more times than not parents have given up,or are ignoring their children.. just b/c people aren't thrilled to get kicked for 4 hours by a child on a flight, doesn't make them child-haters,or evil. i think parents need to stop expecting the entire world to stop for their kids, and teach them manners, and respect. { i know many kids are great, or normal and get fussy or tired, or their ears pop and hurt, i also know many are too little, and some have other issues, and i just want to say it's really not about the kid as much as it is the parent. the checked out parents, or the ones who expect everyone to just go along with it and don't even try to handle the situation are the ones this is directed towards, and unfortunately they appear to be the majority in these situations}