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Airline baby ban: Why Malaysia Airlines says no babies in first class
The Christian Science Monitor ^
| June 29, 2011
| Pat Murphy
Posted on 06/29/2011 4:16:16 PM PDT by nerdwithagun
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Fantastic idea IMO. Never travelled in first class, but if I did I think I would preffer not listening to a screaming baby.
To: nerdwithagun
ACK!!!! I think I coppied and pasted the wrong stuff as an exerpt. Please forgive, Mods and all.
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posted on
06/29/2011 4:20:33 PM PDT
by
nerdwithagun
(I'd rather go gun to gun then knife to knife.)
To: nerdwithagun
“I’m Jeffrey...I’m five years old....”
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posted on
06/29/2011 4:22:41 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: nerdwithagun
How about airlines having special family flights, so they can keep all the screaming seat-kickers on a plane to themselves
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posted on
06/29/2011 4:23:15 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: nerdwithagun
Can you imagine the outrage if an American airline announced this? The Asians tend to be more sensible about this kind of thing. Stick the little buggers in the cargo hold, I say.
With a bottle, of course.
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posted on
06/29/2011 4:34:54 PM PDT
by
BfloGuy
(Even the opponents of Socialism are dominated by socialist ideas.)
To: nerdwithagun
I don’t see any problem with this. Babies and young children on a plane are often a nuisance, and there’s not much that can be done about it, even with the best of intentions. Personally, I make every effort not to fly with babies; the last time was 2003, and he was only a moderate pain.
Passengers who are willing to pay extra to get away from children should be able to.
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posted on
06/29/2011 4:35:41 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(I should be, but I'm not.)
To: nuconvert
how about stop making airline travel a "business" expense?...how about taking away the tax deduction?....then those "important" people up front wouldn't be flying around all high and mighy....
while we're at it, TAX any frequent flyer miles that a business allows its business men to use..... its income, plain and simple...and it should be taxed like income...
BABIES are OUR future.....and I'd much rather listen and look at them then listen to, smell, and feel the farts,coughs,sneezes,throat clearing,nose blowing,loud banter of many adult passengers....
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posted on
06/29/2011 4:39:03 PM PDT
by
cherry
To: dfwgator
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posted on
06/29/2011 4:39:45 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: cherry
Troll alert
Troll alert
Back under you rock babe
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posted on
06/29/2011 4:42:38 PM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 ....( History is a process, not an event ))
To: cherry
How do you feel someone else's fart ?
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posted on
06/29/2011 4:45:35 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: Tijeras_Slim; Allegra; Jersey Republican Biker Chick
![](http://static.onemansblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/john-p-rides-first-class.jpg)
CHILLAXIN' FREERIDER PING
To: nuconvert
Put the little screamers in a large wooden box (with air holes). When they turn 18, plug the holes.
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posted on
06/29/2011 4:57:00 PM PDT
by
JPG
(Hey, LSM, how are those emails workin' out for ya?)
To: bert
:-) <——approving smile from someone who uses miles to get upgrades on long flights halfway around the world and gets quite irritated when someone with a squalling kid plops down right behind me.
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posted on
06/29/2011 5:09:17 PM PDT
by
Allegra
(Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
To: cherry
BABIES are OUR future.....Yep...and in the future, when they're all grown up, I won't have a problem with them sitting in Business Class.
But for now, they sometimes scream for seven or eight hours of a fourteen-hour flight and that's just annoying.
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posted on
06/29/2011 5:12:31 PM PDT
by
Allegra
(Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
To: cherry
Not sure at all about the tax exemptions businesses get for flying first class, but what I want for a long travel is peace. Between sitting next to any famous left winger and a screaming baby, I'll take a a famous left winger. Babies are our future, but that doesn't mean I should have to put up with someone else’s screaming brat.
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posted on
06/29/2011 5:13:00 PM PDT
by
nerdwithagun
(I'd rather go gun to gun then knife to knife.)
To: cherry
This is not about
having babies...its about
babies on airplanes.
As for your class envy fol-duh-rah:
how about stop making airline travel a "business" expense?...how about taking away the tax deduction?....then those "important" people up front wouldn't be flying around all high and mighy....
while we're at it, TAX any frequent flyer miles that a business allows its business men to use..... its income, plain and simple...and it should be taxed like income... I think you can file this in s nice comfy place where the sun doesn't shine.
But thats just my personal opinion.
I'll be the one waving to Ya in Bidness Class...as you amble back to steerage...Buh-bye!
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posted on
06/29/2011 5:26:42 PM PDT
by
Tainan
(Cogito Ergo Conservitus.)
To: fieldmarshaldj
How do you feel someone else's fart?FReepmail me for a simple kit that will connect in a deep emotional way with flatulence.
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posted on
06/29/2011 5:27:07 PM PDT
by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: martin_fierro
I wouldn’t mind having that lounge in my living room, but on a plane, I’m so doped with Dramamine that I wouldn’t notice an entire flock of Imams sacrificing goats in the aisle, much less a crying baby.
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posted on
06/29/2011 5:29:31 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(I should be, but I'm not.)
To: cherry
We’ll sign you up for the special family flights then
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posted on
06/29/2011 5:37:48 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: nerdwithagun
A crying baby is not a brat, but a helpless being experiencing misery through no fault of his own. Many plane trips with infants could be avoided, and for those that are necessary (such as family moves across the ocean ;-), exclusion from first class is reasonable. The family of an unhappy baby is going to have a ghastly flight no matter where they sit, so they might as well get the cheap seats.
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posted on
06/29/2011 5:40:53 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(I should be, but I'm not.)
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