[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Flying never was "kid-friendly" if you are talking about the toddler and below set. You were expected to get on the plane, sit quietly, take your little tour of the cockpit and not make trouble for the air plane staff. If you couldn't do that then, to be blunt, they didn't want you on their plane.

My cousin had a airline stewardess threaten to tie him out on the wing if he didn't shut up. This was in the 70's. Of course he was a spoiled brat so the rest of us just snickered and went back to our coloring books.

[spookie]

This reminds me of my flight from Okinawa in 1958 with a 10 yr old boy wearing a copy of his father’s uniform. I finally told him if he didn’t shut up and sit down I was going to pull his pants down and spank the living hell out of him. When he that I wouldn’t dare I got up and he quickly shut up and was quiet for the rest of a very long flight. His mother upon departing thanked me.