I saw that yesterday. The guy was out of line, but still I can totally sympathize with how listening to a crying baby for 45 minutes, when the parents aren’t doing anything to soothe them, could make one lose their composure. Crying babies are designed to be insufferable, so that you pay attention to them. The parents might be numb to it after a while, but the rest of us are not.
And sometimes baby cry because flying is uncomfortable and causes them ear pain.
The young parents may not even realize what was wrong and was exhausted. Who knows. Why assume they weren’t even trying?
Crying babies are one thing. Not pleasant but to be expected. On a recent flight, there was a grown woman talking very loudly and laughing with the most annoying laugh you’ve ever heard. She was 5 rows in front of me. The only time she stopped being loud was when she went to use the restroom. It was a long 3+ hour flight, and of course, I didn’t have headphones with me for some reason. Never again.
45 minutes? Behind crying baby Seoul to Atlanta last month ...
if your child cant behave, they dont belong on a flight.
How do you think the captain was feeling hearing that kid for 45 minutes? and everyone else on the plane?
the parents are dumb and the guy is also dumb.
in the end, the airlines are the ones to blame for letting passenger standards fall below greyhound bus standards.
How do you know the parents did nothing to try to sooth their baby? I missed that in the article. Do you think the parents like to hear their baby scream, too?
My son was colicky for a few months as an infant and would just scream for a few hours every evening. I did everything I could think of and nothing worked. I just had to endure it.
Sometimes crying babies cry and it can't be helped.