[rdunn]

My wife and I just finished an 8 hour flight on Continental. Truly , 8 hours of misery. We were booked first class and spent nearly $3000 for the pleasure of having to deal with 8 hours of non-stop screaming from three different couples with their unruly toddlers. It is of course unfair to blame Continental for selling these families tickets in 1 st class.. but shouldn't there be some thought to the dozen or so other people who also bought expensive tickets expecting a pleasant or at least somewhat civilized experience. Should there not be some standing rule of reasonable obligation by the airline to dispatch these children to a more distant part of the plane. Perhaps the cargo hold or maybe fresh air on a wing would be appropriate. Seriously, there really should be some thought to the other passengers in 1st class to not have to put up with this type of behavior, not at these prices. The attendants did their best, but, as well, were quite frustrated with the overwhelming commotion of these uncontrollable kids.. oh well, there you have it . My first and only ever written complaint.

[cortney]

screaming kids in any cabin is no fun. i flew first class from LAX-ORD on AA and the kid behind me kept screaming, and wouldn't sit down. the flight attendant told the parent MANY times to make sure the child was seated. then the (during taxing) the child stood again, the parent got him to sit down, now the kid wanted cookies. the parent asked if the flight attendant had any he politly said no im sorry...thankfully i did. i asked the mom if these were ok, she said YES thank you!! thankfully the kid was quiet the rest of the flight. then i flew Air india 1st class ORD-FRA...screaming kid the whole way....and air india is bad enough without a screaming kid. next time (what we did when we had enough) we told the parent to get up and walk the child around the airplane for a while to tire he/she out...it works

[Leatherboy2006]

cortney, would carrying ambien laced cookies had help....sorry couldnt resist

[cortney]

hahaha...not a bad idea lol. i might even bake some for when i commercial lol

[Gromit801]

I rather like the idea of putting kids in the cargo hold, next to the other animals in their kennels.

[Leatherboy2006]

Shame on you Gromit801,,,,why abuse innocent animals by making them listen to bratty kids
:P

[Gromit801]

You're right, my bad.