Comments on: Why corporate denials are hurting air travelers http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/why-corporate-denials-are-hurting-air-travelers/ The last honest travel site Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:37:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jason http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/why-corporate-denials-are-hurting-air-travelers/comment-page-1/#comment-8168 Jason Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:27:47 +0000 http://www.tripso.com/?p=5820#comment-8168 Sorry but I think "family friendly" sections are closer than you think. With companies cutting travel budgets more business travelers are forced to ride in the back bus meaning they are now subject to crying infants and restless toddlers. This makes an overnight flight to Europe extremely uncomfortable as sleep is almost impossible. Travelers will complain start to complain vehemently and the airlines may actually listen and segregate the kids from the rest of the cabin. After spending 10.5 hours flying back from Istanbul with two toddlers next to me and their father asleep a segregated economy cabin would have been welcome. Sorry but I think “family friendly” sections are closer than you think.

With companies cutting travel budgets more business travelers are forced to ride in the back bus meaning they are now subject to crying infants and restless toddlers. This makes an overnight flight to Europe extremely uncomfortable as sleep is almost impossible.

Travelers will complain start to complain vehemently and the airlines may actually listen and segregate the kids from the rest of the cabin.

After spending 10.5 hours flying back from Istanbul with two toddlers next to me and their father asleep a segregated economy cabin would have been welcome.

]]> By: Carlo http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/why-corporate-denials-are-hurting-air-travelers/comment-page-1/#comment-8102 Carlo Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:49:11 +0000 http://www.tripso.com/?p=5820#comment-8102 Perhaps...but I've been on plenty of flights with babies and young children and never been bothered by any of them. And I daresay with the number of adults who are the customers of these airlines, if you ask any of them if they would mind being segregated while flying with junior, I suspect most of them would answer with a vehement "NO!" Because if you consider where the segregated section would be, it's still in the back of the bus, so to speak, where the seats don't recline and the restrooms smell. The airlines would not be smart to even suggest they're considering this. The backlash would be a PR nightmare. Perhaps…but I’ve been on plenty of flights with babies and young children and never been bothered by any of them. And I daresay with the number of adults who are the customers of these airlines, if you ask any of them if they would mind being segregated while flying with junior, I suspect most of them would answer with a vehement “NO!” Because if you consider where the segregated section would be, it’s still in the back of the bus, so to speak, where the seats don’t recline and the restrooms smell.

The airlines would not be smart to even suggest they’re considering this. The backlash would be a PR nightmare.

]]> By: Bill http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/why-corporate-denials-are-hurting-air-travelers/comment-page-1/#comment-8099 Bill Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:57:50 +0000 http://www.tripso.com/?p=5820#comment-8099 I think there is a HUGE amount of interest in being seated away from babies/children. Sorry to say it, but that's the way it is - and it will continue to be so when there are so many apallingly bad parents out there. I think there is a HUGE amount of interest in being seated away from babies/children. Sorry to say it, but that’s the way it is – and it will continue to be so when there are so many apallingly bad parents out there.

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