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I have been a flier all my life. My father is a pilot for Continental Airlines and even before he was hired we flew everywhere. My parents assured me that when I had my daughter she would be just as travel-happy a child as I had been….and she was. On a recent flight from NWR […]
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London to Washington/Dulles, 1995. I was flying back home from a tour of Ireland with my mother. There was a chubby and hyper kid in the seat in front of us who would not stop moving for the entire 8 hour flight. We could hear him talking to the flight attendants and the passengers around […]
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It was an unforgettable flight. The wicked witch boarded the plane with her two evil monkeys. I knew it when we made eye contact I was the unlucky soul to be blessed with the family’s presence. Unluckily they crammed into the seats behind me; the “father” was there too. It was a flight from DC […]
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I was flying back to the States from JoBurg, South Africa. The flight from hell was roughly 12 hours from JoBurg to London. Being a travel agent, I attempted to get a free upgrade with the gate agents to a sleeper bed/seat. No luck there. Once on-board, I attempted to sleep, only to be awoken […]
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Can someone please explain to the countless morons out there who choose to have children and fly with them that “red-eye” flights have become flights for those who need to sleep while in the air and go to work the next morning? Are you going to reimbursement me for the time I miss at work […]
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My husband and I were flying for a nice relaxing vacation. For the first time in 8 years, we left our child at home with family. We get into the plane and directly in front of us is a woman with 5 children. She was sitting in a row that had 3 seats. The aisle […]
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