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My worst kid-on-a-plane experience was with my own child. We (mom, dad, an 8-year-old and a 2-year-old) had just taken off from DFW on our last leg of a 6-flight trip when the meltdown began. It ended when the plane landed 2 hours later in Arizona. My 2-year-old cried, screamed, kicked, and threw things. The [...]
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I fly a lot for work and recently flew a relatively short 2 hour flight on a smaller regional jet with 50 seats. The plane was full to capacity. I knew it was going to be a bad flight by the sounds of toddlers having tantrums in the gate area and exhausted parents who could [...]
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During Christmas 2006, I fly home from California to Massachusetts to spend holidays with the family. My fiance and I board the plane to MA to take the 6 hour flight and he agrees to change seats with me as I was sitting directly next to a toddler and did not want to. Odd behavior, [...]
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July 2nd, 2003 I was on Northwest flight 852 from Anchorage, Alaska to Detroit, Michigan, approximately a 6 hour red eye on a 757-300. I was only 15 at the time and by myself. Surprisingly the flight was packed full. My seat was back in row 43 and as always I had a window seat. [...]
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My husband and I were on a direct flight between Amsterdam and Los Angeles – the plane was packed. For the first time (and hopefully the last) we actually saw passengers sitting in the jump seats. The cat at their feet began crying and we thought “This is going to be a long flight.” Turns [...]
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Having just left my new wife for a wholly unpleasant search for work trip to the UK, all I really wanted to do after waiting 4 hours for my connecting flight from Dulles to London was to at least try to get some sleep as I was on a night flight. Ho ho ho, I [...]
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Airlines – Microcosm of Society
March 14, 2010
in Flying Hell Commentary
So, what did you think? You purchased a ticket to fly from point A to B. The expectation is that you’ll have a comfortable seat and arrive at your destination on time. I think for the most part, barring situations out of the airlines control, that is what you get. The trouble is… for the [...]
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