Let this idea catch on. And not just with airlines either. Restaurants, movie theaters, basically anywhere that kids go and parents are too lazy to control them.
As a parent, I actually support this idea. And it’s partly because kids are simply not always “controllable,” by any human, in a confined space after many hours.
Before I was a parent, I thought the right discipline would solve everything, but airplanes in particular are brutal environments, with very little space to move and limited options to distract them. Even screens, which are close to a silver bullet, don’t always work. Travel is exhausting and challenging for kids, and kids were never evolved well to handle being locked in a seat for hours, let alone dealing with pressure and time zone changes.
So please, until we have adults only zones, have a little patience. There are certainly bad parents, but I guarantee that most of them want their kid to be quiet even more than you do.
I'd imagine sending all the grumpy old codgers to their own zone will be a huge bonus for frazzled parents.
Bro, universal kid ban. No more kids anywhere, problem solved.
As a supporter of the voluntary human extinction movement, I agree.
Yes fucking please.
Apparently they used to have soundproof rooms in the back of nice movie theaters where u could take your crying child and still enjoy the movie...as much as possible
Supermarkets. Just put a small cage outside, you will be out in 20 minutes, the kid will be fine. It's not like parents actually need their kids to scream that they want ice cream when shopping. I definitely don't need to hear it.
That's the dumbest idea I've seen all day. Like, seriously. That's basically begging for kids to be kidnapped from there.
Who would want to kidnap a kid? They are useless, cost a lot of money and if you want one you can just make one easily.
The local IKEA where I grew up had an area near the entrance where parents could leave their kids while shopping.
It had like a ballpit, slides and stuff to climb. It was pretty neat.
I'd be more surprised if there is an IKEA that doesn't have a Småland. Like meatballs, it's kind of their thing right?
North American detected, you bunch of helicopter parents.
This completely ruins my plan of training the children to do the shopping for me so I can just go sit in the cafe until it's time to pay.
Why can't you train the children to pay?
But then I'd have to do all the shopping!
They should just turn the back of the plane into a ball pit and chuck all the kids back there before takeoff. The larger ones can take care of the babies.
The larger ones... you mean us adults who would not be able to resist a frolic in a ball pit?
Make this the new mile high club!
The last time I saw a bunch of adults using a ball pit people ended up being pretty pissed
Generally not a good idea to enter mile high club around kids.
I dunno, nine "XL" seats separated by a curtain sounds more like orgy class than noise-free zone
That's the adults only zone, similar.
but definitely not noise-free (:
There will be walls and curtains separating the “Only Adult” zone from the rest of the plane, making it ideal for travelers without children and business travelers who “want to work in a quiet environment,” according to a press release.
As if the flimsy curtain is going to do anything, haha. You could technically have a baby as close as the row behind that. And you can already hear babies crying from across the plane anyways, especially as we trend towards smaller, more efficient planes like the 737 max and extended range 320s.
This isn't on smaller single aisle planes though, they're doing this on an Airbus A350. On these planes there's a galley between the front seated section and the rest of the plane, with another section before coach. So there's a bit more than just a curtain.
Fucking finally!
Is the section going to be decorated with pineapples? And can we do adult activities? Cause if not what's the point, ear plugs/buds easily take care of babies and Karens alike.
Ear plugs aren’t enough. Also they kick seats.
Just had two flights with a baby crying the entire time yesterday. All I had were airpods and they didn't do shit to drown out the h8gh pitched screaming.
The most effective "headphones" I've found are using bone conducting ones, like shockz, along with construction ear plugs. The ear plugs on their own do so much for noise and the headphones at a pretty reasonable volume so the rest.
IEMs with foam plugs/buds. Works wonders.
I don't fly without my deep insert etymotic IEMs. Haven't heard a baby cry or a Karen on a plane in over 15 years.
So do adults, and even harder than children do.
I often book super early or late flights on purpose, they're normally cheaper and typically don't have any kids on them.
How much extra to use it though? I hope it catches on, but I doubt it will be reasonably priced enough for most travelers.
The article has the price. 45€ / $49
Thank you! I did read it but must have missed where the price was stated.
mile high club soon to no longer be an unlockable achivement.
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