Infants aren’t able to tell adults what is disturbing them
Infants aren’t able to tell adults what is disturbing them. Even if the mother – infant bond is strong the communication is hard to comprehend at infancy. Some infants may given the circumstances presenting be restless expressed as loud noise “I am wanting something done, I am not comfortable, get me out of here I am an infant (celebrity of a kind)”.:D
I think under the circumstances a compromise would be that as part of the booking conditions where an infant was in mother’s arms, lap, whatever (no charge passenger) then if the infant was with the mother in First or Business Class, if the infant became restless the mother must agree to transfer for the duration of the disturbance to a cabin crew seat outside First/Bus. Class, (naturally the cabin crew member would sit in the mother’s seat if flight were full and there was anything untoward en route other than noisy infant).
The blanket ban by MA is a drastic one and I am sure one of their more balanced ‘bean counters’ will make some impact soon to make it less harsh.
It’s a tough one as on transatlantic flights extremely wealthy, airline revenue boosting parents fly with children including sometimes infants and it would be a completely uneconomical thing to consider turning their business down by relegating them to economy.
We were all infants at one stage in our lives and I know I flew a long long way and back on B.O.A.C. with my parents and supposedly everyone loved me on the flight. I’d be in the ‘luggage hold’ now if some of you had your way, just on the off chance that I may not be a good infant.:rolleyes:
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