Roost Air Lounge => Current Strip => Topic started by: mtnman on July 20, 2010, 01:13:52 PM
Title: Who will sit next to you?
Post by: mtnman on July 20, 2010, 01:13:52 PM
"The only thing wrong about our cartoon is that the lady with her two children would probably not sit *next* to you, but behind you, so the kids can kick your seat from behind."
or in fornt so the kids can lean over the back of the seat in front of you and "launch" their lunch into your lap! ::banghead:: ::complaining: ::sick::
Title: Re: Who will sit next to you?
Post by: Stef on July 20, 2010, 02:00:17 PM
"The only thing wrong about our cartoon is that the lady with her two children would probably not sit *next* to you, but behind you, so the kids can kick your seat from behind."
or in fornt so the kids can lean over the back of the seat in front of you and "launch" their lunch into your lap! ::banghead:: ::complaining: ::sick::
Haha, right! But at least you can give them an evil eye and/or kick the seat of their parent! ::rambo:: ;D
Title: Re: Who will sit next to you?
Post by: Oddball on July 20, 2010, 02:12:24 PM
It must of been a red moon when I flew back from St Petersburg into London Heathrow in May this year when I went over with the Russian Convoy Club. Had a good looking woman sitting beside me ;D ;D ;D ;D ...............but most of bored her to tears while showing her the photos and telling her the stories :( :(
Title: Re: Who will sit next to you?
Post by: cotejy on July 20, 2010, 08:09:47 PM
Reminds me of a flight in a CRJ between 2 US cities I don't remember. For your information, I'm 6'2", 260lbs.
I'm there on my seat, waiting for everyone to board when I saw something like 15-20 young, good looking girls boarding. Must be a cheerleaders group or something like that. Jackpot. ::unbelieveable::
Then, a huge viking with a foot long beard pass the door and enter the airplane. Guess what seat he had... ::complaining: It was so ridiculous we both laugh at the situation.
Title: Re: Who will sit next to you?
Post by: Stef on July 20, 2010, 11:32:56 PM
It must of been a red moon when I flew back from St Petersburg into London Heathrow in May this year when I went over with the Russian Convoy Club. Had a good looking woman sitting beside me ;D ;D ;D ;D ...............but most of bored her to tears while showing her the photos and telling her the stories :( :(
Wow! Cherish that moment, I doubt it will happen to you again! ;) ;D
See, it's something so rare that you remember it when it happens! ;D
Reminds me of a flight in a CRJ between 2 US cities I don't remember. For your information, I'm 6'2", 260lbs.
I'm there on my seat, waiting for everyone to board when I saw something like 15-20 young, good looking girls boarding. Must be a cheerleaders group or something like that. Jackpot. ::unbelieveable::
Then, a huge viking with a foot long beard pass the door and enter the airplane. Guess what seat he had... ::complaining: It was so ridiculous we both laugh at the situation.
Hahaha, let me guess, the staff at the check in counter were female and probably had pity for those girls! ;D ;D
Title: Re: Who will sit next to you?
Post by: Oddball on July 21, 2010, 09:33:24 AM
so any stories Stef? lol :P
Title: Re: Who will sit next to you?
Post by: Rooster Cruiser on July 22, 2010, 07:14:52 AM
Being the father of two young children, I can attest to the embarrasement I have experienced when they misbehave on a flight. Herewith, I publically apologize for the misbehavior of my children when they were younger and I could not prevent them from crying and raising hell on transatlantic flights.
The last time my wife went to Russia with our two children they were around 2 years old and maybe 5 months. To this day I do not know how she did it on her own, but she did. I was told that my oldest child literally did NOT sleep for THREE DAYS!!! She finally collapsed while walking down a street with her Babushka in her home town. God rest her soul...
Some parents actually try to keep their children under control, but it is impossible due to the extenuating circumstances AND the fact that there is so much distraction for the children that verbal warnings to them do no good. The parents cannot spank them in public without calling attention to themselves, so the little darlings can get away with murder while in the cheap seats.
RC
Title: Re: Who will sit next to you?
Post by: 4X-NTY on July 22, 2010, 03:05:06 PM
I'd go with D, the hippie. I'm used to hanging out with them, and some say I am one :P
Title: Re: Who will sit next to you?
Post by: The_Muppet on July 22, 2010, 09:16:41 PM
I'd go with D, the hippie. I'm used to hanging out with them, and some say I am one :P
This.
Title: Re: Who will sit next to you?
Post by: Louis on July 24, 2010, 04:47:25 AM
I *so* thought about this comic thursday morning. Two flights to get from Montreal to Detroit at the last minute. It's 0630, I've been at the airport for three hours, and up since 0245, after a very short night.
The reason for all this hoopla: I have to go deep into Michigan's Lower Peninsula to pick up and ferry a 172 back for an import to Canada.
The plan: catch up on as much sleep as possible.
First one, I sit down next to a lady with an infant on her lap. The little parasite was wriggling and crying a whole lot, thus leading to think to myself: "Is this going to be the *expletive* flight from hell or what?"
>:D I seriously pondered the idea of sending a note up front that would have said something along the lines of: "Please increase cabin altitude to 12000' if SOPs and safety allow."
No such thing turned out to be necessary as the baby in question slept most of the flight, as did I.
Second flight I was lucky, got a lady fitting the description of B in the comic.
Title: Re: Who will sit next to you?
Post by: YawningMan on July 25, 2010, 05:07:18 AM
My experience was a little different. The lady I sat next to was a B, but was half white, half black. I was an active duty U.S. Marine at the time. It was much easier to shave my head than have to get a haircut from someone with clippers every week.
For the first part of the flight, I had to explain to her why I don't hate black people.
Title: Re: Who will sit next to you?
Post by: Mike on July 25, 2010, 03:38:42 PM
I just got back from a flight where I was sitting next to a B and I was all happy that lady C was sitting 8 rows ahead of me. Well, the C-kid had a very strong voice and after literally a whole hour of screaming (wasn't a baby, more like a 1 1/2 year old....bigger lungs), lady decided to walk up and down the isle with him to calm him down. Which he didn't . . . . but that way EVERYBODY on the aircraft was able to have the pleasure of getting an ear-full as she was walking by. ::complaining: ::loony::
Title: Re: Who will sit next to you?
Post by: Mike on July 25, 2010, 03:43:23 PM
My experience was a little different. The lady I sat next to was a B, but was half white, half black. I was an active duty U.S. Marine at the time. It was much easier to shave my head than have to get a haircut from someone with clippers every week.
For the first part of the flight, I had to explain to her why I don't hate black people.
This reminds me of a similar story. I flew home once with my blue flight jacket (cause it's so warm and pretty much the only warm jacket I own). And everywhere in London and then Frankfurt, I got searched, "randomly selected", put in a special line and so on. I couldn't figure out what's going on since I believe I don't look like a terrorist (nor like an old lady which they always pick in order not to profile)....
I found out later that there is a big Skin-Head gang in Europe who's gang sign is a blue flight jacket. So here is the blond guy with the blue eyes and fairly short hair with a flight jacket.....
I put it in my luggage on the way back to the States......
Title: Re: Who will sit next to you?
Post by: 4X-NTY on July 25, 2010, 04:03:20 PM
My experience was a little different. The lady I sat next to was a B, but was half white, half black. I was an active duty U.S. Marine at the time. It was much easier to shave my head than have to get a haircut from someone with clippers every week.
For the first part of the flight, I had to explain to her why I don't hate black people.
This reminds me of a similar story. I flew home once with my blue flight jacket (cause it's so warm and pretty much the only warm jacket I own). And everywhere in London and then Frankfurt, I got searched, "randomly selected", put in a special line and so on. I couldn't figure out what's going on since I believe I don't look like a terrorist (nor like an old lady which they always pick in order not to profile)....
I found out later that there is a big Skin-Head gang in Europe who's gang sign is a blue flight jacket. So here is the blond guy with the blue eyes and fairly short hair with a flight jacket.....
I put it in my luggage on the way back to the States......
Eh... I get searched every time I get out of the house,now less, because i cut my hair. The police is searching me all the time for drugs, I guess that it's understandable, after all, I look like a drug user, I'm smoking hand-rolled cigarettes and have a marijuana leaf in the colors of Jamaica printed on my bag...
Title: Re: Who will sit next to you?
Post by: Mike on July 26, 2010, 12:49:15 AM
well, then you can't really complain I guess.....
I'd get tired of that though and buy a new bag if it was me.... maybe one that says "Chicken Wings" on it perhaps? ;) ;D . . . everybody loves Chicken Wings...... :P ;D
Title: Re: Who will sit next to you?
Post by: Oddball on July 26, 2010, 11:46:03 AM
Stop it Mike its lunch time over here and I'm getting hungry lol
Title: Re: Who will sit next to you?
Post by: YawningMan on July 28, 2010, 02:43:47 PM
Darn you, Oddy! Because of this, the next time I see a plate of chicken wings, I'm going to think, "Chuck, is that you?"
Title: Should airlines create family only sections - Or Adult only sections?
Post by: Ragwing on August 25, 2010, 03:52:30 AM
Should Airlines create Adult Only Sections? The travel search site Skyscanner has been putting out a lot of polls lately, but this one caught my attention.
According to the company's latest survey, 59 percent of travelers would like a "families only" section on flights. That breaks down to 68 percent on non-parents (nearly a quarter of whom would prefer no-child flights) but just 31 percent of parents.
To me, it sounds like the issue isn't phrased right. "Families only" suggests to me that it's a section where only families can sit, whereas the non-parents who favor the idea seem to want families to be able to sit only in a special section. In other words, they'd like the rest of the plane to be "adults only."
In fact, Skyscanner PR Manager Mary Porter suggested something like that.
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If passengers are prepared to pay extra for child-free flying, perhaps the solution is a premium adults-only section, rather than a pre-allocated families section, giving airlines yet another extra they can charge for? I am sure this service would prove to be really popular on routes that attract a lot of families such as flights to Florida.
I've been the parent of an unhappy young passenger, who made those around us unhappy as well. It's frustrating for everyone.
I suppose it might be OK to create a pay-option adults-only section, although I oppose the idea of segregating families who buy the same class of ticket, because I fear we'd all be shoved in the back of the plane.
And my general view is that society too-often forgets that children are people, instead viewing them as something akin to property or pets.
Title: Re: Who will sit next to you?
Post by: Mike on August 25, 2010, 08:37:03 PM
hmmm... interesting subject. ::thinking::
Definitely comic strip material ;D
I thought that when you fly United premium or whatever it's called (with the extra leg room) that they don't allow kids in there already.
I just wish there was a legal way to give them like a half glass of red wine so they sleep. ;) Must have had the perfect kid back when she was little because I always brought tons of stuff to entertain her on those long flights (games, coloring books, gameboy, digi-pet) but she always just slept. Never had anybody get angry at me..... Probably a "Murphy's Law" kind of deal since I was prepared.
I think that sometimes it looks like a parenting issue as well. You can tell already before you get on the plane which kids are going to be a pain (babies excluded of course). Unfortunatly I fear the airlines are gonna be screwed either way. No matter which way they go, SOMEBODY will be offended.
Title: Re: Who will sit next to you?
Post by: Fabo on August 25, 2010, 10:43:24 PM
screw somebody... all sides profit from this. People, who would like a bit of calmness. Families, who are not mistreated by those people. Airlines...
Seats can be allready allocated by key. Be it simple F/C/Y classes, ammended F/C/Y+/Y class system, or, on bigger aircraft, even specific booking class. So why not make a remark for adult-only section, like Y+, and no children can be seated there (just like on emerg exit rows)?
Title: Re: Should Airlines create Adult Only Sections?
Post by: Mike on August 26, 2010, 12:16:32 AM
but what if the family rows end in row 23 let's say, and the "adult only" starts at row 24?
It would be like back in the days when they had smoking sections. The guy who paid extra for the better ticket sitting in 24C is still gonna hear the kid in 23B...
btw in the US of A "screw SOMEBODY" doesn't work. It will get discussed and changed and people will get exctied some will be called insensitive and some will be called racists and in the end a law will come out that screws EVERYBODY . . . I guess that way it's fair, right?! ::loony:: ::complaining:
Title: Re: Who will sit next to you?
Post by: G-man on August 26, 2010, 05:14:20 AM
If I fly "Adult Only" and have to pay for it---the women better be neked....
I am all for it...nothing worse than screaming kids next to you on a flight...I would pay extra.....
Title: Re: Who will sit next to you?
Post by: Oddball on August 26, 2010, 10:37:25 AM
But then they constantly want out to the bathroom, they keep nudging you...only good thing is you can fart throughout the flight and blame them.. ::rofl:: ::whistle::
By the way---5 martoonis works better than ear protectors. ::drinking:: ::drinking:: ::drinking:: ::drinking::
Title: Re: Who will sit next to you?
Post by: Mike on August 26, 2010, 05:17:10 PM
By the way---5 martoonis works better than ear protectors. ::drinking:: ::drinking:: ::drinking:: ::drinking::
I was on a flight sitting middle row on a 747 with two-year-old twins. Even when one quit crying the other one would start. It was non-stop. They couldn't re-seat us so they offered us free drinks throughout the whole flight. Didn't work so well. At the end I was hungover AND tired...
Ironicly, and to tie in with my earlier post: We saw those two kids 2 hours earlier in the restaurant outside the gate. They were already being out of control whining and running around and so on. So I said to my woman, "imagine the poor bastards who're gonna have to sit next to these brats?". We were both laughing about it . . . . until the boarding for our flight was completed.... ::sick:: ::banghead::
