Just got off a flight in in Sweden. We were an hour late arriving because when the crew were preparing for take off a 3 year old child couldn't be made to sit in his seat. Apparently he was too old to safely sit in his parents lap. So after much screaming from the child, the parents were forced to deboard. We then had to go through the whole thing of refuelling, weights and balance, remove their bags etc.
It's a Friday night, we just want to get home, and this brat and his incompetent parents make us late, make people miss connections, cause delays for the airplane and crew etc etc.
And to add to it, there were several other screaming kids on the flight. But at least the toddler who ran up and down the aisle during the flight was cute and silent....
I would seriously pay extra to go on adult only flights.
Edit: just to add, the FA gave them about ten minutes to get the kid to sit down, or they'd have to deboard. This was happening as we were taxing out to the runway. The rest of the delay was getting back to the gate, getting them off, their bags off, and then refuelling, checking weight and balance and getting a new flight slot. Luckily we were at a very small airport or it would've been a much longer delay.
It's a Friday night, we just want to get home, and this brat and his incompetent parents make us late, make people miss connections, cause delays for the airplane and crew etc etc.
And to add to it, there were several other screaming kids on the flight. But at least the toddler who ran up and down the aisle during the flight was cute and silent....
I would seriously pay extra to go on adult only flights.
Edit: just to add, the FA gave them about ten minutes to get the kid to sit down, or they'd have to deboard. This was happening as we were taxing out to the runway. The rest of the delay was getting back to the gate, getting them off, their bags off, and then refuelling, checking weight and balance and getting a new flight slot. Luckily we were at a very small airport or it would've been a much longer delay.