*hole of the year award goes to:

[Sean88gt]

My wife just texted me saying my son is going apeshit right before they're pulling out of DFW. Hope he calms down, you never want to be "that person". He's 14 months old and this is his 7th round trip - 4 of those being cross country - and he's never had any issues. We get compliments every flight on how well - behaved he is but we know to keep him busy, have plenty of bottles, pouches, snacks, etc. My wife hates doing it, but we've resorted to giving him a dose of benadryl on a couple of those.

We've done the same, out of respect for fellow passengers.

[95DRGT]

My kiddos have been flying cross-country since they were a few months old. We knew how to book flight times around their schedules and how to keep them comfortable and entertained. The only issues we ever had was a rude flight attendant who objected to be breast feeding on a flight and an issue with being seated in the back of a plane on a turbulent flight with a 3 year old. Jude ended up tossing his cookies. We learned to dose them with Dramamine before the flight if we were seated behind the wing.

Your one of the exceptions- I would have no objections to breast feeding

[centexchick]

my son has been flying since he was 15 months old.....drinks, a paci, a boob, a bottle, anything to help him swallow to clear his ears to keep them popping....but gees...some of you guys are silly....get some headphones and read a book....I should be allowed to fly with my kid with out an ass slapping him.

On our landing in Fairbanks when he was 15 months old, it didn't matter that I had him drinking from his sippy cup....his ears still wouldn't pop. There was nothing I could do and he cried the whole way down. Once we landed, he settled down. There was nothing I could do and I tried everything. The other 3 landings went fine. Just that one......

so with that being said, no one knows if the mom didn't know what to do in this instance with the kid. It could have just been one of those days.....kinda like what you all do everyday....just a pissy, whiney, gripy kind of day....and nothing she tried would work. The asshat should have just dealt with it, came on to here or his message board of choice and vented about the crazy broad with the kid that wouldn't shut up. Then y'all could all tell your little stories about how bad things were for you too.

okay, feel free to bash me cause I will forget I posted this in 2 hours....cause that is what having a 9 year old and a 6 month old do to women...Thanks and have a great day.

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Oh and I did give him benadryl per our doctors advice.....

[Sean88gt]

my son has been flying since he was 15 months old.....drinks, a paci, a boob, a bottle, anything to help him swallow to clear his ears to keep them popping....but gees...some of you guys are silly....get some headphones and read a book....I should be allowed to fly with my kid with out an ass slapping him.

On our landing in Fairbanks when he was 15 months old, it didn't matter that I had him drinking from his sippy cup....his ears still wouldn't pop. There was nothing I could do and he cried the whole way down. Once we landed, he settled down. There was nothing I could do and I tried everything. The other 3 landings went fine. Just that one......

so with that being said, no one knows if the mom didn't know what to do in this instance with the kid. It could have just been one of those days.....kinda like what you all do everyday....just a pissy, whiney, gripy kind of day....and nothing she tried would work. The asshat should have just dealt with it, came on to here or his message board of choice and vented about the crazy broad with the kid that wouldn't shut up. Then y'all could all tell your little stories about how bad things were for you too.

okay, feel free to bash me cause I will forget I posted this in 2 hours....cause that is what having a 9 year old and a 6 month old do to women...Thanks and have a great day.

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Oh and I did give him benadryl per our doctors advice.....

In a situation where the kid won't stop screaming, offer one of your tits to the other passengers. It might take the edge off of all involved.

[Trip McNeely]

http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/18/travel...html?hpt=us_c2

Anyone ever seen the movie, The Burbs? Dr. Klopek, anyone?? lol

[STROKD]

old angry white people are funny.

yep. my mom (60 from Idaho too) told the flight attendant that she'd gladly pay over double for the airfare on her last trip here to avoid sitting directly behind a screaming 18 month old the entire flight. the FA didnt know how to respond to her, my mom said she just blankly stared and walked away.

[bcoop]

my son has been flying since he was 15 months old.....drinks, a paci, a boob, a bottle, anything to help him swallow to clear his ears to keep them popping....but gees...some of you guys are silly....get some headphones and read a book....

Nobody can concentrate on a book, when there is a kid screaming bloody murder. And normal headphones don't drown it out. The noise cancelling ones might, but why do I have to buy $200 headphones because some inconsiderate assholes let their kids scream during the flight?

It's not being silly when it's a major inconvenience to literally every other person on the plane.

I should be allowed to fly with my kid with out an ass slapping him.

Sure, he went overboard by slapping the kid. But I should be allowed to fly without some snot nosed, booger eating, sticky fingered bastard screaming their head off.

On our landing in Fairbanks when he was 15 months old, it didn't matter that I had him drinking from his sippy cup....his ears still wouldn't pop. There was nothing I could do and he cried the whole way down. Once we landed, he settled down. There was nothing I could do and I tried everything. The other 3 landings went fine. Just that one......

IMO, that's fine. That's 20 minutes tops. It's the constant screaming for an hour or more that pisses me the fuck off.

The asshat should have just dealt with it,

And that's where the problem lies. No, he shouldn't have just dealt with it. It's inconsiderate, and rude to everyone on the plane. Parents that fly with kids like this, are fucking assholes. Seriously. Rent a goddamn car. Nobody wants to hear that shit. Have a little decency for once. And I have kids, I do understand. I understand that everyone else on the plane wants to kill me when my kid won't shut the fuck up. Therefore, I keep them off of planes until we are past that stage.


If I had the bankroll, I'd start an adult only airline. The market is there. I'd happily pay a 20% premium to not have to deal with it. And so would every other person I know that travels for business.

[Undertaker]

I'm pretty sure I'd have punched that old fuck in the throat!

x2

[Mike]

x2

You're back?



Nice!

[Tyrone Biggums]

x2

What do you need votes for now?

[Undertaker]

What do you need votes for now?

nada.

[Trip McNeely]

What do you need votes for now?

She needs someone to beat up a bouncer.

[Randy]

You're back?



Nice!

Man, now she's gonna have more posts than me

And the votes comment was a nice touch.

[Mike]

Haters

[slow99]

Asshole of the year is now the person who deleted the "thanks to Kim" thread.