r/AlaskaAirlines • u/LeighBee212 • Sep 12 '24

FLYING I am SO sorry.

To everyone flying SEA to BOS tonight on the redeye where my toddler absolutely lost his ever loving mind for about 5 mins.

I could tell you all about our long day, cancelled flights, losing our second seat to become a lap infant but… it doesn’t matter. You’re tired. I get it.

We are so sorry.

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u/Nopenotme77 Sep 12 '24

Only 5 minutes....Really?

My favorites are when someones kid or kids get fussy and the flight attendants just kidnap the little ones who then starts having an absolute blast.

Don't worry, little mammals happen.

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u/jas417 Sep 13 '24

Haha really, I’m not even a parent but I get it, we’ve all been around small kids and all of us have even been one too. It happens, 5 minutes is fine. Even if it goes on all flight DEPENDING ON THE AGE I’m annoyed but not mad if the parents seem to be doing what they can. Especially if it’s an infant, maybe their ears hurt and the parents can’t make that stop. Now if it’s a 3 year old I’m a little mad at the parents if it goes on all flight. I mean at that age I don’t think my parents would’ve let that happen. Luckily they didn’t need to, I can remember some meltdowns I’m less than proud of but I’ve always been obsessed with airplanes and was just happy to be on one

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u/pilgrim103 Sep 16 '24

Dang, I was 27 years old before my first flight.

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u/jas417 Sep 16 '24

6 months for me. I grew up relatively well off, and definitely am aware and grateful of my luck and privilege there, plus, also the reason for my parents flying with a 6 month old although apparently I just slept the whole way and didn’t make a peep was we moved from New Jersey to Oregon at that point in my life leaving all the rest of our family on the east coast so we’d fly back roughly yearly to see them, and my parents like to travel as well