Seating small children - Ryanair
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@Sierra tango - it's not just the safety of your children, it's also the safety of everyone else. A small child landing on the back of one's neck could be quite damaging to *both* parties.
@ExXB - "Tall people have special needs [..] and they have to pay to ensure their needs are met " - a friend of mine who is *very* tall once mentioned in passing that he gets upgraded to first class when he presents himself at checkin. Because he simply isn't going to fit safely into an economy seat. But he is exceptionally tall - about seven foot. I've seen someone drop their pint out of surprise, just because he walked into the pub.
@RevMan2 - I like your style.
@GJP - it's quite difficult to reach across and fasten the seatbelt whilst staying strapped in. I don't think that a two year old can be "adequately supervised" from across the aisle.
@GrahamO - I quite agree. Others should not "give up their booked, paid for and reserved seats". The easiest way of ensuring this is to allow under-fives (and their carers) on as soon as possible. "We" (that is, responsible and considerate parents) do not wish to "freeload". I cannot talk for the irresponsible and inconsiderate.
@ExXB - "Tall people have special needs [..] and they have to pay to ensure their needs are met " - a friend of mine who is *very* tall once mentioned in passing that he gets upgraded to first class when he presents himself at checkin. Because he simply isn't going to fit safely into an economy seat. But he is exceptionally tall - about seven foot. I've seen someone drop their pint out of surprise, just because he walked into the pub.
@RevMan2 - I like your style.
@GJP - it's quite difficult to reach across and fasten the seatbelt whilst staying strapped in. I don't think that a two year old can be "adequately supervised" from across the aisle.
@GrahamO - I quite agree. Others should not "give up their booked, paid for and reserved seats". The easiest way of ensuring this is to allow under-fives (and their carers) on as soon as possible. "We" (that is, responsible and considerate parents) do not wish to "freeload". I cannot talk for the irresponsible and inconsiderate.
Some time ago I was boarding an Easyjet flight (when they didn't allocate seats), pretty much at the head of the queue after loading those with kids or reduced mobility was completed. I was heading for the over wing exit row for the extra leg room (I'm comfortably over 6ft tall), when I noticed a mum with kids (all short) heading for that row. However, my dismay turned to relief when the steward refused to let them sit in this row - ostensibly because they patently wouldn't be able to operate the emergency door. However, I like to think there was an element of the steward thinking 'you're all 5'4" or less, what on earth makes you think you need extra leg room seats?' - but I don't imagine that was uppermost in her mind.
Flight was delayed for 2 hrs at the gate and only realised it when needed to use bathroom.
Asked purser if Alitalia rules were different from everyone elses where someone sitting in exit row is required to be fit and able to open door.
30 second later they were being moved.
It seems my meal choice wasn't available or so I was told by cc and would I take a different one. As never ordered one and I got what was being served in business class and a thank you grin from purser I reckon it was a fair return.
you sure they weren't trying to make sure that you wouldn't file a safety issue with the Italian authorities? Or have I missed something?
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Well, once again we are flying Ryanair (Stansted is *so* much closer than all the others and nobody else flies from STN to our destination) but this time thanks to on-line checkin we are allocated seats A to D, so all is good.
Surprisingly, we've also been put in the priority queue - without paying for it. No doubt some here will see this as freeloading but just maybe Ryanair see this the way I do - getting the smalls on sooner rather than later is in everybody's interests.
Surprisingly, we've also been put in the priority queue - without paying for it. No doubt some here will see this as freeloading but just maybe Ryanair see this the way I do - getting the smalls on sooner rather than later is in everybody's interests.
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I have said to dads as they enter the plane that they can put their kids in the hold for a 5 quid supplement.
About 75% reach for their wallets and the kids go very quiet.
One even offered me 20 quid to put the mother inlaw in the hold.
The joy of working with Scottish Islanders.
About 75% reach for their wallets and the kids go very quiet.
One even offered me 20 quid to put the mother inlaw in the hold.
The joy of working with Scottish Islanders.
mj, Hilarious!
It really was, back in the seventies when I flew Viscounts around there. Never a complaint about weather delays - they understood the problem.
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I have done the old posh brief to the pax about being delayed to Benpeculiar due to the wind being gusting over 75kts.
Look of incomprehension on all their faces.
Auld fisherman chirps up "eh loon fit does that mean"
My reply "weather is ****e were no going"
Comprehension was instantaneous and the knitting came out.
Did once have a prisoner transfer up to Stornaway which we loaded first, extremely hungover. Loaded the old dears next, one of them who was 80 odd started battering him with her meaty handbag and apparently using fisherwifes gaelic on him according to the red faced fireman.
Securicor looked at me, I looked at them. They said "your the captain you stop it", I looked at them and said "that will be right". She eventually ran out of steam and the lad just said "its my granny" and reached for the sick bag.
Used to like the black puddings from the regulars at xmas though.
Look of incomprehension on all their faces.
Auld fisherman chirps up "eh loon fit does that mean"
My reply "weather is ****e were no going"
Comprehension was instantaneous and the knitting came out.
Did once have a prisoner transfer up to Stornaway which we loaded first, extremely hungover. Loaded the old dears next, one of them who was 80 odd started battering him with her meaty handbag and apparently using fisherwifes gaelic on him according to the red faced fireman.
Securicor looked at me, I looked at them. They said "your the captain you stop it", I looked at them and said "that will be right". She eventually ran out of steam and the lad just said "its my granny" and reached for the sick bag.
Used to like the black puddings from the regulars at xmas though.
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A few years back flying Turkish airlines, scheduled on an A321 and had seats on the back row, whilst boarding in Istanbul when scanning was advised that aircraft changed to A318 (IIRC) and reseated. 4 completely different seats for my wife and I plus 2 and 4 year old children. I thanked them for arranging for other passengers to babysit my kids, and hoped my kids wouldn't get airsick on those fellow pax... They coordinated us all together pretty quickly. :-)
Reminds me of my worst ever holiday trip, when returning home after a 3 day stay in hospital, flight to GLW was delayed by 10 hours, so much that the pilots were out of time so had to divert to Gatwick. On landing, B767 went u/c (I actually watched the flap 'flapping' in the airstream!), Brittania couldn't fix so had to get another plane in. Another 6 hour delay
We were told to save time to board using our original seats, by seat row - we had been a few rows from the back, but were surprised to find we were now in the back row! yep, different cabin configuration and this one was shorter! And our flight had been full!
After much to-ing and fro-ing, they worked out that enough people had decided 6 hours at Gatwick was worse than 5 hours in the train and had gone home, so we were told to just sit anywhere.
We were told to save time to board using our original seats, by seat row - we had been a few rows from the back, but were surprised to find we were now in the back row! yep, different cabin configuration and this one was shorter! And our flight had been full!
After much to-ing and fro-ing, they worked out that enough people had decided 6 hours at Gatwick was worse than 5 hours in the train and had gone home, so we were told to just sit anywhere.
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Enjoyed the stories.
But back to the topic in hand, on the outbound leg a mother and daughter pair had been allocated seats C and F in the row behind, which meant a c/crew member asking D and E if they wouldn't mind shuffling along.
And FWIW we didn't get in the priority queue, so I have no idea why we did on the outbound.
But back to the topic in hand, on the outbound leg a mother and daughter pair had been allocated seats C and F in the row behind, which meant a c/crew member asking D and E if they wouldn't mind shuffling along.
And FWIW we didn't get in the priority queue, so I have no idea why we did on the outbound.
