![]() It becomes a much more interesting debate when you ask if babies should be allowed in first class. But responsible parents ought to carefully consider their air travel plans if they know they have a cranky little flier. Some travelers have told me that well-behaved children should be able to fly. Under normal circumstances, air travelers are far less vocal about getting rid of babies on planes. And those of you without kids will probably add, “Is there any other kind?” Who can forget that viral video of an adult passenger on a recent Southwest Airlines flight losing it because of a screaming infant? Should we ban babies?īabies - especially the screaming ones - are high on the list of in-flight annoyances. There may be a more effective way to deal with difficult air travelers. Talk about frontier justice.īut making a “no-fly” list of disruptive passengers may be impractical when you start thinking about it. Consider the recent Frontier Airlines flight in which passengers voted to remove an unruly passenger. And they are not shy about creating their own no-fly list, sometimes on the fly. Unofficially, passengers have far different opinions on who should get grounded. ![]() Here’s the official answer: Under the law, passengers would land in the no-fly database for one of several offenses, including a conviction for assaulting, threatening or intimidating a crew member of an aircraft. ![]() So maybe this is the right time to figure out who belongs on that list. With the busy summer travel season right around the corner, Congress is considering a nationwide no-fly list for disruptive passengers.īanning the biggest troublemakers in the skies, as the Protection from Abusive Passengers Act proposes, is an idea worth considering. Is it time to finally ban screaming babies from the plane? How about argumentative passengers? Or people who smell bad?
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