09-23-2007
06:02 PM
5 Loves
Newly announced SWA pre-board rules means A ticket people will get on first, then a parent with a child my pre-board before B & C holders. This mother below tells it best on SFGate blog. Her thinking is my thinking exactly. If the kids can all preboard, we know where the kids are. That causes me to choose to sit somewhere else:
When you let people with children preboard, think of it as getting your own "preferential seating." You know where "we" are so you don't have to sit next or behind or infront of "us" if you don't want to. Also letting me go first means that you won't accidentally get knocked in the head with my child's carseat or diaper bag or both and your laptop (or whatever) won't have an encounter with a wayward toddler foot.
I fly with kids so that they can see their family. But do you think I like sitting there getting dirty looks, and lectures from flight attendants, and trying to figure out how to keep my kid occupied when he's run out of interesting toys and only wants to kick the back of the seat in front of him? Also, if you're going to be grouchy about my misery while I'm traveling with kids, what makes you think I want to sit next to you either?
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