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Just got off from a Singapore → Taipei Scoot flight today; sat in the quiet zone. Compared with the other flight where a family placed their loud baby right beh
by evadne 13y ago
Just got off from a Singapore → Taipei Scoot flight today; sat in the quiet zone. Compared with the other flight where a family placed their loud baby right behind me, this is pure bliss.
I’ll happily pay up to $500 for guaranteed silence.
ps. Active noise cancellation might work; however you’re usually not allowed to use electronic devices during takeoff or landing. Speaking from my experience, babies don’t really cry when the plane is coasting, they’re triggered by jitters.
Belated material — Malaysia Airlines bans babies from first class outright [1].
[1] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2009386/Child-free-flights-Malaysia-Airlines-bans-babies-class-cabin.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2009386/Child-free...
- CaptainZapp 13y agoActive noise cancellation might work; however you’re usually not allowed to use electronic devices during takeoff or landing. Which is really not a problem, since I'd wager that you're awake anyway during that period of the flight.
- kevinrpope 13y agoIf you're trying to focus on something it is a problem. I hadn't even considered the sleep part of this, I was thinking about reading, programming, etc, all of which will be derailed by a screaming baby.
- CaptainZapp 13y agoWeird, for me it's exactly the opposite. I remember the horrors of an 11 hour flight from LAX to AMS with a baby yelling away for the entire flight and not a chance to sleep. I hear you loud and clear, though. It just didn't occur to me that this could be a problem for such a short period of the flight.
- kevinrpope 13y agoYeah, I've been lucky on my long-haul flights it seems. Different parts of life, and different things to focus on. :-) Maybe the low cost stated ($10-25) is because it's for such a short part of the flight where you get the benefit.