Did you see the video of a parent helping a child vandalize the seatbacks on a Lufthansa flight? As far as I am concerned, that calls for a ban.
The appalling incident happened onboard a Lufthansa narrowbody flight in economy class. The route/destination is not known. Watch the video below:
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In the post-modern world of parenting, let me say this, with all judgment associated with it: this is a terrible parent; a danger to the child. It’s one thing when parents cannot control their screaming baby. That’s far more indicative of the baby’s disposition than a reflection of parenting.
But it is quite another to aid and abet a child in vandalism. I’m not blaming the child here; how should it know any better when mommy or daddy encourage such destruction?
Lufthansa should ban the parent from ever stepping onto another Lufthansa flight. Let this parent be made an example so that others may think twice before allowing their child to wreak havoc.
Let’s assume, just for a moment, that the crayon/marker can be cleaned (I’ve seen too many marked up seatbacks to believe this is the case). That makes no difference! The actions of the parent represent a fundamental lack of respect to Lufthansa and fellow flyers. There is no excuse, there is just no justification. Thus, I see a ban as a wise move to show the seriousness of this event and serve as a deterrent.
CONCLUSION
I view this incident as even worse than the demonic child incident onboard another Lufthansa flight. Here, the parent could have stopped their child from vandalizing the seatback. Instead, the parent encouraged it and even assisted it. Lufthansa should send more than a bill: it should send a ban. While Lufthansa is certainly a victim in this case, the child is too.
(H/T: View from the Wing)
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Say what you want, but I’d fly sitting next to this pair any day, rather than the demonic Lufthansa boy.
I’d agree with you on that.
Hopefully they will start giving coloring book to kids next time.
They do… Nice set of color book and some color pencils, as well as some interesting sticker books to keep the kids engaged. Don’t know about short haul, but definitely on longish international flights they have the tools to keep the kids entertained.
Mother must be a liberal. No respect to other peoples’ property whatsoever.
Your New Year’s resolution was to get the earliest start possible on sharing your irrelevant, off-topic political views with a bunch of strangers online? Wow.
Thanks for reading!
You do know that the meaning of liberal is to be “open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values”…..has nothing to do with politics in this case, ….only that the parent is liberal in their parenting, allowing for any behavior on the part of the child…..basically just selfish and perpetuating the sad state of affairs of letting children rule themselves and the adults in their lives.
GIVE ME A BREAK! If that were the case, “J” would have said “Mother must be liberal,” [adjective], not “a liberal.” Grow up.
These parents are saints compared to the wankers that smash their seats into other peoples knees with no warning.
Matthew maybe you could try to get a law passed to chop off the hands of anyone that uses crayons to draw on the surface of a plastic tray table. That would end this affront to humanity quickly.
I’m a little sympathetic here. Those gray tables are pretty easy to wash off. Did anyone know if the mother wiped them off at the end. My boy has emptied a whole sticker book on to his back of seat.
Crayon, pen and a lot of kid markers would be an easy wash at the end.
Note that parenting on a flight can be pretty horrible. Maybe kid was screaming prior to this and causing a bad ride for the other passengers.
This type of behavior is creating monsters and anarchy in the world where everyone do what they think is correct but according to them…not to law or respect for others…not even a common sense of respect.
Says the guy who left their kid alone in a hotel room 😉
I think a letter of reprimand is appropriate. A ban would be comical. Honestly, I don’t see how this is any worse than people who put their bare feet everywhere; and that behavior is (also) condoned by FAs.
This creates adults who can’t deal with not getting their way 100% of the time.
Those adults will then demand safe spaces, trigger warnings, and merciless slandering of people who think differently than they do.
In fact, some of them already grew up, and are working at our universities, CNN and WaPo.
I think a lifetime ban would be overly harsh. This could easily be a teachable moment for the parent. In a more perfect world, I’d like for the airline to reach out to the parent and talk to them. If the parent is intransigent and truly does not understand why it is wrong, then yes, a one-year or two-year ban might make sense.