Turkish-Dutch Corendon Airlines testing an ‘Only Adults’ zone
Turkish-Dutch Corendon Airlines testing an ‘Only Adults’ zone
The sound of crying babies is disruptive for many passengers and one airline is trying to create some relief with a new seating zone.
Corendon Airlines is testing the “Only Adult” zones on flights between Amsterdam and Curaçao starting in November.
This area will be located at the front of the Airbus A350-900 aircraft and consists of nine XL seats with additional legroom and 93 standard seats.
There will be walls and curtains separating the “Only Adult” zone from the rest of the plane, making it ideal for travelers without children and business travelers who “want to work in a quiet environment,” according to a press release.
Let this idea catch on. And not just with airlines either. Restaurants, movie theaters, basically anywhere that kids go and parents are too lazy to control them.
53As a parent, I actually support this idea. And it’s partly because kids are simply not always “controllable,” by any human, in a confined space after many hours.
Before I was a parent, I thought the right discipline would solve everything, but airplanes in particular are brutal environments, with very little space to move and limited options to distract them. Even screens, which are close to a silver bullet, don’t always work. Travel is exhausting and challenging for kids, and kids were never evolved well to handle being locked in a seat for hours, let alone dealing with pressure and time zone changes.
So please, until we have adults only zones, have a little patience. There are certainly bad parents, but I guarantee that most of them want their kid to be quiet even more than you do.
51Bro, universal kid ban. No more kids anywhere, problem solved.
12As a supporter of the voluntary human extinction movement, I agree.
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Yes fucking please.
8Apparently they used to have soundproof rooms in the back of nice movie theaters where u could take your crying child and still enjoy the movie...as much as possible
5Supermarkets. Just put a small cage outside, you will be out in 20 minutes, the kid will be fine. It's not like parents actually need their kids to scream that they want ice cream when shopping. I definitely don't need to hear it.
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They should just turn the back of the plane into a ball pit and chuck all the kids back there before takeoff. The larger ones can take care of the babies.
30The larger ones... you mean us adults who would not be able to resist a frolic in a ball pit?
Make this the new mile high club!
6The last time I saw a bunch of adults using a ball pit people ended up being pretty pissed
1Generally not a good idea to enter mile high club around kids.
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I dunno, nine "XL" seats separated by a curtain sounds more like orgy class than noise-free zone
16That's the adults only zone, similar.
7but definitely not noise-free (:
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There will be walls and curtains separating the “Only Adult” zone from the rest of the plane, making it ideal for travelers without children and business travelers who “want to work in a quiet environment,” according to a press release.
As if the flimsy curtain is going to do anything, haha. You could technically have a baby as close as the row behind that. And you can already hear babies crying from across the plane anyways, especially as we trend towards smaller, more efficient planes like the 737 max and extended range 320s.
12This isn't on smaller single aisle planes though, they're doing this on an Airbus A350. On these planes there's a galley between the front seated section and the rest of the plane, with another section before coach. So there's a bit more than just a curtain.
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Fucking finally!
8Is the section going to be decorated with pineapples? And can we do adult activities? Cause if not what's the point, ear plugs/buds easily take care of babies and Karens alike.
7I often book super early or late flights on purpose, they're normally cheaper and typically don't have any kids on them.
6How much extra to use it though? I hope it catches on, but I doubt it will be reasonably priced enough for most travelers.
5The article has the price. 45€ / $49
7Thank you! I did read it but must have missed where the price was stated.
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They should be charging the disruptive party a fee rather than the ones who just want to fly without the constant harrasment, screaming, and back of chair kicking.
0No they shouldn't. Going out into society means you have to cope with all kinds of things. Also, earbuds and noice canceling headphones are amazing devices.
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mile high club soon to no longer be an unlockable achivement.
3Let’s re-introduce smoking areas.
But make it only non-tobacco stuff.
Edit to all the people hating on me this time: if the children’s part starts like 3 rows behind your, you’ll hear them anyway and might’ve paid extra for adults only.
-14Let’s fly high and higher, lol
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hope more will follow. no children on planes should be the normal state. unless you move or visit a dying loved one, there is no reason to bring a kid on a vehicle you share with other ppl...you are just selfish and rouining everyones day.
-29Yeah, just throw the kid in the garbage when you go on vacation. You can always get a new one when you get back.
I don't like kids either but some of you don't think twice about anything.
19Someone watched too much home alone as a kid.
4That may be one reason, bot also travelling on a weekly basis. You may think your kid is special, but at best its mediocre, most likely it is the worst and y'all are giving every one a hard time.
Still, great comment
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Children are people
4Yea, because children are cheap and every family can afford a private jet. Lol?
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