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Unfriendly skies: Should there be 'family sections' on flights?

Prompted by a recent lawsuit in which a 67-year-old American passenger sued Australia's Quantas Airways, alleging that her ears were subjected to severe pain from sitting next to a screaming 3-year-old, a poll on the travel website Skyscanner posed the question of whether there should be "family sections" on airplanes. Though the poll was unscientific, a wide margin of participants voted in favo

Prompted by a recent lawsuit in which a 67-year-old American passenger sued Australia's Quantas Airways, alleging that her ears were subjected to severe pain from sitting next to a screaming 3-year-old, a poll on the travel website Skyscanner posed the question of whether there should be "family sections" on airplanes. Though the poll was unscientific, a wide margin of participants voted in favor of the idea of relegating families with small children (invariably prone to crying) into their own private areas -- and, more importantly -- away from everyone else. While this sort of arrangement was made for smokers way back when, this hypothetical concept is a more divisive topic. As parents, who among you hasn’t been met with the glares and sighs of fellow fliers when you’ve been spotted coming down the aisle with your little ones in tow? Do you believe families with crying babies and/or unruly children should be quarantined in their own sections of flights? Or would it be a relief to not have to deal with the stern glances and muffled consternation of passengers without children? Watch the video and share your thoughts in the comments section below.