Honestly, I will never wrap my head around how people can happily bring infants on any flight where you can expect people to try and sleep, it’s incredibly lucky if they don’t spend some of it screaming their heads off—I would be mortified if my choices were preventing hundreds of people from sleeping. But I’m not going to rant too hard about that.
Why on earth hasn’t any airline started marketing adult-only flights?
It seems like a complete no brainer to me, I would choose it every time and pay extra for it.
Disclaimer: I may or may not be on a 36h day with only an hour of sleep right now
Firstly, you probably don’t have children, and therefore don’t know how upsetting it is when they are screaming. They obviously don’t want that.
Secondly, there are many ways to help you sleep on a flight, even if children are screaming in the seat next to you. Sleep masks, good earplugs (maybe even ANC earbuds with soothing sounds), a comfy pillow, and blanket. If all that doesn’t help, try a sleeping pill. For me, this always does the trick. I have to travel a lot, with many red-eye flights, and I usually always get around 6 hours of sleep.
However, I understand it is upsetting. And I also don’t understand parents that put their kids on 10-plus-hour flights just to go on vacation, and not to meet their relatives or something.