Travelmole the internet travel news site often has simple "Yes" or "No" click on polls about travel news and issues. Their poll on Air Asia's move to create quiet zones came down heavily in support of the idea.
Mole Poll
' AirAsia X gives kids the boot - Under 12s banned from 'quiet' zone' Good idea ?
YES
85.65 %
NO 14.35 %
I cross the Atlantic once - sometimes twice - a year. If possible I always travel Premium Economy (despite business rate APD being applied to my tickets). I normally travel before Christmas or Easter and naturally the flights do have a large proportion of families travelling for the holiday breaks. What I have noticed is that the business class cabin has a very high number of (obviously) wealthy young familes travelling, often with two or three small children. A much higher proportion compared with further back in the 'plane. Therefore it's often the case that there is a fair bit of noise in business class compared to the "Cheap Seats" in the rear of the aircraft.
Whether its the fact that many yummy mummies normally don't have to deal with their kids when at home and their nanny is travelling with the family back in coach class, I don't know. But I do know that there is generally much more kid's noise coming from the front cabin than in Premium Economy. Some families are OK of course! So I guess the answer is to invest in a pair of really expensive and effective noise reduction earphones and avoid being considered an antisocial (old!) reactionary for asking the parents to deal with their kids anti-social behaviour.
YES
85.65 %NO
14.35 %I cross the Atlantic once - sometimes twice - a year. If possible I always travel Premium Economy (despite business rate APD being applied to my tickets). I normally travel before Christmas or Easter and naturally the flights do have a large proportion of families travelling for the holiday breaks. What I have noticed is that the business class cabin has a very high number of (obviously) wealthy young familes travelling, often with two or three small children. A much higher proportion compared with further back in the 'plane. Therefore it's often the case that there is a fair bit of noise in business class compared to the "Cheap Seats" in the rear of the aircraft.
Whether its the fact that many yummy mummies normally don't have to deal with their kids when at home and their nanny is travelling with the family back in coach class, I don't know. But I do know that there is generally much more kid's noise coming from the front cabin than in Premium Economy. Some families are OK of course! So I guess the answer is to invest in a pair of really expensive and effective noise reduction earphones and avoid being considered an antisocial (old!) reactionary for asking the parents to deal with their kids anti-social behaviour.
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