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Honestly thanks for getting it, I expected the odd parent to take some weird personal offence at me wanting an option to not fly with kids around and get all defensive, but I didn't expect quite this level of vitriol. It's not like I want them to not fly, like it seems is the suggested solution for me—or y'know the practical solution of chartering a bloody private jet(?!). I just want to sleep on a 14h overnight flight by removing myself from the situation preventing it, and will even (or rather, actually tried to) spend a bit more to do so, but clearly that's just me being an entitled arsehole.
Cheers for the great resource, it's a shame there's only a few options currently, but perhaps the list will grow. Tbh even just explicitly quiet zones being more prevalent would probably be a good solution for me. There are quiet carriages on pretty much all the trains in my country that don't even cost extra, and I've never seen young children in those. That's never seemed like a remotely controversial idea—I'm basically just looking for an equivalent for planes.
Agree on the ANC comment too, I've had top of the range Sony, Bose and Google ANC headphones and none can actually get rid of kid noise like screaming, they'll distort it a bit maybe. If anything the cancelling of the plane engine noise can emphasise it at times because it's the only thing that makes it through.
Not gonna pile up any more than others already have lol. But to answer your question, airlines don't do it because it's just not feasible at scale. You say you'd gladly pay extra but then you'll get a flight 50% cheaper and you'll think "eh I'll take the risk". Or maybe you won't, but a lot of people will. Planes are expensive and they have to consistently fill them as much as possible, which they won't if they exclude such a vast demographic.
I mean, it's technically feasible, but then you'd have to pay 5 or 6 times the price to cover for empty seats.