As cabin crew, I’ve had enough of pushy parents demanding special treatment | Meryl Love

I am fed up of solo flyers - usually women - having to give up their seats just because other passengers have kids in tow

After nearly a decade working as cabin crew for an international airline, I have a sixth sense for when a passenger is about to ask me a question. On a flight last month, two parents stand in the aisle before takeoff, laden with baby gear, huffing and puffing. I clock them gesturing towards a woman seated in an aisle seat, travelling alone.

The man calls me over, looking exasperated. He wants to be able to sit with his partner and two young children, but his family's seats are spread across a row, with an aisle in between them, he tells me. He wants me to ask the woman to move so the family can sit together.

Meryl Love is the pseudonym of a crew member working for an international airline

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