What Travelers Really Think About The Idea Of Adult-Only Flights

Fair warning - this story is clearly a click bait article ... but this one exploring the idea of adult-only flights did pull from a decent methodology and survey data to explore the idea of kid-free flights. The survey skews nearly two-thirds male respondents and most of the conclusions from the study were unsurprising: non-parents, premium travelers and male travelers all have less patience for children on flights and would pay more for child-free flights or child-free seating zones on a flight.

The number of people who blame parents when a child is screaming on a flight (more than 50%) was surprising and sort of sad. Most interesting, though, was the finding that 60% of travelers would rather sit next to a crying child than be next to a "rude, hygenically challenged, loudly talking, or otherwise annoying adult."

That makes sense, I suppose. Eventually a screaming kid will tire himself out and fall asleep. A smelly, loud or obnoxious seatmate, however, will probably stay that way for the whole flight.