... and sat in a seat two behind me about an hour before landing. After three or four crew spend several minutes each pampering him, he is left on his own and then proceeds to repeatedly push all the buttons, slamming the table shut numerous times, and of course the old perennial seat kicking comes into play. The crew continue to do nothing but give him a load of 'bless him' type verbal attention.
After about twenty minutes of banging, my blood was well and truly boiling, so I asked a passing FA: "Is that child alright?" to which the answer was "Yes". So I pushed a little more - "He's kicking the seat and making a lot of noise" to which the answer has "I'm sure he's alright". So, as subtlety and diplomacy wasn't going to win the day I understated "It's rather irritating". So the FA went and got another FA (whom I assume was the parent or guardian) to shut him up - which thankfully worked.
I had made the mistake of sitting in 18A in the zone of rows 15 to 20 in the 744. The tempter was that this section was barely half full unlike the other two sections that were full. And 18A had a 100% satisfaction rating on the seat ratings screen (until now!). I found that the two empty seats behind me were used as a temporary sitting area for three different folks who had at least some VS connection by the way the crew were discussing things in depth with them. Problem was that of course I kept getting woken up when the next one turned up to settle in and have a chat, of course one that I could fully hear. Not even the old stalwart combo of ear plugs and Bose noise cancellers could stop it.
Reminds me of another VS19 flight I had in October when there was a significant contingent of Virgin staff on a company freebie. A colleague and I had sat down at the empty bar to have a discussion about a conference we were both presenting at. A short while later a couple of the VS guys came to sit down too, but then an increasing number of their mates encroached on the bar area. Now of course I don't have a problem with VS staff having a good time, but after half an hour or so it was clear that the contingent were on a mission. In the end the nature and volume of the conversations they were having really made it impossible for us to continue and it was clear as it became two and then three deep at the bar we were rather getting in the way of their fun, so we reluctantly gave up and returned to our seats. All rather dissapointing really.
Cheers, Howard
After about twenty minutes of banging, my blood was well and truly boiling, so I asked a passing FA: "Is that child alright?" to which the answer was "Yes". So I pushed a little more - "He's kicking the seat and making a lot of noise" to which the answer has "I'm sure he's alright". So, as subtlety and diplomacy wasn't going to win the day I understated "It's rather irritating". So the FA went and got another FA (whom I assume was the parent or guardian) to shut him up - which thankfully worked.
I had made the mistake of sitting in 18A in the zone of rows 15 to 20 in the 744. The tempter was that this section was barely half full unlike the other two sections that were full. And 18A had a 100% satisfaction rating on the seat ratings screen (until now!). I found that the two empty seats behind me were used as a temporary sitting area for three different folks who had at least some VS connection by the way the crew were discussing things in depth with them. Problem was that of course I kept getting woken up when the next one turned up to settle in and have a chat, of course one that I could fully hear. Not even the old stalwart combo of ear plugs and Bose noise cancellers could stop it.
Reminds me of another VS19 flight I had in October when there was a significant contingent of Virgin staff on a company freebie. A colleague and I had sat down at the empty bar to have a discussion about a conference we were both presenting at. A short while later a couple of the VS guys came to sit down too, but then an increasing number of their mates encroached on the bar area. Now of course I don't have a problem with VS staff having a good time, but after half an hour or so it was clear that the contingent were on a mission. In the end the nature and volume of the conversations they were having really made it impossible for us to continue and it was clear as it became two and then three deep at the bar we were rather getting in the way of their fun, so we reluctantly gave up and returned to our seats. All rather dissapointing really.
Cheers, Howard
