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Cooling the plane off is one thing that seems could be done. However, I wouldn’t expect the flight attendants to risk personal injury on a dangerously bumpy flight just to give me some water.
I have been on far bumpier flights where the FAs at least passed out water bottles. And they were allowed to turn the A/C on. It was 85F with no cool air at all for 6 hours. No wonder the baby cried. I was crying on the inside! And I was so dehydrated that it took me 2 days of my vacation to recover.
If people are going to get pissed off about a baby crying, I am going to be pissed off it was 85F, humid, with no breeze and not a single sip of water for 6 hours. What do you expect from a baby in that situation?
"I don't mind babies on planes...yes it sucks if they scream the whole time. But I put in my ear buds and turn up the volume and just feel terrible for the parents....wish I could help..."
I think people get upset when the parents don't do anything about their screaming, unruly kids. This newer generation has a much more relaxed attitude about their children and their interactions with society in general. This correlates to many hard feelings by older people who were more strict with their children, and stereotypes all younger parents as being more lenient with their children.
Either these parents can calm their children down, or stay at home. I see no need to put up with disruptive children especially if I'm not their parent.
You made the choice to have them so raise them to not be destructive tyrants in public.
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You do know that you can't exactly do anything about a crying baby?
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Many of us would and people are screaming for two things; Flights with NO PETS and flights with NO CHILDREN. They can have flights on major routes once or twice a day for everyone who insists they have to bring pets and kids with them everywhere they go.
That includes the ridiculous Companion Pet program and the company who issues those false certificates, which needs to be abolished. Only the most blind or disabled truly deserve a Dog with them, and ONLY those people!
Next are the five star resorts. We want special floors with no kids or pets, and even special weeks we can arrive to the entire hotel being pet free and child free for that week only. I have had it personally. It's not even just the kids or the pets per say; I love kids and pets, that are well trained and well behaved. Todays children and animals of the snowflake generation are all wild things. Enough. I want some decorum and rules back with flying, including a dress code; no shorts, no sandals no beater t-shirts, and a few other flying rules!
I agree with most of that. I hate screaming kids anyway, and it's 1000 times worse when you're trapped with them on a plane. And it's usually not babies, it's toddlers whose parents have never taught them anything about behavior. They should NOT be allowed in business class. If I need to work, and I've paid extra for that privilege, I shouldn't have a screaming kid in the next seat or running in the aisle.
I cringe when I see a baby on a plane (even though I also traveled with small children, and yes, sometimes they cried). I'm past the point of my life where I deal with toddlers at all, and I really don't want to listen to crying for 3+ hours. That being said, I've never been on a flight where a child screamed continuously. A few minutes of crying here and there don't bother me. The most annoying small child on a flight wasn't even the child... it was the parents. Little munchkin wanted to watch a shrill-sounding children's program, and rather than supply her with headphones, mom and dad just let her watch it at full volume on the iPad. So inconsiderate! Nobody else, as far as I was aware, wanted to hear stupid songs and incessant giggling (from the show, not the child). Luckily, it was a short flight.
I cringe when I see a baby on a plane (even though I also traveled with small children, and yes, sometimes they cried). I'm past the point of my life where I deal with toddlers at all, and I really don't want to listen to crying for 3+ hours. That being said, I've never been on a flight where a child screamed continuously. A few minutes of crying here and there don't bother me. The most annoying small child on a flight wasn't even the child... it was the parents. Little munchkin wanted to watch a shrill-sounding children's program, and rather than supply her with headphones, mom and dad just let her watch it at full volume on the iPad. So inconsiderate! Nobody else, as far as I was aware, wanted to hear stupid songs and incessant giggling (from the show, not the child). Luckily, it was a short flight.
I would find that annoying, but it's not just because it's a kid. I was stuck on a commuter train for with a couple of moronic 20-somethings who were loudly playing different video things on a phone and then laughing and laughing. No regard at all for all the other passengers on the train. Finally they quit with the phone and started making out.
I cringe when I see a baby on a plane (even though I also traveled with small children, and yes, sometimes they cried). I'm past the point of my life where I deal with toddlers at all, and I really don't want to listen to crying for 3+ hours. That being said, I've never been on a flight where a child screamed continuously. A few minutes of crying here and there don't bother me. The most annoying small child on a flight wasn't even the child... it was the parents. Little munchkin wanted to watch a shrill-sounding children's program, and rather than supply her with headphones, mom and dad just let her watch it at full volume on the iPad. So inconsiderate! Nobody else, as far as I was aware, wanted to hear stupid songs and incessant giggling (from the show, not the child). Luckily, it was a short flight.
With today's technology, there has to be a way to create the Peaceful Journey Baby Travel Pod.
A box with comfy padding on the bottom and halfway up the sides, clear so that parents can see that baby's OK, but made so that sound cannot be heard outside the box. The only thing I can't figure out is how to get air in and out without the sound escaping.
There would have to be instructions for its use, such as that parents must not leave the Travel Pod unattended and that Travel Pods may not be stored in overhead compartments when occupied by an infant.
Anyone out there want to work on this with me? We could be rich. We could be on Shark Tank!
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I have been on far bumpier flights where the FAs at least passed out water bottles. And they were allowed to turn the A/C on. It was 85F with no cool air at all for 6 hours. No wonder the baby cried. I was crying on the inside! And I was so dehydrated that it took me 2 days of my vacation to recover. 
