Kid-free, fat-free section, please

It’s not that Ian Burford hates children. But the founder of the Facebook page “Airlines should have kid-free flights!” would prefer not to have a wailing tot nearby when he flies.

“I’m 6-4, so seating is always an issue,” says Burford, who launched his page a year ago. “But when you’re uncomfortable anyway, and then you have some young child screaming or kicking the back of your chair, it just puts you in a bad position, because there’s absolutely nothing you can do about it. It’s not a case of not liking kids. It’s a case of not wanting them sitting next to you or behind you when you travel.”

Across the skies, there’s a growing debate over whether airlines should do more to segregate the seating of passengers — with designated areas for kids, for example. At a time when increasingly crowded jets have helped to make flying less pleasant for many passengers and social media allow them to instantly tweet their frustrations to the world, a comfortable perch on the plane — and some tranquility around it — has become ever more precious. Charisse Jones, USA Today Full story.

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