In all honesty, what I would really love is for airplane travel to simply not be an option. I would really love to just take the ship everywhere and to sleep in my own cabin, eat at my own leisure, to enjoy the feeling of being free, to just gaze out upon the oceans.

Airplane travel is just something that is so unpleasant. From the hassles of checking in with other annoyed passengers, to the regimentation of everything on board, the horrid bathrooms, the limited food, the inability to control who is sitting next to you or the foot thumping on the back of your chair. And yes, screaming babies can make an 11 hour all nighter after a previous 6 hour flight a living hell.

In that environment I would in that particular instant like to eradicate any person getting on my nerves. I go out of my way in those situations to be mute and just get on with it, but for some reason a fair number of others just don't know how to do that. And if you are a parent taking a child onto a flight like that, then are out of your mind. Leave the child home like you would a pet, but to annoy hundreds of others on these horribly huge planes. That is so selfish.

Of course I wouldn't really batter a child, but I can emphasise with the baby slapper and I am sure others could too. They aren't likeable things on airplane journeys.