TOTN on a Plane
We're heading to Detroit after the show today, for a live broadcast tomorrow at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. (This is the 40th anniversary of the riots that swept the city during the summer of 1967. We'll also talk about the Motor City's connection with the car industry, and the troubles facing both.) Some of us flew out this morning, the rest of us leave this evening. And, I can't help but notice all the news articles calling this the "summer of hell" for airline travel. Planes are late and crowded, if they fly at all. Cancellations are up. Patience is wayyy down. (And I'm about to print my boarding pass.) It's a summer ritual for frequent fliers to complain about the surge of young kids on planes. But, rather than whine about it, I saw an interesting idea the other day... create a family section on airplanes. One suggestion was to put it in the back of the plane, since families with kids board first, and cap the eligible age at around 11 or 12. I probably don't fly enough to speak with any sort of authority on whether or not this would work, so I'll rely on the rest of you. Any chance a family section on planes would fly? If you have kids, would you want to have your own section for families?
10:28 AM ET | 07-25-2007 | permalink
