I saw the headline “Fight is on for family-only sections on planes” and I thought “Fuck Yeah! Let’s pass this shit and get rid of the screaming babies!”. Boy was I wrong. The Family Friendly Flight Act is a bunch of parents that are pissed off at the audacity of the airlines to show PG-13 movies like King Kong on the movie screens in the plane.
They have been asking airlines with publicly viewable screens to stop showing films and TV programs with violent content. Instead, the group would like the in-flight entertainment limited to films rated G or PG or television shows rated TV-G. “Airlines have the choice to show whatever they want,” says Kalisher, “but as parents we have the responsibility to protect our kids from images of murder, torture and death.”
Awesome. I understand that a parent needs to protect their kid. But now it isn’t enough that I have to listen to your kid scream or kick/punch the back of my seat for 3 straight hours. Now I am going to have to watch The Princess Diaries or some Disney movie because your kid, who probably can’t see over the seat anyway, might get scared by a big ass Gorilla.
I haven’t taken a formal survey but I have flown on a lot of planes for business. I would have to say that kids under 13 make up less than 25% of the total passengers on the plane. So why would they get to dictate what is shown? I am not asking for the airline to play Basic Instinct but at least let me have the PG-13 movie to distract me from your kid kicking my seat like his is fucking Pele.
