The poll was carried out for a business travel trade show. "It's understandably frustrating for business travellers, who have paid a premium in expectation they can work and sleep in comfort, to have that peace disturbed by children," said event director David Chapple.
But Frank Barrett, the Mail on Sunday's travel editor, hit back. "I'm always amused to see children in business class on flights," he told the paper. "What sort of business can these children be travelling on? What work does a six-month-old baby have to do in New York?
"However, as much as I hate being kept awake all night by a grizzling child, starting to introduce passenger apartheid might be a dangerous step. Where would it end? Banning fat people, roping off anyone who has smelly breath? We'll have to grin and bear the presence of kiddies, I'm afraid."
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