Not a parent, so I'm not best placed to say.............................................

[the other bob wilson]

butwhat do you make of this?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44353321

[qccfc]

butwhat do you make of this?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44353321

I don't think its fair to the other passengers and plane staff to leave your kids in their hands. I don't think 10 and 12 are responsible enough to be left alone.

[lardy]

I don't think its fair to the other passengers and plane staff to leave your kids in their hands. I don't think 10 and 12 are responsible enough to be left alone.

Agree, and her "I introduce myself" comment is more than a little arrogant. She's not that famous.

[the other bob wilson]

Agree, and her "I introduce myself" comment is more than a little arrogant. She's not that famous.

I'd never heard of her before today, but that probably says more about me than her .

[Wales-Bales]

I'd never heard of her before today, but that probably says more about me than her .

PM Sludge for a full rundown, pics, etc..

[Badly Ironed Shirt]

Agree, and her "I introduce myself" comment is more than a little arrogant. She's not that famous.

I don't think she meant it that way.

[NYCBlue]

I don't think she meant it that way.

Whatever, why would you marginalize your own children? If you want your children to fly in coach, show them by example. "If you work as hard as I do you can have what I have" is a shitty example for anyone. Especially when work as hard as I do can be substituted for have the same advantages I have.

[Wales-Bales]

I won't comment on the parenting aspect as I would have preferred to sit elsewhere at that age, but this is a case of self-entitlement at its finest.

[AlwaysAway2]

Been a parent. Under 11. Not acceptable. Out of primary school it is perfectly okay if the airline allow it.
BA allow unaccompanied minors to travel even with no parents sitting in the nose.

Well done Kirsty. Teach the kids they need aspirations.
With the 12 year old monitoring the younger one as a former parent I approve.

To anyone saying they don’t want to sit next to children it happens all the time. I have had far more disgusting individualsl next to me over the years.

[Bluebirdman Of Alcathays]

I'm not sure how you'd explain this to your kids - "We're not sitting in the cheap seats with the riff raff but it's good enough for you."

[Rjk]

You go on holiday to spend time with the kids, not palm them off on strangers while you pamper yourself.

Not news though, not sure why the BBC has picked it up.
She's spouted it out to the sun knowing full well that some will agree and some will think she's irresponsible, and the resulting hoo-har will raise her profile, and the BBC have dutifully shat out a story on their website to help.

[the other bob wilson]

You go on holiday to spend time with the kids, not palm them off on strangers while you pamper yourself.

Not news though, not sure why the BBC has picked it up.
She's spouted it out to the sun knowing full well that some will agree and some will think she's irresponsible, and the resulting hoo-har will raise her profile, and the BBC have dutifully shat out a story on their website to help.

As of now, this story is above today's news about Grendel in BBC News website's most read chart - I can't act all superior about that either because I've not read the Grendel story yet.

[chris lee]

I walked to school and back at the age of 10, started flying alone at the age of 13 (mother lived in Spain) when i went to visit,

10 and 12 seems a reasonable age to be sat alone IMO

[City123]

I walked to school and back at the age of 10, started flying alone at the age of 13 (mother lived in Spain) when i went to visit,

10 and 12 seems a reasonable age to be sat alone IMO

I don't think the issue is them flying at that age, its that their mother was on the same flight and refused to sit with them and expected other to look out for them

[bobh]

Selfish cow.

Didn't this scenario take place in the first "Home Alone" film?

[Jonny London]

butwhat do you make of this?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44353321

Utterly disgraceful. "an absurd waste of money" to fly business class. You said it Kirsty. Now look after your kids properly ffs and stop palming them off to strangers. Fecking Z listers

[Armitage Shanks]

If it was a working class family, where the kids are in the other part of the plane where the parents sup Stella, I'm sure social services would be notified

[Igovernor]

Actually false reporting again, what happens is that they sit in premier economy while the kids sit in economy so they are just in front of their kids or if the kids are further back, they can still see them, and if that were not the case, if the kids are well behaved, which apparently they are, then they are old enough to sit on their own but what the article fails to mention is her step children are a lot older, and they sit with the younger ones, I see no mention of that fact in the article!

[Rjk]

Actually false reporting again, what happens is that they sit in premier economy while the kids sit in economy so they are just in front of their kids or if the kids are further back, they can still see them, and if that were not the case, if the kids are well behaved, which apparently they are, then they are old enough to sit on their own but what the article fails to mention is her step children are a lot older, and they sit with the younger ones, I see no mention of that fact in the article!

False reporting? Or did she want it to come out like that to generate a bit of cheap heat on social media.

[BLUETIT]

Actually false reporting again, what happens is that they sit in premier economy while the kids sit in economy so they are just in front of their kids or if the kids are further back, they can still see them, and if that were not the case, if the kids are well behaved, which apparently they are, then they are old enough to sit on their own but what the article fails to mention is her step children are a lot older, and they sit with the younger ones, I see no mention of that fact in the article!

It's just the same as parents who go to Butlins and whilst they get pi$$ed at the bar, they leave the kids watching some weird Clown Magician

[Wales-Bales]

It's just the same as parents who go to Butlins and whilst they get pi$$ed at the bar, they leave the kids watching some weird Clown Magician

I wonder if anybody will mention Madeline?

[Eric Cartman]

Actually false reporting again, what happens is that they sit in premier economy while the kids sit in economy so they are just in front of their kids or if the kids are further back, they can still see them, and if that were not the case, if the kids are well behaved, which apparently they are, then they are old enough to sit on their own but what the article fails to mention is her step children are a lot older, and they sit with the younger ones, I see no mention of that fact in the article!

Are you her stalker?

[blue matt]

Actually false reporting again, what happens is that they sit in premier economy while the kids sit in economy so they are just in front of their kids or if the kids are further back, they can still see them,

false reporting ? ? ?

this is the quote from the article

Ms Allsopp told the Sun newspaper that she and her partner sometimes sit in the business class cabin, while her children, 10 and 12, sit in economy.


defiantly separate sections

even if what you say is right, Prem ecom and Ecom are separated by a partition and curtain door, depending on location of seats, you are most likely not going to see then in the other cabin

[lazbian]

false reporting ? ? ?

this is the quote from the article

Ms Allsopp told the Sun newspaper that she and her partner sometimes sit in the business class cabin, while her children, 10 and 12, sit in economy.


defiantly separate sections

even if what you say is right, Prem ecom and Ecom are separated by a partition and curtain door, depending on location of seats, you are most likely not going to see then in the other cabin

this

someone just changed business class to premium economy to suit their strange agenda

[lardy]

Actually false reporting again, what happens is that they sit in premier economy while the kids sit in economy so they are just in front of their kids or if the kids are further back, they can still see them, and if that were not the case, if the kids are well behaved, which apparently they are, then they are old enough to sit on their own but what the article fails to mention is her step children are a lot older, and they sit with the younger ones, I see no mention of that fact in the article!

Have you got a link to this information, only your track record is not the strongest...