Is it selfish to take a child on a long-haul flight?

Janelle (China)

It is totally ludicrous to suggest that people are selfish for flying with their babies. As you say, pretty much everyone books flights for their own reasons and a parent with a new baby shouldn't have to be any different. Parents and babies have as much right to be there as anyone else and babies cry, it's hardly a newsflash, so as frustrating as it might be listening to it, it's just part and parcel of what you sign up for when you fly, if you want a guarantee of no babies on board, don't fly!!

Flights of Air China are parked on the tarmac of Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, March 28, 2016.[Photo/Agencies]