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Fishy Logic in Malaysian Airlines First Class Baby Ban

June 30, 2011




Malaysian Airlines has announced that it is banning babies from First Class on some of its flights. However, there appears to be a lot of back pedaling in the explanations of the reasons behind this move. A couple of days ago, AOL Business News wrote: First-class passengers aboard some Malaysia Airlines flights won’t have to [...]

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Baby smothered on airplane: Is breastfeeding to blame?

December 2, 2009




Yesterday the Associated Press issued a news report called Breast-feeding mother smothers baby on jet. I was profoundly disturbed by this article, for several reasons: First, anytime a baby dies it is a tragedy. I’m sure the mother is devastated and the wording of the article title places the blame on the mother. It could [...]

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Breastfeeding During Take-Off and Landing

November 8, 2008




A while ago I wrote a series of posts on breastfeeding on an airplane. In one of the posts, I provided information on airline breastfeeding policies and was baffled by Air Transat’s comment that breastfeeding during take-off and landing would not be possible due to the holding position required by Transport Canada.  The link that [...]

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Breastfeeding on an Airplane: The Collection

September 13, 2008




As my regular readers will know, I’ve written a number of posts over the past while on nursing on airplanes. I wanted to have one easy reference point that pulls all of them together, so here is a quick menu: When breastfeeding is a safety hazard: Somewhat satirical discussion of an odd breastfeeding policy. Friendly [...]

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Tips for Breastfeeding on a Plane

September 3, 2008




I’ve had the opportunity to nurse my children on at least 12 flights, half of them long trans-Atlantic flights and half shorter flights. My nurslings were aged between 7 months and 21 months at the time of the flight. All of my experiences were positive ones and I was never harassed for nursing on the plane. [...]

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When breastfeeding is a safety hazard

July 29, 2008




Yesterday I read a message board post about yet another woman who was told to stop breastfeeding on an airplane (United Airlines). Here is a snippet from her post: I had my eyes half closed and she was nursing herself to sleep when all of a sudden I feel this blanket being thrown over us. I jerk [...]

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