To be amazed this family were allowed on the flight (Ryanair)

Yes pity them, but we’re still going

trouble is with MN is that you think everyone else needs to modify their behaviour to please you

unfortunately life isn’t like that and sometimes you’ll sit next to someone with:

someone being sick
a crying baby
someone with poor hygiene
someone wearing too much perfume that sets off your ‘allergies’ (preferences)
someone too overweight

but hey we all have to put up with some Short lived shit that we don’t like

(except on MN)

Not the same at all. You don't go on boat trips because you won't enjoy them.

People invest so much (not just money) in their summer holiday that they would do everything possible to ensure that they can go. So I am not surprised.

But you don't really get a choice. Not many people can afford to book a whole row plus the row behind and Infront.

What about the two families who were brawling on the easyJet flight from Tenerife to Liverpool.
Plane had to turn back. They were arguing at the airport beforehand. Should have been flagged up and they should have been separated or refused boarding.
It's utterly selfish to other passengers and crew. Not to mention dangerous.

I would struggle with that. I've got emetophobia.

I've struggled cleaning up after my own children when they've been sick.

I would be sick myself if I was sitting next to a child throwing up on a plane.

A few years ago my friend had been sick, had been sick, on the day of our return flight home. The flight was 4 hours approx. She still felt sick but got some otc anti vomiting medicine from the farmacia which seemed to help. She still felt nauseous though. She wasn’t sure if it was food poisoning or something else. We did suggest that she rearrange her flights and fly separately to us, but she didn’t want to do this.

If it was someone being sick on the plane or just before boarding, they shouldn’t be allowed on the plane.

oh my god, that's my worst nightmare. NBU

As a heavily pregnant for the 3rd time person. I 1. Absolutely do not think I have the right to sit in a cramped hot box with recirculating air touching shoulders with other people while being repeatedly sick. And 2. Have never thought, while chucking up, I really fancy sitting in a cramped hot box with recirculating air and touching shoulders with strangers right now.

Yes there are potentially emergency situations, where you could get a note of exemption from your doctor to explain that you are pregnant and must travel. But I think a general blanket rule of not being allowed to fly if you're throwing up is the fairest thing to everybody.

@Beeeem@Noidontwantyourcrapnewsletter
absolutely agree

its bad enough sitting next to my own
child vomitting

my point is that not every person vomiting is a raging contagious bug

You can’t really blame people wanting to move away though surely? I wouldn’t choose to sit next to anyone puking even if it wasn’t contagious. I’d appreciate you explaining it wasn’t contagious but if I was able to move I still would.

my dd has puked on planes a couple of times. First flight, was young and wolfed some food down way too fast and threw it back up. Second time, a few years later, she was nervous and tired. Neither time was it a bug. Planes used to have sick bags in every seat pocket.

I do think it’s very selfish to get on a plane with an actual sickness bug though.

Well if being sick is part of a disability then it's discriminatory.

Same way it would be if they refused to let people who needed continence products onboard. Sitting next to an adult who has soiled themselves isn't pleasant either.

But your homeward flight is someone else's outbound fought/ business trip etc.

My ds2 is sick on every flight, particularly early flights
he will be sick constantly, sweating, shaking, no colour

once he’s off he’s fine

its getting better as he gets older (now 16) but I’ve spent the last 6 years with people moving away from us whilst I try and explain it’s just a plane thing

One thing the crew member did say however, is that if she had vomited in the tunnel, or in the entrance to the aircraft, they would not have let her travel

That highlights one of the issues with this sort of incident...the full story maybe becomes clearer with the benefit of hindsight/more info as time progresses and what was a reasonable decision an hour or so back might not look quite so good now.

The crew can only really make a decision based on what they see...

In the scenario described by the OP (if I'm understanding it correctly) if the gate staff didn't say anything to the crew it's possible the first they knew about a medical problem of some sort was on taxy out and it would not be unreasonable to maybe think motion sickness, or similar, if all they knew about was the vomiting.

They're not going to return to the gate for that.

Now if on boarding the Mum had said to the crew the child had just thrown up twice and was running a temperature a few more questions might have been asked....

You can't tell someone has a fever just by looking at them. If you've been sick, no matter what the reason you generally look rough.
It could have been anxiety or travel sickness or heat or sweets.
I get it's grim but I would automatically assume it's a contagious bug.