A stressed-out passenger filmed his 29-hour flight from New Zealand to Berlin, Germany on which a baby didn’t stop screaming the entire time. Henry Beasley flew across the world with the child’s cries ringing loud in his ears the entire time. He was kind enough to post his experience on TikTok, which garnered him plenty of sympathy.
@balubrigada Hey babe, how was your flight?
- The baby was sitting only a few rows back from him. Beasley, a musician who makes up one half of the band Balu Brigada, was really unlucky with his seating, as he wasn’t very far from the unhappy kid. We’ve all been there once or twice with unhappy kids, but not for 29 hours!
- Beasley’s at least got a sense of humor… sort of. “Rate my 29-hour flight to Berlin. The kid’s got some lungs. Great projection,” he says in the video, along with repeated clips taken throughout the flight. At one point, it gets so bad that his eye starts twitching.
- He even began rating the screams. There were so many of them with such varied pitches and volumes, Beasley started giving them a rating. He even managed to capture a “nice long one” on film. “Stellar performance, incredible stamina. 10/10,” he declared.
- People rushed to the comments to commiserate. “Honestly there should be kid-free flights and kid flights,” one person remarked. Another said: “The rage I get just by watching this.” A third added; “I’ve stopped counting the reasons why I don’t want kids but this one is definitely on the list.”
- Babies can’t help crying on flights, but it’s also really unpleasant for others. While child-free flights have been discussed for a while now, this is a problem with no good solution. Sometimes you simply have to travel with your children, and flying can be extremely uncomfortable for little ones’ ears. No one wants to listen to a screaming baby on a flight of any length, however. What’s the answer here?
