Do you agree with child-free zones on aeroplanes?

I travelled to Gran Canaria at Xmas.  The plane was half full of mostly badly behaved kids, allowed to wander the ilses at will, when sitting constantly kick the back of our seats and generally cause problems not only for travelers but also cabin staff.

Parents should be reasponsible, babies crying aside, and should be fined.

In my experience it is almost always bad parents not bad children that cause all the disruption.  Any responsible parent would avoid taking very young children on long haul flights unless absolutely necessary. They get bored quickly, the changing air pressure plays havoc with their ears and the often unfavourable flight times mean they are usually tired and irritable before you even take off. I spent 12 hours listening to a baby screaming on a flight back from Mauritius once. Why on earth its parents though that was a sensible holiday choice I have no idea - why not just go to Majorca that is only a 2 hour flight and only 1 time zone difference? When kids are old enough to understand what is going on and can occupy themselves then fair enough. Otherwise it is just like a form of torture for the kids and fellow passengers alike.  Also why do so many parents think it is ok for their kid to constantly kick the seat in front of them?

Good move, I used to be a frequent flyer on transatlantic, Middle Eastern and Eastern European routes.

It's not the kids who are the problem but the parents and sometimes the airline staff.

Sad fact of life is there are a lot of adults who shouldn't be allowed on aircraft in the first place and when they bring their kids along things can only get worse.

My pet hate are the clowns (very common on some of the trips I made) who get on board the aeroplane with their extended family, probably flying standby or something similar, then start demanding either a group of seats all together or bulkhead seats. At this point I've seen them get very disruptive but the airlines don't do what they are legally entitled to do and throw them off the plane but go round asking other passengers to move. My reaction, having normally pre-booked my seat, is 'forget it' then the crew turn on me as though it was my fault.

Kids being a pain on flights is down to the airlines being way too tolerant with the parents. An adult on their own being disruptive will be dealt with, a family with kids making a nuisance of themselves will be allowed to get away with it. This is definitely a move towards addressing those problems.

I'm a child myself (younger than 16) and think its a good idea babies dont annoy me at all the screaming is what makes them but if ur really tired then sometimes u wish they werent around screaming! i have had many younger children kicking my seat all the way through a flight and its very annoying but then i remember doing it and getting a good telling off so if parents aren't telling off the children then whats wrong with moving them to another area of the plane its not like there saying u cant come on board just have a kids area, it sounds better saying A kids zone rather than kids banned zone i would probably enjoy a kids zone casue they could have kidz food rather than the horrible food adults are served! IM ALL FOR A KIDS AREA!! :)