Delta passenger sparks debate over what to do with screaming babies on planes

New York Post

5 hours ago

It was the mile cry club.
A Delta passenger has been ripped up and down online after griping about a baby throwing a screaming fit on a plane. He detailed the mile-high meltdown in a video with nearly 15 million views on X.
The clip shows Pat McAuliffe, a contributor for Barstool Sports, grimacing in his seat as the tot is heard wailing behind him.
'If your child is screaming on a flight (that's late with no AC and hasn't taken off yet @Delta) show it a f–king phone,' he exclaimed. 'Brain rot the baby on TikTok until it's quiet. Is that too much to ask?'
3 'Dawg 3 words! Noise-canceling headphones! Babies crying will be a thing of the past,' said one critic.
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McAuliffe added in a follow-up post that while he felt 'bad for the parents,' at some point they needed to 'try something new' to quell the tyke's tantrum.
'Walk his a– up and down the aisle, distract him, do something,' the Barstool writer suggested. 'It's still going on. Simply praying it'll stop is not acceptable.'
In a third post, he wondered, 'At what point does this become a medical emergency? It's been two hours.'
3 McAuliffe reacts to the baby wailing on his flight.
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However, McAuliffe's complaints didn't resonate with X commenters, many of whom accused him of overreacting
'That's not loud at all, you little boy,' declared one. 'Such a piece of crap you are.'
'Sounds like you're crying louder than the baby,' said another, while a third wrote, 'it's just a baby crying sometimes babies cry.'
'Dawg 3 words! Noise-canceling headphones! Babies crying will be a thing of the past,' snarked one, to which McAuliffe replied, 'Hey idiot. When the baby is four feet from your face and screaming that doesn't matter.'
3 'At what point does this become a medical emergency? It's been two hours,' wrote McAuliffe on X.
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A few sympathized with the passenger's plight with one writing, 'Screaming for 2 hours is on the parents. my child would NOT just be crying for 2 hours.'
'Yep, unbearable. Mommy won't get off her a– to walk the baby and if there is a dad, he'd be sound asleep,' said another.
Crying babies on board has been a contentious issue with some travelers claiming that it's part and parcel of air travel, while others have cited it as a reason there should be 'child-free flights.'
In December, a female passenger named Rae went viral after documenting her empathetic response to a tyke who was bawling incessantly for hours.
The woman, who is a mom herself, reportedly sympathized with the parents, whom she acknowledged were probably 'feeling so much anxiety and pressure.'
At that point, the flyer said she tried to soothe the baby by 'playing peekaboo,' but it only 'helped for a minute.'
The passenger then slapped on some jumbo headphones and watched her inflight entertainment, which she said successfully blocked out the wailing.
'It's that easy,' she said.