With clean, breathable air already history and potable water and job shortages a likely part of the future, reproducing in one's own image is one of the most vain acts imaginable.

Politicians-corporations seem engaged in a never ending battle to outdo each other bestowing all manner of special breaks to those who are affluent and selfish enough to have children, at the expense of the rest of us.

Sitting on a hot, still plane is no fun for anyone.  Yet if the airline offered me enough ice to cover a significant portion of my body, I'd go from too hot to too cold pretty darn quick!

The time needed to tend to this drama no doubt added to the misery of those passengers who didn't board with an extra ~10 lbs of screaming/puking/crying/crapping live weight.

If your life is so busy and special that you can't spend the extra few hours driving instead of flying, then you're too busy to have an infant.  To Mom, United + Gov't: stop making me pay for the luxurious lifestyle choices of others!