Japan Airlines Has Seat Maps Indicating Where Infants Are Seated
Babies crying on airplanes may be one of the most annoying things ever, especially during long-haul flights. Well, it seems like Japan Airlines (JAL) has heard our cries.
JAL’s seat apparently has a new selection menu that shows passengers choosing their seats where children below the age of 2 will be seated at.
Although this feature has already been in Japan Airline’s (JAL) system for quite some time, the Internet blew up when they saw this feature from a tweet.
Sleep peacefully with Japan Airlines seat maps
With the infant indicator on JAL’s seat menu, you will be able to know where toddlers are seated, allowing you to choose seats that are further away.
This will hopefully help you to get better rest on flights as you won’t be near the action.
How the system works
When passengers with children aged between 8 days and 2 years book a seat on JAL’s seat selection menu, a baby icon will appear for passengers to indicate where their children will be sitting at.
This potentially helps cabin crew keep an eye out for toddlers as well, leading to win-wins on all sides.
When the selection is done, the seat selection menu for that specific flight will be updated. The updated seating plan will show other passengers where the infant will be seated with a baby icon.
However, do note that if the passenger with the infant books a flight through a 3rd party website or change their seats at the last minute, you may not see the baby icon on the seat selection menu.
Netizens praise JAL for the feature
Netizens have taken to Twitter to praise JAL for the feature. Here are some praises from different perspectives.
A user with autism states that this feature is very useful for him as the sound of babies screaming is “one of the worst triggers.”
Another Twitter user says that it’s a good idea as it gives people an option to sit away from babies.
A parent also tweeted saying that she pitied passengers who sit beside her children as they can get rather noisy.
With so much praise going around, this feature seems to be popular among people.
Do you think this feature should be rolled out across more airlines? Let us know in the comments below.
Featured image adapted from KNaviation.
