The airlines are starting to tell you how to avoid sitting next to a baby, raising hope for wider adoption.

At least two airlines have adopted the brilliant idea of ​​allowing passengers to try to sit as far as possible from the barrels of hearing powder – babies in airplanes.

I can not confirm this, but in view of my decades of flight, I feel it is scientifically impossible for a baby to survive a complete flight without crying the ferocity of someone who slammed his fingers into a wastebasket. It is also inevitable that if there is a baby on my plane, he will be sitting a few feet away from me.

And that's fine! Babies must also fly. I imagine that parents traveling with babies have something to worry about without their bastards giving them stinky eyes. So, I only accept the damage done to my eardrums.

But if I already fly with Japan Airlines (JAL) or All Nippon Airways, I can neutralize fate and book a seat that is not close to a toddler. JAL recently announced that it now uses a booking tool that displays the position of children two years old and under. The Guardian reports that All Nippon Airways already had this feature.

The feature may not work if parents book through third-party services. JAL notes on his website that baby icons might not indicate that a flight was changed just before departure.

Hopefully, US airlines will start adopting this tool. Although I imagine that if it succeeds, carriers will use it as a way to charge more for some seats.