[Cherie]

Yeah of course he is joking, but does he need to say it at all, many people take flights with babies/toddlers for many reasons, the same way they take trains, and ferries. Whatever method you use can be stressful, it's easy to be smug when you know you are not going to be travelling with a child anytime soon. Hopefully he will have to travel with his grandkids some day and he has a really torrid time.