Most Annoying In-Flight Behavior

[nisoptimum]

seat in front fully reclining,you know they're going to do it as soon as they take their seat,start fiddling with air vents and lights then as soon as seat belt sign goes off,straight back,being 6ft 3 this so pisses me off.Through respect and knowing how annoying it is i never recline my seat,maybe that's why i,ve never experienced being annoyed by the back of my seat being kicked,just a thought!

[Benny10]

seat in front fully reclining,you know they're going to do it as soon as they take their seat, start fiddling with air vents and lights then as soon as seat belt sign goes off,straight back, being 6ft 3 this so pisses me off.Through respect and knowing how annoying it is i never recline my seat,maybe that's why i,ve never experienced being annoyed by the back of my seat being kicked,just a thought!

555 yep, I could not agree more,

[PepeLePew]

seat in front fully reclining,you know they're going to do it as soon as they take their seat,start fiddling with air vents and lights then as soon as seat belt sign goes off,straight back,being 6ft 3 this so pisses me off.Through respect and knowing how annoying it is i never recline my seat,maybe that's why i,ve never experienced being annoyed by the back of my seat being kicked,just a thought!

 

Try reclining your seat, it is designed for it!!! I'm over 6ft as well and have no problem if the person in front reclines, why shouldn't they, they've paid for the 'privalage' of cattle class, as have I!

[nisoptimum]

I congratulate you gentlemen. This would seem to be the way to go. Yet for some it may end in disaster.

 

I'm 6.3 and a modest 14.5 stone, so not a lardy, but too big to be comfortable in cattle class. Yet fiscally restricted to the cheap seats.

 

I simply can not sleep sitting up, never could. Not even at home in my favourite arm chair [actually I don't have one, but you get the point]. This includes the slight angle you achieve by putting the seat back as far as it will go, which in any case I would be loathed to do.

 

Combine this with the fact that until recently I was a heavy smoker who, even when fully patched up, suffered withdrawal symptoms akin to a full blown junkie on a bad day, and you get one unhappy flyer.

 

Pre-planning a 12 hour flight to India a few years back I decided to go down the pharmaceutical oblivion route suggested above. I boarded the plane with a combination of drugs that, if put into a water tank, could have put a small village to sleep.

 

Needless to say I was feeling confident. Shortly after take off I dropped two medium strength valium, simply setting the mood here. About three hours into the flight, just as the nicotine loss started to bite I took a good strength mogodum – a tried a tested heavy weight. I limited myself to two large gin and tonics.

 

Four hours in and I was feeling pretty damned relaxed and not a little fatigued. Considering four play to be over I necked the sleeping pill (Limovan I think – something I'd picked up on previous travels anyway), and settled back for a good eight hours sleep.

 

Or so I thought. Could I sleep? Could I f*&k!

 

Oh yes I got progressively knackered for the entirety of the journey. My head nodded, my eyes closed, but sweet sleep as ever eluded me. Eight hours in and I knew what it must feel like to be deprived sleep for a week by a skilled and sadistic interrogator.

 

Still four hours to go! I believe I may have shed a solitary manly tear. Oh hell, I may have cried a bucket. I was by this point delirious you understand.

 

When each second seemed to last a week, when each and every thought was gift wrapped in cotton wool and secured with an over abundance of sellotape, I checked the time. Three hours and fifty minutes to go. This was not going to work. What to do? Jesus just let me lay down in the aisle, or curl up on the floor in the toilets – just for a minute. What to do? Why can't I get the sellotape off? Then I had it. An emergency U-turn - “Coffee”.

 

Oblivious to my general incoherence I managed to convince a bewildered stewardess to provide me with a fairly constant flow of black coffees for the rest of the worst flight of my life.

 

Without a single wink of sleep I numbly vibrated off my flight into the bright midday sun of the Indian subcontinent. Arriving finally at my hotel, I collapsed blissfully into 18 hours of sleep.

 

Never again.

[som nam na]

Yes the people that grab onto the back of your seat are the worst

I'm about 190cm tall 105 kilos (16.5 stone) and I can still get out of the window seat using the armrests without disturbing the person in front of me..

If you are in that bad of shape that you have to put your full weight on the back of my chair... then your fat ass should be flying first class...

 

You bastards literally spring the back of our seats like catapults....

 

I only do that (catapult the seat in front) when the person in front is inconsiderate and reclines their seat fully as soon as the seat belt sign goes off. Otherwise like you in and out without disturbing the person in front

Edited August 2, 2009 by som nam na

[nisoptimum]

Fuck,like a chapter from fear and loathing in Las Vegas on a 747

[Benny10]

One more on my personal list:

 

People who need a wheelchair so they can board first, but somehow after 2 hours at 36,000 feet they're cured – It’s a miracle !!

[Thaihigh]

One more on my personal list:

 

People who need a wheelchair so they can board first, but somehow after 2 hours at 36,000 feet they're cured – It’s a miracle !!

 

Off topic I know, but every year the railway lost property auctions include dozens of wheelchairs left on trains as well as walking sticks, zimmer frames, crutches. Who needs Lourdes when you can just get on a train, and come off cured.

[Joseph Kerr]

I remember back in 05 on my cherry flight to the Philippines it got to near take off time and I thought I was going to get a flight with no one sat next to me and I had scored the door seat so no one in front of me. Anyway at the last minute a late arrival comes down the aisle mouthing off at the attendants as of course it was their fault that he turned up to the boarding gate late. As I see him storming towards the empty seat behind me I am still hopeful that he may sit in the empty seat further down but no, he sits next to me and then glares at me like I had raped his daughter.

As the flight progressed I had to put up with mumbling and staring at the hostesses whenever they would walk by with rapist eyes then groan and rub his cock. It was teh worst 10 hours flight I have ever experienced. Biting my tongue and taking every ounce of self control I had to not deck the guy. What made it even worse was at one stage when he had quietened down a bit I managed to drift off and then I am rudely awakened by him abusing the staff because they had run out of chicken and only had beef. Truly awful.

 

On the list of things I hate the most on flights?

 

1) Rude people

 

2) People insisting on getting up and down every 5 minutes when they have to push past me to get out to the aisle

 

3) People that recline their seat whilst I am having my meal. You know the attitude, I want to sleep so f**k every one else

 

4) Air hostesses that wake you up for coffee or tea when you have knocked back the meal earlier

[Jai Yen]

The drunk pilots

 

But the worst flight I had was with BA in cattle class. Sitting just in front of the toilets I just managed to drop off when I get woken by a couple standing beside me having a full on domestic, tears, screaming at each other, the full works. I felt really sorry for the poor flight attendant sorting that one out.

[stevep9865]

For me its got to be sitting next to some cheap charlie drinking as much beer as he can because its free and having to go to the toilet every 5 minutes to relieve his peanut bladder

[cmw]

"Little blue pills"

 

 

I discovered this one two trips ago, and long haul flights have been much more pleasant since.

 

I may avoid it on the way out next time though, as last time I took three on the plane and after about five beers in a gogo when I arrived, I was staggering all over the place as I was walking back to the hotel. At least for me, they dont combine well with a drinking session!

Edited August 14, 2009 by cmw

[PepeLePew]

"Little blue pills"I discovered this one two trips ago, and long haul flights have been much more pleasant since.

 

Viagra makes your flights more pleasant?????

 

Each to their own I guess

[jasonbalmer]

I need no one's permission to recline my seat as long as it isn't mealtime. Too fucking bad if you don't like it; you need more room, fly deluxe/elite/business/first or super-first class you cheap fuck. Otherwise, deal with it; seat pitch info. is available for every class on every piece of equipment for every airline.

 

Couldn't agree more, the reclining lever is put there for a purpose!

 

I can accept that the person in front of me has a so-called right to recline their seat. I think it's a bit inconsiderate to do it be the meal, but no matter.

 

What I do take offense with is people who recline their seat fully, abruptly and with great force. Slamming it back as it were. I had an experience with this on a flight once where I had my laptop out and was doing some work. The slammed back seat caught the top of my laptop display in that ridge where the tray stows and my laptop screen was shattered.

 

Fair to say I was upset.

 

Who paid for the damage? The airline? The inconsiderate person in front of me? Guess again.

[blazeon420]

Rude and disrespectful behavior and people that can't hold their liquor/alcohol annoy me. Other than that, everything else is background noise. Love, Peace and Hair grease!

[lookingforit]

On my last trip, a guy must of gone in the overhead bin every 15 min. Abought drove me crazy. Felt like cramming him in there and locking it.

[BobbyTits]

People who take 10 years in either of the two closet sized toilets and when they finally exit they leave a shit smeared bowl with a few chocolate potatoes left behind

 

That fucking kills me and even Valium does not help ....

[coopsatfc]

For me it's not the babies directly, although they are a pain, it is the parents of these babies. Why take a baby on a long haul flight? You either planned the pregnancy or if you didn't still had nine months to take a f***ing holiday so why leave it until you have just got out of hospital to do so? I have had two flights to BKK in recent years where I have had the "pleasure" of unhappy babies clearly disturbed by the altitude and popping ears feeling. Why do parents do it? Unless the parents know the baby has a limited life span(heaven forbid) surely they could wait and let their new offspring experience a flight when they are more aware of what is going on? Also it seems to take 4 or 5 air stewards to cope with one baby and leave the rest of the paying customers waiting.

[pusher]

Passengers who recline their seat BEFORE the first meal has been served.

I always ask the person behind first before reclining my seat, and have never had a negative reply.

On my last flight the lady seated in front of me attempted to recline her seat about ten minutes after take off.

I held her seat back in position, and eventually she turned around to find out what was going on.

I informed her that i would not be able to eat my meal in comfort if her seat were reclined.

She then ASKED if it would be okay to recline her seat after the meal.

Lesson learned.

 

 

Never neen on a long haul flight where they serve meals 10 minutes after take off. When the meals are served, if the seat is in recline position its the stewardess that will take care of this.(likewise when taking off/landing.) You have to remember it might be there first flight on an areoplane.

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Then comment on that post.

Then you really should read that post.

 

The steward/stewardess will not always fix the problem for you,

as this is only mandatory for takeoff and landing.

 

If it is the persons first flight they would learn it is easier to sleep after they have eaten,

and when the cabin has been darkened down.

[kkjay77]

Babies/Children in the cabin and the parents who don't prepare for the flight!

Take a baby formula/toys/DVD Player/etc to entertain your children parents.

[Bazle]

What kind of behavior from your fellow passengers annoys you the most (listed in no particular order)

 

Here is my list of the of most annoying in-flight passenger behavior:

 

• Fellow passengers who kick the back of my seat.

• Parents who can't control their kids.

You say your list is no particular order but you've put my main ones first and second. On to your list I would add passengers who invade my space - elbows everywhere!

 

Why can't airlines have a "family" section where the screaming brats are put?

[Highlander]

• Fellow passengers who kick the back of my seat.

• Parents who can't control their kids.

• Passengers who constantly whine and rant during the flight.

• Passengers who get out of their own seat by holding on to the back of my seat (usually waking me).

• Anyone who thinks of themselves as an "elite flier" and constantly wants others to know how important they are.

• Any passengers that feel the need to clap when the plane lands (Jus don’t do it).

• Passengers who stink and extremely from alcohol

• Passengers who snore extremely loud

• Passengers who constantly fart (I fix that one after the 2nd fart by 'Having a quiet word)

• Passengers who hijack my designated seat without even bothering toask me, because they prefer to sit next to their family or friends.

• Seatmates who talk to me while I am clearly working, reading or trying to sleep.

• Fat people who take the isle seat and sleep (even when I offer them the window seat).

[MARKOTINO]

On my flight from dubai to bkk in june on the new A380 got stuck beside some big guy who snored for the entire flight. he snored louder than some of the music that is played in patts. Seriously this is louder than i thought possible to snore. the cabin crew were coming down from all over the aircraft to look and laugh at him. i was sat at the very bck of the aircraft and the cabin crew from upstairs kept looking down and laughing. Luckily as i normally dont sleep on planes it wasnt too bad as in keeping me awake. Im sure for people who like to sleep this would hae been well annoying At one point some one did get up walk past and slap him on the arm to wake him up. worked for 5 minutes then he was back to sleep. to add insult to injury he ordered seafood meal which came first and was collected last, he didnt touch it slept the whole time but it smelt terrible, im not a fan of sea food at the best of times but in an aircraft smelling it for about an hour and a half while the smell lingered i think i ended up tasting more of it than him because it just stuck in the back of my throat when breathing.

On the return flight from dubai to london some one was smoking on the plane and as a smoker i was pissed off! could have invited me for one.

 

I usually put my seat back but only after eating as that is he only point where there is any chance of getting to sleep. i have a 30 minute window after eating that is my only oppourtunity for sleeping even though 9 times out of ten that doesnt happen. Crying babies realy grates on me after a while. But some people have to take babies on a plane. My brother and his wife moved to australia this year and had to take their son whith them, whilst he isnt a baby he was about 2 when they flew.

 

The thing that amazes me is smelly people on the plane. WHY are they smelly? i always have a shower about 1 hour before leaving to go to airport to calm the nerves( im a shit flyer). never sick onboard or anything im just sure its going to fall out of the sky anyminute.

 

Really sorry for the bad grammar/spelling in this post but im tired and kinda mao((stoned mao not drunk mao)i think it can be used for both if my teelac wasnt tellin me shit falang thai...again) There may be alot of t's or v's missing as those keys on my keyboard are rubber ducked.

[Butterflyman]

I am 6’ 2”. My pet hate is when you have a 10 – 12yr old kid in the seat in front, who keeps throwing himself as hard as he can into the back of the seat, constantly knocking my knees. After 50 times it gets very annoying!

Made worse when on charter flight around Europe!

[PepeLePew]

im just sure its going to fall out of the sky any minute.

 

I took that flight in July. I'm a good flyer usually, in fact I love it but even I had doubts when the Captain did his bit on the tannoy as we taxied and mentioned we had a take off weight of 480,000 Kilos!!!!