ANNOYING THINGS PEOPLE DO ON PLANES

[Ayahuasca]

FWIW said:

Standing up the moment the plane comes to a halt. You’re not going anywhere for at least 10 mins ffs.

I always do this. If you do it right you can be gain half a dozen places in getting off the plane, which doesn't mean much per se, but you are still half a dozen places (plus what you have gained by walking faster than everyone else) at immigration / passport control, where those half dozen places will mean an eternity.

[paulguitar]

Ayahuasca said:

FWIW said:

Standing up the moment the plane comes to a halt. You’re not going anywhere for at least 10 mins ffs.

I always do this. If you do it right you can be gain half a dozen places in getting off the plane, which doesn't mean much per se, but you are still half a dozen places (plus what you have gained by walking faster than everyone else) at immigration / passport control, where those half dozen places will mean an eternity.

You don't gain though because nobody can go anywhere. You can just sit calmly in your seat, and get up and take your place once things start to move.

The better option is to select a seat as far forward as possible if you have to deal with the dreaded US immigration...

[Ayahuasca]

paulguitar said:

Ayahuasca said:

FWIW said:

Standing up the moment the plane comes to a halt. You’re not going anywhere for at least 10 mins ffs.

I always do this. If you do it right you can be gain half a dozen places in getting off the plane, which doesn't mean much per se, but you are still half a dozen places (plus what you have gained by walking faster than everyone else) at immigration / passport control, where those half dozen places will mean an eternity.

You don't gain though because nobody can go anywhere. You can just sit calmly in your seat, and get up and take your place once things start to move.

The better option is to select a seat as far forward as possible if you have to deal with the dreaded US immigration...

You get up and move forward, thus gaining places.

[Jamesgt]

Ayahuasca said:

I always do this. If you do it right you can be gain half a dozen places in getting off the plane, which doesn't mean much per se, but you are still half a dozen places (plus what you have gained by walking faster than everyone else) at immigration / passport control, where those half dozen places will mean an eternity.

I’m guilty of this too. I fly all the time and often have to collect hire cars. I’d quite happily sit and wait for the whole aircraft to disembark but that means getting stuck behind some idiot in the hirecar place who takes hours to find their license, don’t have a credit card, deciding over insurance, getting cards declined, do they want sat nav, extra drivers, baby seat etc. Just rushing off the plane can save an hour + on the rest of my journey home.

Edited by Jamesgt on Saturday 31st March 03:24

[ukaskew]

I appreciate I'm probably on this list for travelling with my son so often (he's 3 and has clocked up 12 flights so far), but it's a nice feeling when as is default 95% of passengers start queuing to board the plane as soon as 'boarding will commence shortly' to go out, only to then walk past them all as I have a little one.

It's worth saying he gets 100% attention from us during the flight, sweets for take off and landing etc, colouring, iPad, presents for when he's getting cranky etc. So occasional ear issues aside he's (fortunately) brilliant to travel with, even long haul.

Going to NYC last month we didn't bother accepting priority boarding as he's old enough now for us to not really need much additional time, but the staff waved us over anyway along with first class etc.

That aside, more than anything it would be recliners.

Edited by ukaskew on Saturday 31st March 05:00

[paulguitar]

Ayahuasca said:

paulguitar said:

Ayahuasca said:

FWIW said:

Standing up the moment the plane comes to a halt. You’re not going anywhere for at least 10 mins ffs.

I always do this. If you do it right you can be gain half a dozen places in getting off the plane, which doesn't mean much per se, but you are still half a dozen places (plus what you have gained by walking faster than everyone else) at immigration / passport control, where those half dozen places will mean an eternity.

You don't gain though because nobody can go anywhere. You can just sit calmly in your seat, and get up and take your place once things start to move.

The better option is to select a seat as far forward as possible if you have to deal with the dreaded US immigration...

You get up and move forward, thus gaining places.

Mmm....I still don’t get it, because everyone gets up all at once and they just stand there, hunched over, waiting endlessly for the tunnel and door. So how do you get any further forward without climbing over the top of them or going through their legs?

[hairyben]

On my last flight I checked a 12kg main case and a 4kg rucksack and declined more than half the food offered. I think this is probably considered odd behaviour by most airline users, where maximising everything offered for perceived values sake seems to be the standard etiquette.

[anonymous-user]

paulguitar said:

You don't gain though because nobody can go anywhere. You can just sit calmly in your seat, and get up and take your place once things start to move.

The better option is to select a seat as far forward as possible if you have to deal with the dreaded US immigration...

I never understand why US immigration needs to be so miserable/passive aggressive. Wouldn’t hurt them to smile and welcome the people who plan to do business and spend money in their country.

On the other hand I cannot wait to get my blue British passport after Brexit. I’m hoping UK immigration will be a much more pleasant experience as I will no longer need to queue with all the Romanian builders at Luton airport.

[sc0tt]

I flew ryan air on tuesday, fairly pleasant. The pilot asked everyone to refrain from sticking gum under the seats as the plane was less than a month old.

The cabin on departure was an absolute mess where people had been sitting with their children.

3 rows ahead was a wife with her 2 kids and husband with the other two. Mid flight she loudly announces to the husband, “i’ve left my fking headphones indoors.”

So she puts the film on her ipad, sans headphones. I gave up listening after about 30 seconds and went and asked the stewardess if she could go and have a word which she did. Why anyone would think it is acceptable to watch a film on loud is beyond me.

[hammo19]

I totally understand that families have to travel but i would pay a big premium if airlines had adult only flights.

[sc0tt]

hammo19 said:

I totally understand that families have to travel but i would pay a big premium if airlines had adult only flights.

I’ve said it on here before.

[anonymous-user]

hammo19 said:

I totally understand that families have to travel but i would pay a big premium if airlines had adult only flights.

Children’s behaviour is often a reflection of their parents. Kids can be quiet, respectful and well behaved. Adults are often the worst culprits of antisocial, scumbag behaviour.

[ClaphamGT3]

ukaskew said:

I appreciate I'm probably on this list for travelling with my son so often (he's 3 and has clocked up 12 flights so far), but it's a nice feeling when as is default 95% of passengers start queuing to board the plane as soon as 'boarding will commence shortly' to go out, only to then walk past them all as I have a little one.

It's worth saying he gets 100% attention from us during the flight, sweets for take off and landing etc, colouring, iPad, presents for when he's getting cranky etc. So occasional ear issues aside he's (fortunately) brilliant to travel with, even long haul.

Going to NYC last month we didn't bother accepting priority boarding as he's old enough now for us to not really need much additional time, but the staff waved us over anyway along with first class etc.

That aside, more than anything it would be recliners.

Edited by ukaskew on Saturday 31st March 05:00

When our children were that age, we always got them to behave by telling them that the overhead air vents were CCTV cameras so that the pilot could spot the naughty children

[schmalex]

hammo19 said:

I totally understand that families have to travel but i would pay a big premium if airlines had adult only flights.

I fly up front quite a lot on Emirates and Qatar. One would have thought the price of the tickets would be sufficient to prevent people from booking their kids into business or first, but the amount of families (mainly Russian and Arab) with 4 or 5 kids all travelling in J or F is absolutely staggering. Sadly, most of the time, the kids are absolute monsters and not controlled at all by the parents or nannies, thereby ruining, often, much needed sleep

[djc206]

wormus said:

I never understand why US immigration needs to be so miserable/passive aggressive. Wouldn’t hurt them to smile and welcome the people who plan to do business and spend money in their country.

On the other hand I cannot wait to get my blue British passport after Brexit. I’m hoping UK immigration will be a much more pleasant experience as I will no longer need to queue with all the Romanian builders at Luton airport.

Do you really think passport control will change in the U.K post Brexit? I’d wager it will be exactly as it is now with EU and U.K. lumped together.

Last few times I’ve been to the US the immigration guys have been super friendly. The guy at Miami even cracked a joke!

[djc206]

schmalex said:

I fly up front quite a lot on Emirates and Qatar. One would have thought the price of the tickets would be sufficient to prevent people from booking their kids into business or first, but the amount of families (mainly Russian and Arab) with 4 or 5 kids all travelling in J or F is absolutely staggering. Sadly, most of the time, the kids are absolute monsters and not controlled at all by the parents or nannies, thereby ruining, often, much needed sleep

The average Qatari household earns about $250k/yr so it’s not much of a surprise. Also not much of a surprise is how appallingly behaved the spoiled offspring of Emiratis and Qataris are, dad with his buried in his phone and Mum just ignoring the carnage seems to be par for the course.

Personally I’d ban children under 12 from business and first. Am I right in thinking you can’t take under 12’s in BA first or have I made that up?

[anonymous-user]

djc206 said:

Personally I’d ban children under 12 from business and first. Am I right in thinking you can’t take under 12’s in BA first or have I made that up?

I think that’s the rule for BA staff using staff travel perks, I think under 12 you can go club and over 12 you can go first, I don’t think it applies to paying passengers.

[valiant]

Old people and automated passport control gates. It's like you've handed them the blueprints of a nuclear reactor and a load of Lego bricks and told them to get on with it. I mean, there's only so many permutations of sticking your passport into the gate reader before you hit the jackpot but, with some people, evidently not.

People who get up to use the toilet 0.00001 seconds after the seatbelt signs go off. Wtf were you doing while we were all waiting an age to board? It's not as if there's a shortage of bogs in the airport.

People who can't sit still but have to get up and walk around, go toilet (again), retrieve some st from the overhead, get up again to stretch, go toilet (again). It's a two hour flight you ! And where are you walking to? It's an A320. There not very big. There isn't a secret bit for you to find and explore, there's just some more bogs (that you'll probably use, again).

[schmalex]

The one that does get my goat is eating on a 2 hour flight. There is simply no need

[davepoth]

schmalex said:

The one that does get my goat is eating on a 2 hour flight. There is simply no need

I once flew KLM from Dublin to Bristol - scheduled for 1 hour, more like 45 minutes. Lunch was served, but had to be eaten very quickly...