What do you dislike most about flying?

[PolyHereWeCome]

I hate the air smell inside the plane. Ick, just thinking about it is giving me a headache.

Not thrilled about the turbulence, the having to get to the airport early, Southwest cattlecall seating, the take-off and landing, waiting for your luggage and always worrying that a piece of luggage will get lost, but the SMELL of the circulating stale airplane smelly air is my top ick!!

 

[lsteadman]

People who don't fly often and dont have a clue. They don't have the right ID, or they don't have it out, and hold up the entire line hunting for it. Then they walk six abreast so you can't pass them. Or the people who STAND on the left side of the moving walkways and won't move to the right, even though it SAYS STAND RIGHT, WALK LEFT.

The people who bring too much stuff on with them. People who can't manage their own luggage and expect someone to help them. People who whack you in the head with their bags because they have too many as they go down the aisles, and it REALLY makes me angry that the gate agents let them carry all that crap on! people with kids who RUSH to preboard, then hold up everyone getting off becuase they want to be first off, even though they have a gazillion things to deal with.

People who put their seat all the way into your lap just at the beginning of meal service. People who kick your sat the entire trip. People who let their kids stand up and drool all over the seat back and cough or sneeze their bugger faces at you.

People who BATHE in perfume, reek of stale smoke, or have BO.

People who have seats in the back of the plane and put their roll-on in the first overhead they come to.

People with assigned middle seats who take the aisle seat and then get pissy with you about moving.

People who can't fit into their own space and expect to raise the armrest to take half of the seat you paid for as well.

I could go on, but you get the picture. I don't mind anything about flying, it's the other passengers that get me going.

 

[ducklite]

Yes, those EVIL people who need help! How dare they expect help and kindness from strangers!

Why would anyone carry on more than they can possibly manage without help? Why would anyone EXPECT that someone would help them with their 48 pound carryon with the outer pockets stuffed so full it can't be crammed into the overhead? Why would anyone hold up boarding the entire plane while they stand in the aisle trying to cram it in and bonking two people in the head in the process?

If you can't manage your carryon, you need to check something.

The only exception to this would be a mom or dad or other caregiver) trying to juggle a car seat, diaper bag and squirmy 14 month old.

Most of the time when I've been whacked in the head it's because the person is carrying on too much and not able to manage it all.

Anne

 

[safetymom]

Anne, I agree with you.

If you travel a lot you get to see a lot of this. If you only travel once in awhile you don't notice it.

I travel for business and it is amazing what you see people try to do in the airport and on the plane. It is like they leave common sense behind.

I love to fly and check out new airports. I have had a few rough flights and a few very scary ones but when I think of how great it is to fly instead of drive I am on to my next flight.

 

[Aisling]

If you travel a lot you get to see a lot of this. If you only travel once in awhile you don't notice it.

I'm an infrequent traveler (once a year), so I guess that's why I still have my travel-patience intact!

 

[ducklite]

Have to agree with SafetyMom. Although I don't fly as much as she does, I'm usually in the air on average two round trips a month.

When you fly a lot it gets a lot more routine, so you tend to notice a lot more then people who don't fly as much might.

Anne

 

[antbritt]

Ok so I reallly hate Take offs and landings. Also last march was the last time I flew and I was so nervous since I had not flown since the day before 911. But I flew on Song and I was almost immediatley ok. O dont know why .
Last few military flights I had been on all were problems. You know there is a problem when you fly around for 3 hours and then when you land there is a few fire trucks and emergency vehicles following your plane.
I quess I just hate flying now. But I think I would do ANYTHING ( and I mean Anything ) to get to DISNEY~~~

 

[Kitty 34]

I don't mind too much about flying EXCEPT for the idea that it can FALL AND CRASH at any moment!!

I honestly wouldn't care if the plane did spins and flips, as LONG AS I KNEW 100% that we wouldn't crash to the ground.

I consider ANY flight that I have lived through to be a "good flight".

Everything else is minor....

Amen!!!!

 

[Dopey's twin Dippy]

EVERYTHING............................ thats why I MAKE MY FAMILY TAKE THE TRAIN..............THEY ARE BEGGING NOT TO THIS SUMMER, PLEASE FLY...................HA HA HA

 

[wisbucky]

I love take offs. It means my vacation has begun

Turbulence makes my stomach do flips.

But it also never fails that every time DH and I fly we always have someone's child that either screams. cries, kicks the seat or finds it entertaining to lean over the seat from directly ahead of us and look at us while dropping food particles on our laps. Once it was a whole cup of milk. I don’t mind children that talk, giggle, and laugh even if it is all out loud. I would really like to give those parents or guardians a piece of my mind. But DH always says let it go.

And I have no tolerance for those who carry on 2-4 pieces of luggage and take up my overhead compartment with their entire luggage. What happened to the rules of ONE piece of luggage per person?

Okay I got to vent..........