What would you do?

[jdybnsn]

I would like to see the cabin crew keep a straight face when you ask them to stop the person in front of you from "letting go"...


Boo

I'm sure they would have heard it all before ...and worse ! I would imagine they might well have a proceedure...after all no airline wants unhappy customers ?

 

[jen_uk]

Hey! Some of us are nervous flyers, you know!

 

[Boo Boo Too]

I'm sure they would have heard it all before ...and worse ! I would imagine they might well have a proceedure...after all no airline wants unhappy customers ?

What procedure would you suggest? Maybe they keep an emergency "cork and mallet" on the galley in case of this...?

Boo

 

[jdybnsn]

What procedure would you suggest? Maybe they keep an emergency "cork and mallet" on the galley in case of this...?

Boo

I was thinking more along the lines of having a word with the 'offender' and/or the liberal use of a bit of air freshener .......but you may have opened up new posiblilities there ...

 

[jen_uk]

What procedure would you suggest? Maybe they keep an emergency "cork and mallet" on the galley in case of this...?

Boo

 

[paulh]

on a recent flight back we were in economy and a lady in next class thought it would be a good idea if here child ran around the plane.Not in her section but in economy, we paid for economy so woman dont show disrespect for us, and rub our noses in it by sending her kid down to it so you can have peace and quiet up in preimium economy
Paulh

 

[paulfoel]

Just wondering what would you do if the person sitting in front of you is a constant fidget on the aircraft?

Do you 'grim and bear it'?

Do you try and kick and elbow their chair?

Ask the person politley to stop? or report the matter to a member of cabin crew?

Basically on the flight home today, almost immediately the woman sitting in front of my wife put her seat as far back as possible and for the seven and a half hour flight constantly moved up, down, left and right on her chair and was a real menace.

My wife's journey home was spoilt and although I did offer to swap seats - she declined and I even told her to put her knee into the back of her chair, but she's convinced that may have provoked her and felt the woman passenger was being a nuisance deliberately.

If anybody even as had any other similar scenarios, please let me know as I'd be interested to see how you coped/suffered.

It does annoy me sometimes when people just whack their back to full recline. Especially when you're trying to eat.

Then again, you cant stop someone in front fidgeting, can you? If they are behind you and keep kicking your seat then I think you can politely ask them to be a bit more careful...

Otherwise, I think its just tough luck. After all, it is economy and the airlines dont really care as long as they get your money and get you there in one piece...

 

[paulfoel]

I had the same thing happen to me on a (full) flight back to UK a couple of years ago, but unfortunately the idiot kept 'letting off' continually all through the flight as well. I ended up standing in the aisle apart from when the stewardesses were going past (they kept smiling at me so I think they realised what was going on - couldn't miss the 'aroma'!!!!!!!) Sorry this is so disgusting, but why can't people behave!!!!!

LOL. Dunno if thats banned on an plane or not ?

 

[paulfoel]

I would like to see the cabin crew keep a straight face when you ask them to stop the person in front of you from "letting go"... I think they will help with anti-social/dangerous behaviour, but maybe not so helpful regarding un-sociable/annoying behaviour. Where people draw the line is difficult... the thing is, being trapped in a small metal tube for 8 hours means that our tolerance gets lowered and generally very quickly.

I think that airlines are more concerned with terrorists/drunks than the "phantom raspberry blowers"...

Looking for a new seat is a good idea, although can be difficult on a busy flight.

Boo

I reserve the right to release my body gasses when I want !!!!

 

[paulfoel]

I'm sure they would have heard it all before ...and worse ! I would imagine they might well have a proceedure...after all no airline wants unhappy customers ?

A procure...

Maybe one guff is OK, two guffs a verbal warning, three guffs a written warning, then you're out

Bet the airline dont care a toss as long as they've got your money !

 

[carolfoy]

A procure...

Maybe one guff is OK, two guffs a verbal warning, three guffs a written warning, then you're out

Bet the airline dont care a toss as long as they've got your money !

Ah, but surely its the smellie-ness of said guffs, m'lord that should constitute the cork and mallet procedure? I beleieve that 'silent but violent' are the number one crime and should be followed an announcement ie 'Could the passenger in row 31 seat D go to the loo where his bodily odour will not irritate fellow passemngers'
seriously though I'm in the non-confrontational category and would probably remain quietly seething.

 

[jen_uk]

I beleieve that 'silent but violent' are the number one crime and should be followed an announcement ie 'Could the passenger in row 31 seat D go to the loo where his bodily odour will not irritate fellow passemngers'
.

That would be so funny!!!

 

[Boo Boo Too]

I beleieve that 'silent but violent' are the number one crime and should be followed an announcement ie 'Could the passenger in row 31 seat D go to the loo where his bodily odour will not irritate fellow passemngers'
seriously though I'm in the non-confrontational category and would probably remain quietly seething.

Could you imagine, though, being the poor individual who (unknowingly) was the NEXT person to go into the very confined WC after Mr 31D????

Urrrggghhhh!

Boo

 

[carolfoy]

Boo - yes that would be pretty terrible, but given the state of public loos at airports we'd be a little more used to it! have you ever smelt anything worse than those loos? they're awful, combination of drink/junk food/ nervous fliers I guess

 

[PotNoodle]

Looking back at the event coming back from Orlando on the flight, my wife's upset about the journey and the fidgeting passenger in front of her was the fact that during the film(s) she was watching, every other minute she kept having to adjust her screen.

During the two meals she had to hang on to everything on it - which is a shame.

Perhaps I could have had a word, but surely the last thing you wish for on a flight is for a confrontation. Even afterwards, I wanted to have a word or two but declined.

Overall she was part of the family from Hell I guess. Her two daughters beside her also reclined their seats, looking back and laughing, but soon sat them back in the upright position after myself and the other passenger next to me in the aisle decided to give them a taste of their own medicine by fidgeting ourselves. This maybe childish, but it worked.

When I say the family from Hell, I mean, there were five of them and as soon as we landed they got on their mobiles to let folk know they were home, and quickly sprinted off the plane before everybody else got out of their seatbelts.

 

[ford family]

I agree that it is impossible to eat with the seat in front of you fully reclined which is why most airlines ask passengers to put their seats upright for the meal service. Some people are too ignorant to comply and you can see them actually hunched forward to eat their own food leaving the seat fully reclined. In that situation I simply ask a steward to request that the offender complies with the earlier request. They always do.

ford family

 

[JohnnySharp2]

Looking back at the event coming back from Orlando on the flight, my wife's upset about the journey and the fidgeting passenger in front of her was the fact that during the film(s) she was watching, every other minute she kept having to adjust her screen.

During the two meals she had to hang on to everything on it - which is a shame.

Perhaps I could have had a word, but surely the last thing you wish for on a flight is for a confrontation. Even afterwards, I wanted to have a word or two but declined.

Overall she was part of the family from Hell I guess. Her two daughters beside her also reclined their seats, looking back and laughing, but soon sat them back in the upright position after myself and the other passenger next to me in the aisle decided to give them a taste of their own medicine by fidgeting ourselves. This maybe childish, but it worked.

When I say the family from Hell, I mean, there were five of them and as soon as we landed they got on their mobiles to let folk know they were home, and quickly sprinted off the plane before everybody else got out of their seatbelts.

Just part of life and flying long haul I am afraid, I am sure many of us have had similar experiences - just got to accept and cope with it the best we can.

 

[Kevin Stringer]

CustardTart - I was just wondering, given the somewhat.. er... flatulant nature of some of the posts, is your board name Cockney rhyming slang?

As in 'Bob produced a truly impressive Custard'.

Kev

 

[jdybnsn]

CustardTart - I was just wondering, given the somewhat.. er... flatulant nature of some of the posts, is your board name Cockney rhyming slang?

As in 'Bob produced a truly impressive Custard'.

Kev

 

[carolfoy]

CustardTart - I was just wondering, given the somewhat.. er... flatulant nature of some of the posts, is your board name Cockney rhyming slang?

As in 'Bob produced a truly impressive Custard'.

Kev

an excellent vocabulary you have there Kevin