Air Travel Pet Peeves (1 Viewer)

[Black Box]

I dream of a world where we do away with middle seats altogether.

The best planes are the ones with 2 seats on either side of the aisle.

 

[Chaka]

I think Hobo Taint is going to be the name of my new band.

 

[RBM]

Nothing about reclining #######s? Person in front of me needs to recline into my space they are getting a knee shot sporadically throughout the flight.

 

[Apple Jack]

The upside of people taking on too much carry on luggage is that I'm usually able to get my carry on (which is usually all I take, I travel light) checked for free so I can bypass the airlines stupid baggage fees.

I'm not sure why that's an upside. I loathe having to wait for checked baggage.

If you check it on the jetway they get it out to you as you deplane. No waiting at baggage claim.

Bingo.

How is that better than just putting it in the overhead bin?

 

[bigbottom]

Nothing about reclining #######s? Person in front of me needs to recline into my space they are getting a knee shot sporadically throughout the flight.

Yeah, I am ambivalent about the recline/no recline controversy. It doesn't make my list. (I don't recline - I find the upright position more comfortable actually.)

 

[Apple Jack]

Nothing about reclining #######s? Person in front of me needs to recline into my space they are getting a knee shot sporadically throughout the flight.

You must not fly much. Most people recline. The seats are designed with that in mind. You are absolutely the ###hole in this scenario.

 

[Black Box]

I was flying from HK to Bali and reclined my seat. I was tired and was trying to sleep. The German ####### behind me started to intentionally jostle my seat every few minutes and when I asked him about it, he complained he didn't have enough room with my seat reclined. I told him to stop or I'd get the FA involved. I had to laugh when the guy stood up and was about 5'9". #######

Nothing about reclining #######s? Person in front of me needs to recline into my space they are getting a knee shot sporadically throughout the flight.

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[Andy Dufresne]

How is that better than just putting it in the overhead bin?

Because then you don't have to fight the cattle for bin space or haul it up and down the aisle.It's kind of the same idea as a coat check or valet parking.

 

[Apple Jack]

I should clarify my position on people getting drunk and yelling to friends across rows. This rule is waived for flights to Vegas.

 

[RBM]

Nothing about reclining #######s? Person in front of me needs to recline into my space they are getting a knee shot sporadically throughout the flight.

You must not fly much. Most people recline. The seats are designed with that in mind. You are absolutely the ###hole in this scenario.

I don't fly much, I hate it and am in a bad mood from security to landing. So F off.

 

[Fat Nick]

How is that better than just putting it in the overhead bin?

Because then you don't have to fight the cattle for bin space or haul it up and down the aisle.It's kind of the same idea as a coat check or valet parking.

I can't typically fit in one carry-on, so I'll just check one big suitcase and carry on 1 bag to fit under my seat. I'm so sick of the fight for overhead space. When I know all I have is my 1 under-seat item, I just take my time boarding and usually get on once the plane is 90% full and about to push off.

They really should paint lines on the overhead bin and you should be allotted the space for your seat only. If you choose to claim someone else's space, they should have the ability to remove your items if needed. This would help curtail jackwagons who put a suitcase, a backpack, a purse, and a coat up there and have nothing under the seat.

 

[Swing 51]

People who take their shoes off during the flight. This isn't your living room, bud.

 

[Chaka]

Nothing about reclining #######s? Person in front of me needs to recline into my space they are getting a knee shot sporadically throughout the flight.

You must not fly much. Most people recline. The seats are designed with that in mind. You are absolutely the ###hole in this scenario.

I don't fly much, I hate it and am in a bad mood from security to landing. So F off.

It might help you relax if you recline your seat.

 

[Chaka]

How is that better than just putting it in the overhead bin?

Because then you don't have to fight the cattle for bin space or haul it up and down the aisle.It's kind of the same idea as a coat check or valet parking.

I can't typically fit in one carry-on, so I'll just check one big suitcase and carry on 1 bag to fit under my seat. I'm so sick of the fight for overhead space. When I know all I have is my 1 under-seat item, I just take my time boarding and usually get on once the plane is 90% full and about to push off.

They really should paint lines on the overhead bin and you should be allotted the space for your seat only. If you choose to claim someone else's space, they should have the ability to remove your items if needed. This would help curtail jackwagons who put a suitcase, a backpack, a purse, and a coat up there and have nothing under the seat.

Leg room is too precious to put anything under your seat.

 

[Apple Jack]

Nothing about reclining #######s? Person in front of me needs to recline into my space they are getting a knee shot sporadically throughout the flight.

You must not fly much. Most people recline. The seats are designed with that in mind. You are absolutely the ###hole in this scenario.

I don't fly much, I hate it and am in a bad mood from security to landing. So F off.

It might help you relax if you recline your seat.

 

[heckmanm]

15) Mother####ing Snakes

 

[Andy Dufresne]

15) Mother####ing Snakes

If I ever find myself on a flight with Sam Jackson, I'm getting off. Not because of snakes but because of Jackson. I can't take that guy.

 

[Fat Nick]

Leg room is too precious to put anything under your seat.

...So is it worth not bringing so much crap with you? That's the question people need to be forced to ask themselves.

 

[pats3in4]

Worst recurring are the kid kicking the back to the seat

I hate this, too. And I have a 3yr old who is developmentally delayed and flails her limbs in frustration at times, so she's a pro at kicking the seatback in front of her...hard. This mortifies me. I had to restrain her several times coming back from our east coast Christmas visit with family. I give the person sitting in that seat credit...only looked once in our direction. Maybe it was because she saw me trying to do something about it.

 

[NCCommish]

If it takes 12 hours or less to drive I won't fly. And I will stretch that time a bit when necessary. Right now I would fly to the west coast but if it is on this side of the Mississippi I'll drive.

NCMadden?

Nope. Not afraid of flying at all. Started going on flights by myself at age 5. I just hate the experience now. I have no patience for the security kabuki. I hate how it has lost all it's glamour. They are just flying cattle cars now. If am going to be stuck in a tin can it may as well be one where I call the shots and I don't have to put up with people, because I don't like people in general. I mean have you met people? They generally suck.

 

[bigbottom]

Not a pet peeve at all, but I've started to see women flying in what are, effectively, pajamas. Not sure what's going on there. Are regular clothes really that uncomfortable?

 

[pats3in4]

One plus I'll give the security experience: They finally relaxed the coat/shoes rules for kids. Kids under 13 no longer have to take them off to go through security.

One side note to that change which is stupid: Kids under 13 now get the TSA Check on their boarding pass and are eligible to go through the expedited security line. But what's the point if their parents don't have that on their boarding passes? While they at least got to wear their coats and shoes, they still had to be with me through the regular (long) security line.

 

[Apple Jack]

Worst recurring are the kid kicking the back to the seat

I hate this, too. And I have a 3yr old who is developmentally delayed and flails her limbs in frustration at times, so she's a pro at kicking the seatback in front of her...hard. This mortifies me. I had to restrain her several times coming back from our east coast Christmas visit with family. I give the person sitting in that seat credit...only looked once in our direction. Maybe it was because she saw me trying to do something about it.

Yeah, as long as the parent makes an effort. Obviously, in that situation it would be pretty apparent that this is something other than a bratty kid with a lame parent. Most people are going to pick up on that and have patience. But some parents turn ignoring their kids into a zen thing.

 

[NCCommish]

Nothing about reclining #######s? Person in front of me needs to recline into my space they are getting a knee shot sporadically throughout the flight.

You must not fly much. Most people recline. The seats are designed with that in mind. You are absolutely the ###hole in this scenario.

I don't fly much, I hate it and am in a bad mood from security to landing. So F off.

Are you on a plane right now?

 

[Chaka]

Leg room is too precious to put anything under your seat.

...So is it worth not bringing so much crap with you? That's the question people need to be forced to ask themselves.

It's worth not bringing much on the plane with me but I don't see how that reduces the amount of stuff I travel with overall.

 

[Chaka]

Children under the age of 27 should not be allowed on airplanes.

 

[RBM]

Nothing about reclining #######s? Person in front of me needs to recline into my space they are getting a knee shot sporadically throughout the flight.

You must not fly much. Most people recline. The seats are designed with that in mind. You are absolutely the ###hole in this scenario.

I don't fly much, I hate it and am in a bad mood from security to landing. So F off.

Are you on a plane right now?

 

[Pipes]

Nothing about reclining #######s? Person in front of me needs to recline into my space they are getting a knee shot sporadically throughout the flight.

You must not fly much. Most people recline. The seats are designed with that in mind. You are absolutely the ###hole in this scenario.

Reclining is fine though the people that just slam their seat back instead of going slowly are complete jagoffs.

 

[mquinnjr]

Children under the age of 27 should not be allowed on airplanes.

Who would ever say someone 26 years of age should still be considered a child?

 

[Buckfast 1]

I hate people who show up late for the flight after the jetway door has already closed, but refuse to accept that they have missed their flight. I recently watched a guy have a total meltdown in the airport pounding on jetway door yelling at the gate agents to open the door and let him on the plane. Dude, you missed your flight. Chill out and go rebook.

 

[ZenMaster]

And one more:

14) People who pretend they don't know which boarding group they are in and try to board two groups early. We're on to you!

14a) Ticket checkers who don't call bull#### on them and let them through. Love watching these guys get booted from line.

I would work for free to be the person who gets to do this.

'Oh, I'm sorry sir. I called Groups 1 and 2. Your ticket clearly says Group 4. See right here - the thing that looks like the letter A with one leg. That's a 4, which comes after 2.'

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Seat reclining sucks for me. The only way i can sleep is with my head forward on the tray table. I wish seats were designed like this: / / / instead of like this: \ \ \

I realize that's somewhat atypical so I can't really blame others for reclining.

I'm flying in a few hours, I'll try to keep a list of annoyances for this thread.

 

[sbonomo]

It doesn't happen often, but people will sometimes shove their stuff under their seat--in the area for my feet. I've had a few discussions about their space vs my space on this one.

One time, someone sitting across the aisle had something under the seat in front of me by the time I got on the plane. No one owned up so I placed it in the aisle and the FA asked about the unclaimed bag. The owner quickly owned up and complained they couldn't fit it under the seat in front of them because of their feet. #######

That is definately a win for the good guys!

 

[DSP]

Fat people.

Was flying out of Orlando by myself last year. I usually try to get an aisle seat but booked late and was near the rear on a window. As the plane was filling there were not many seats open other than the 2 next to me. I see these two short squatty 300lbers a man and a woman lumbering toward the back with bags of fast food and am thinking "Please no" Of course the man plops in the middle seat right next to me and the woman takes the aisle. As we are waiting the man and wife both pull out a Double Whopper, fries and giant Cokes. Slopping it down and already are invading my space so I had to pull back more against the window. Both are sweating like they are in a sauna.

I am 6-1 210 so already feel cramped before they sat down, when I looked at them halfway into my seat area and blocking everything I felt I had no escape route and almost had a panic attack before takeoff.

I kindly asked if they would like the window seat and was rebuffed right away. It was the worst flight of my life and took everything I had to keep myself composed

Thats horrific. How long was the flight?

 

[Jobber]

I've relaxed on most of mine, but one still drives me crazy; When you exit the plane, the stampede of people from the back who don't have the courtesy to let people in the front out. It isn't about people in the front being more important than people in the back, it's simply the lack of courtesy for acknowledging that someone else is trying to get off the plane too.

I've never once seen this happen. It may be the "Minnesota Nice" thing where the majority up here are civilized, white, etc.

 

[Scoresman]

My biggest pet peeve is that an inordinate amount of people wear flip flops, most likely to make security a bit easier for them. Now, I have no problem with good looking chicks wearing flip flops, in fact I love them because most of them have exquisite feet.

The problem is, that most people have no business wearing flip flops. You'll see 80 year old grandmas with wrinkly, veiny feet wearing flip flops. Their toes sticking out in random directions like a tree branch. Fat, middle aged slobs proudly display their gout ridden, fungus infested nubs too. When you see a hot chick with flip flops, your attention is naturally immediately drawn to their feet, but the problem is that this ends up happening even on regular people, and by the time I catch myself, it's already too late and I want to gag.

 

[-fish-]

Seat reclining sucks for me. The only way i can sleep is with my head forward on the tray table. I wish seats were designed like this: / / / instead of like this: \ \ \

I realize that's somewhat atypical so I can't really blame others for reclining.

I'm flying in a few hours, I'll try to keep a list of annoyances for this thread.

I just want to compliment you on your visual representation of the seats. Kudos.

 

[TxBuckeye]

Seems like a major portion of the problem is the airlines not enforcing their own rules, especially as it applies to carry-ons.

 

[sbonomo]

Great list here, I will add:

The jagoff that brings three large items only to find that there is not enough space above their seat. Ultimately they have to go against flow as people are boarding then again when the plane lands to get said bag(s). Of course they never wait until the plane has cleared back to the area where the extra bags are making it impossible for people getting off the plane to move.

Parents with kids. I know that you like your little brat but i don't. For the most part parents are respectful to other on the plane. However, the parents that think everyone else just needs to deal with their kids need to be tar and feathered.

 

[Apple Jack]

Love Larry David's rant about grown men who wear shorts on planes.

 

[Da Guru]

Fat people.

Was flying out of Orlando by myself last year. I usually try to get an aisle seat but booked late and was near the rear on a window. As the plane was filling there were not many seats open other than the 2 next to me. I see these two short squatty 300lbers a man and a woman lumbering toward the back with bags of fast food and am thinking "Please no" Of course the man plops in the middle seat right next to me and the woman takes the aisle. As we are waiting the man and wife both pull out a Double Whopper, fries and giant Cokes. Slopping it down and already are invading my space so I had to pull back more against the window. Both are sweating like they are in a sauna.

I am 6-1 210 so already feel cramped before they sat down, when I looked at them halfway into my seat area and blocking everything I felt I had no escape route and almost had a panic attack before takeoff.

I kindly asked if they would like the window seat and was rebuffed right away. It was the worst flight of my life and took everything I had to keep myself composed

Thats horrific. How long was the flight?

2 1/2 hours of hell.

 

[DSP]

Fat people.

Was flying out of Orlando by myself last year. I usually try to get an aisle seat but booked late and was near the rear on a window. As the plane was filling there were not many seats open other than the 2 next to me. I see these two short squatty 300lbers a man and a woman lumbering toward the back with bags of fast food and am thinking "Please no" Of course the man plops in the middle seat right next to me and the woman takes the aisle. As we are waiting the man and wife both pull out a Double Whopper, fries and giant Cokes. Slopping it down and already are invading my space so I had to pull back more against the window. Both are sweating like they are in a sauna.

I am 6-1 210 so already feel cramped before they sat down, when I looked at them halfway into my seat area and blocking everything I felt I had no escape route and almost had a panic attack before takeoff.

I kindly asked if they would like the window seat and was rebuffed right away. It was the worst flight of my life and took everything I had to keep myself composed

Thats horrific. How long was the flight?

2 1/2 hours of hell.

I was expecting worse. I am the same size as you and I can imagine the discomfort

Obese people should be banned from being around other humans until they lose weight

 

[TheIronSheik]

I hate that airlines designed their seats for people who are 5'4" and weigh 130 pounds. My knees are banged up against the seat in front of me and my "arm rest" is the fat guy's gut in the seat next to me.

 

[Fat Nick]

Leg room is too precious to put anything under your seat.

...So is it worth not bringing so much crap with you? That's the question people need to be forced to ask themselves.

It's worth not bringing much on the plane with me but I don't see how that reduces the amount of stuff I travel with overall.

I could give 2 ####s how much stuff people travel with overall...what I hate is that in an effort to save money by not checking bags, people make already cramped quarters even more cramped, and inconsiderately take more than their share of overhead bin space. Ultimately, it's the airline's fault for all these BS baggage "fees," but the result is, for me, what has made flying so horrible.

Oh, you want to PICK your seats so you can sit next to your wife? Sure, for $35 extra. Want to take a bag? That's $25. Would you like a snack? $13. Did we mention that you can board early, watch new release movies, AND surf the web? ...For $25, $15, and $13 respectively!

I'd much rather flying just go back to how it was before, when a ticket cost more, but included all the amenities.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

1) Kids in the row ahead of you that turn around in their seat and stare at you over the seat back.

It makes it really difficult to masturbate.

 

[Mookie]

Spouses who bring full water bottles through security, necessitating a complete bag search, which makes one late for boarding, which leads to no room in overhead bin above seats, which leads to overhead bin Tetris, which culminates in frustrated stewardess and a checked bag, which leads spouse to ask "Why are you so mad?"

 

[mquinnjr]

1) Kids in the row ahead of you that turn around in their seat and stare at you over the seat back.

It makes it really difficult to masturbate.

"Thanks alot, Bin Laden"

 

[Da Guru]

Fat people.

Was flying out of Orlando by myself last year. I usually try to get an aisle seat but booked late and was near the rear on a window. As the plane was filling there were not many seats open other than the 2 next to me. I see these two short squatty 300lbers a man and a woman lumbering toward the back with bags of fast food and am thinking "Please no" Of course the man plops in the middle seat right next to me and the woman takes the aisle. As we are waiting the man and wife both pull out a Double Whopper, fries and giant Cokes. Slopping it down and already are invading my space so I had to pull back more against the window. Both are sweating like they are in a sauna.

I am 6-1 210 so already feel cramped before they sat down, when I looked at them halfway into my seat area and blocking everything I felt I had no escape route and almost had a panic attack before takeoff.

I kindly asked if they would like the window seat and was rebuffed right away. It was the worst flight of my life and took everything I had to keep myself composed

Thats horrific. How long was the flight?

2 1/2 hours of hell.

I was expecting worse. I am the same size as you and I can imagine the discomfort

Obese people should be banned from being around other humans until they lose weight

It is not only that they were both obese, it is that they could care less about anybody else, Slurping their food, invading my space,as soon as the Whoppers were done they scarfed down the packets of nuts and the free coke, #####ing about how small the nut package was. Then acting miffed because I got up twice during the flight to get away from their fat asses. Just your basic human pigs.

 

[TheIronSheik]

Leg room is too precious to put anything under your seat.

...So is it worth not bringing so much crap with you? That's the question people need to be forced to ask themselves.

It's worth not bringing much on the plane with me but I don't see how that reduces the amount of stuff I travel with overall.

I could give 2 ####s how much stuff people travel with overall...what I hate is that in an effort to save money by not checking bags, people make already cramped quarters even more cramped, and inconsiderately take more than their share of overhead bin space. Ultimately, it's the airline's fault for all these BS baggage "fees," but the result is, for me, what has made flying so horrible.

Oh, you want to PICK your seats so you can sit next to your wife? Sure, for $35 extra. Want to take a bag? That's $25. Would you like a snack? $13. Did we mention that you can board early, watch new release movies, AND surf the web? ...For $25, $15, and $13 respectively!

I'd much rather flying just go back to how it was before, when a ticket cost more, but included all the amenities.

The thing is, tickets cost more now.

 

[mquinnjr]

Leg room is too precious to put anything under your seat.

...So is it worth not bringing so much crap with you? That's the question people need to be forced to ask themselves.

It's worth not bringing much on the plane with me but I don't see how that reduces the amount of stuff I travel with overall.

I could give 2 ####s how much stuff people travel with overall...what I hate is that in an effort to save money by not checking bags, people make already cramped quarters even more cramped, and inconsiderately take more than their share of overhead bin space. Ultimately, it's the airline's fault for all these BS baggage "fees," but the result is, for me, what has made flying so horrible.

Oh, you want to PICK your seats so you can sit next to your wife? Sure, for $35 extra. Want to take a bag? That's $25. Would you like a snack? $13. Did we mention that you can board early, watch new release movies, AND surf the web? ...For $25, $15, and $13 respectively!

I'd much rather flying just go back to how it was before, when a ticket cost more, but included all the amenities.

The thing is, tickets cost more now.

It's all a ruse. We've been had, we as customers are just left to accept it or drive.