Commercial flight pet peeves

[eball]

— people sitting in window seats who refuse to raise the blinds for takeoff and landing 🤬

[Augie]

Do NOT take your shoes off. There is no excuse for that. 

 

Oh, and if you want to recline your seat into my knees, my knees will let you know how they feel about that. 

[f0neguy]

My arm rest stays down.  No I’m not sorry 😢.

[qwksilver]

People (that are not blind or do not have legitimate needs) that bring "service" animals on the plane....

Edited July 25 by qwksilver

[Fleezoid]

Pretty much the entire process. 

 

However, here's a couple of standouts:

 

Leg room 

Chatty neighbors

People that refuse the check oversized carry-ons and spend10 minutes trying to jam them into the overhead bin, only to have a flight attendant politely offer the check bag.......likely for free. 

 

I don't travel as much as I used to partly due to the fact that it has become a day of hell. 

[US Egg]

As Andy Williams sang “Where do I begin?”…..

 

 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

1 hour ago, eball said:

— people sitting in window seats who refuse to raise the blinds for takeoff and landing 🤬

Maybe they have reasons...

[Gugny]

1 hour ago, eball said:

— people sitting in window seats who refuse to raise the blinds for takeoff and landing 🤬

People sitting in window seats who refuse to shut the blinds after takeoff. 

[SinceThe70s]

The Southwest Airlines miracle flights. Half the passengers need wheelchairs when they board but are miraculously cured upon arrival and no longer need wheelchairs.

[teef]

i don't like it if one of the poors touches me.

[\GoBillsInDallas/]

 

[Whites Bay]

DBs who put their overhead baggage above the bulkhead row and then head 10-12 rows back to their seat.

[frostbitmic]

15 minutes ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said:

 

When they hit turbulence he may just end up in your lap or on top of your head.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

44 minutes ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said:

 

"Hey, pieface!  Flying Tigers is across the tarmac, next to Prior Aviation!"

[Philly McButterpants]

1 hour ago, Fleezoid said:

 

People that refuse the check oversized carry-ons and spend10 minutes trying to jam them into the overhead bin, only to have a flight attendant politely offer the check bag.......likely for free. 

 

No, they ask me to remove my backpack from the overhead and stick it under my feet for the flight 😡

[Teddy KGB]

We’ve lost the hot flight attendants 

 

who are all these old dudes ? 

 

 

[Fleezoid]

2 minutes ago, Philly McButterpants said:

No, they ask me to remove my backpack from the overhead and stick it under my feet for the flight 😡

 

That's partly my point. Backpacks are not normally oversized. They do that to accommodate the larger bags. Why should I have to put my smaller bag under the seat when I really need that space for the legroom.

[dpberr]

Irrational as it is, my biggest pet peeve (and fear) about commercial flight is the *super* young flight crews.

 

I was on a Delta flight recently and both Captain and FO looked barely drinking age and it made me uneasy.  The weirder thing was the flight attendants were both older women who could be their mothers.  

 

I think all airline pilots should look like 70s Efrem Zimbalist Jr. or Sally Ride.

 

 

[GoBills808]

the whole thing

 

flying is the absolute worst unless you can swing first class

[Irv]

Can't stand the following:  

 

1. DB's not waiting their turn to de-plane.
2. DB's who lean their seat back.
3. DB's who don't sit in their assigned seat.
4. DB's who put their bags over someone else's seat.
5. DB's who can't seem to hit the toilet with anything.
6. DB's who don't turn down the sound on their devices.
7. DB's who rush the counter while boarding even though they are in group 6.  
8. DB's who walk right down the middle of the hallways in the airport.
9. DB's who get a wheelchair and obviously don't need it.  
10. DB's who take up two stools at the bar when it is crowded.