Travel News - Ten Ways to Not Be an Annoying Airline Passenger

Alternate title: "Travel Advice for People Who Have Never Flown Before." (http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2011/10/28/how-not-to-be-annoying-airline-passenger/)

This may be one of the worst "bothersome things about air travel" articles I've ever subjected myself to. At least they had the courtesy to post all the items on a single page.

8. Chill out a sec. When it's time to deplane, do not try and leave before the passengers seated in the row ahead of you. That's how it works. And give them a sec to retrieve their belongings from the overhead bin. This is not a rock concert. Let's make this a trample-free holiday.

I give this article three :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Since it's aimed at holiday travelers, "Travel Advice for People Who Have Never Flown Before." " is exactly the intention. Or at best 1-2x/yr fliers.

I don't have any problem with most of the items. I will admit that someone from a row or two behind be sprinting through the gap and shouldering me aside to gain that extra 8 seconds on the jetway annoys the *@%! out of me.

Would you prefer people hold up the line asking questions, acting like gate lice, elbowing you in your seat, drinking like a fish, shouting to their buddy across the aisle, and generally being rude?

I echo your :(:(:(

It's from Faux News. Nuff said.

LOL! :D

Go easy on the recline button?

I like this one. ^

4. Go easy on the recline button. Sorry, but reclining your wafer-thin seat by a few dinky inches à la Archie Bunker will not make the difference between comfy and not. What it will do is annoy the person seated behind you. Especially if that person is watching the seatback TV screen, trying to use a laptop, or -- worse -- trying to enjoy a snack. Sure, it's your seat, you paid for it, and so on. But so did the guy behind you. If you absolutely won't be happy unless you go whole-hog backward, at least try to wait until the cabin lights have been dimmed for sleepy time.

I think it is a very good article. Only if all the people actually listen to those, airports would be much tolerable.

2. Don't crowd the gate out of turn. If the gate agent is currently only boarding Zone 4 and higher, and your ticket has a little sideways letter M or a tiny seagull on its side, you're in Zone 3. Not higher than 4. So why are you trying to board? We know, it's vacation time, and you're blowing this Popsicle stand. But the plane is not going to leave you or your bulky carry-on behind. The gate agent will call your number soon. In the meantime, let these other folks board and settle in.

Zone 3 is higher than Zone 4, numbnuts.

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LOL! :D

Go easy on the recline button?

haha, why do they have a recline button is you aren't supposed to recline?

I think it is a very good article. Only if all the people actually listen to those, airports would be much tolerable.

Missed quite a few rules.. like pick of nose.. and picking of..

Well Spiff says it best..:cool:

[QUOTE=Spiff;17369053]Zone 3 is higher than Zone 4, numbnuts.

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Are you sure? I think the term "higher" is a problem. I've run into the same problem of interpreting it when discussing process priorities on computer systems. Is the bigger number higher priority, or the lower? The answer in this case is it depends on the system. I remember the time long ago when accounting was complaining bitterly about their jobs taking forever to run, and a coworker told me she upped their priority to 1 to try to set them ahead of everybody. She was embarrassed when I told her that on that particular system, 1 was the lowest priority meaning everybody else got in line ahead of it. :D She should have set it to 8 or 9.

Are you sure? I think the term "higher" is a problem. I've run into the same problem of interpreting it when discussing process priorities on computer systems. Is the bigger number higher priority, or the lower? The answer in this case is it depends on the system. I remember the time long ago when accounting was complaining bitterly about their jobs taking forever to run, and a coworker told me she upped their priority to 1 to try to set them ahead of everybody. She was embarrassed when I told her that on that particular system, 1 was the lowest priority meaning everybody else got in line ahead of it. :D She should have set it to 8 or 9.

"Boarding is done by zones. We will start with Zone 1."

I hear that very often. ;) (and after that I stop listening! :D )

While 11 might be better than 10 for an amplifier, the numerically greater boarding zone number, the later one boards.

On which airline? It's been a while, but I'm pretty sure United board in this order: 4, 3, 2, 1. On the other hand, they did make announcements like this "we are now boarding zones 1 and 2" for those who aren't sure.

Maybe they should assign zones by color or fruit or some other random grouping. That way people have to listen harder. :D

hah. the recliner one is what irks me. i paid for my seat and the functions it entails. the author points out that so did the person behind me- but fails to mention that the person behind me also paid for the seat/space that his seat is built for- i.e. to recline.

On which airline? It's been a while, but I'm pretty sure United board in this order: 4, 3, 2, 1. On the other hand, they did make announcements like this "we are now boarding zones 1 and 2" for those who aren't sure.

Maybe they should assign zones by color or fruit or some other random grouping. That way people have to listen harder. :D

American, Delta, Continental, US Air, and United.

I was recently on a UA flight and was seated in Zone 2. That is, until I swapped out my UA nothing MP# for my Continental Platinum #. Into Zone 1 I went.