Originally Posted by
MSP-MN
If he must do it on an airplane, make sure he springs for first class and, if possible, select some seats that would give them the most privacy. As others have said, please strongly discourage him from trying to do it on the PA. It's extremely tacky, annoying to other passengers (whom may be sleeping) and could be very uncomfortable for his girlfriend.
This. I have nothing against a quiet, private proposal in F, but doing it over the PA and involving 200 strangers puts terrible, nasty pressure on the woman by turning a moment of (hopefully) personal joy into a garish public spectacle -- doubly awful if she has doubts. Not considerate, not funny.