What do you expect the FA to do? As far as I know, there is no rule about gross behavior on the plane--they certainly don't teach us anything like that in our training.

I have people that feel like an airplane is THE place to clip their toenails--and the clippings end up all over the floor. How is that any different to the guy who throws his newspapers all over the floor around him? For Mr. Toenail Clipper (and it is ALWAYS a man) I usually bring back a plastic cup and ask if he can catch his clippings--but they never do. (It is my attempt to point out how disgusting the behavior is.)

(I used to tell myself that people with these poor behaviors were raised by wolves--until I realized how insulting that is to wolves.... )

So, for Mr. Feet-On-The-Bulkhead, what do I say to him? (or her?) "Please take your feet down?" Would that question apply to the people who have their feet up against the bulkhead only a couple of inches--or just the ones with nasty feet and feta-toes? (gross!) Say I ask him to remove his feet, and he refuses--do I escalate it to the Captain? Do we have the guy arrested when he still refuses? (failue to follow a crewmembers instructions)

Can you imagine the thread here on flyertalk once the media publishes the story about the FA who had the man arrested for having his feet on the bulkhead?