24left

To answer the question about why people have coats in the airport and don't pack them in their carry-on etc....

Answer: they don't think about these things. Either they don't fly enough to know how to pack, how to airport and how to load an OH bin so that we can all be happy campers and have some space, even if limited, or they don't care.

I would never put a coat or jacket in checked bag. Like others, I put on my seat or I put it in my carry-on which I did on this trip. I saw others who had theirs on their seat. Figuring this out should not require a post-graduate degree.

Also in the OH IFE show are still those people who, as mentioned above, manage to board with bags that are too big for the bins, which in turn, slows down boarding as they and sometimes a FA play the game of how to fit the bag in the bin.

Not sure what to do with those who are not clueless, but selfish.

RZR

I always wear my coat in the airport.
By doing so I am neither right or wrong ..... as some people think one is correct and the other is not.

nolens volans

I don't understand why one would put one's coat in an overhead bin, when surely one can simply instruct the crew to hang it neatly in the closet where it won't get crushed.

24left

It isn't about the coat at the airport, it is about how people are stuffing their heavy coats into bins when they can either put them on their seat, put them in their carry-on or in a bag on the floor.


Ah, because closets have been removed on many aircraft to make way for more seats. I seen light overcoats hanging in the front closet in J, but no closets in Y that I can recall and that's where the big space problem is now, especially in winter.

vernonc

Seems silly that passengers wear their winter coats/jackets onto the plane and then try and take it off at the seat like trying to get out of a strait jacket. Take off your coats so you dont hold up boarding by clogging the aisle. Maybe the GA should make that announcement. And also for the 737Max that bags fit vertically.
And maybe time your washroom visit just before you board the plane so you dont have to swim upstream when boarding is in process.
On a recent flight my seatmate did all of the above. Sat down in the middle seat after stowing his bag sideways. Then got up and in the asile to take off his jacket and stow it overhead. Sat back down and then got up to go to the washroom in the rear.

mapleg

Depends on the coat and where you are going. If I am Flying YEG to YWG in winter, darn right I am bringing my coat on board and there's no way that coat fits in my small carry on.

In J, there are closets to hang coat.

WaytoomuchEurope

I trust you did the reasonable thing and punched this person directly in the mouth.

musicmtl

This is something that really bugs me. Some people just don't think.

musicmtl

Not everyone flies J.

RangerNS

2F and 3C boarded early, and laid claim to 3D/3F without request or apology.

james dean

Was one of those your seat?
I've had this happen on UA where they board GS before everybody, they were seated in my seat..but at least they were quite nice to me about it and I was fine to change to another seat so the two could sit together.

RangerNS

It's why I know and care.

A couple wanting to sit together is understandable. Which is why they have assigned seats.

What is strange is they *both* changed seats in a 2x2. Totally indifferent to seat assignments. This triggered a cascade.

FA now has half the cabin in different places.

​​​​​​heading to a stormy yhz in a 320, Im feeling fortunate I have extensive dental records.

Badenoch

Yes, I would prefer the extra legroom, earlier boarding and faster deplaning. The whines of the entitled and self-centered who are in a snit about not having an empty seat beside them are of little interest and absolutely no consequence.

RZR

OF course.... Imagine the nerve of someone getting up to go to the restroom..

Yhztraveller

Not stormy here in YHZ, should be smooth sailing....