crabbing

this hasn't happened to me in a while:

FAs who fill more than 50% of the overhead space in F with their baggage.

ellyse

- no online check-in option

- no separate check-in line for no check-in luggage/priority status

- immigration officers who stamp passports inconsiderately

- all the Chinese pax on flights departing from ICN (and also other airports) who have so much duty-free carry-on bags that you think they were for free and not just duty-free! I have actually been seated once in the last row with tons of these bags stacked on the empty seats around me since they wouldn't fit in the overhead bins and god forbid that they take up the legroom of their owners. Too bad for me if there's an accident and I die from being hit by some random flying bag.

wedgeclose

My biggest pet peeve are the wannabees who think that they can just push that stroller right down to the plane door..then slowly..ever so slowly take the baby and the baby bags and the carry on and the roll a board and the knapsack and the drinks to the aisle of the bulkhead..then take 10 minutes to stow it all in three overhead bins while the rest of us seethe and find their bags over my seat. Oh no we don't...your extra bags are going in your laps thank you

nycityny

LAX has very high car rental airport taxes and surcharges, often negating the dirt cheap rental prices. The city bus costs me $1.75 to get from LAX to my second home in LA. I already have my own car at the home so have no need for a rental car while I'm in LA.

Yesterday I left the home at 9:30am and after two city buses and the Lot C shuttle I was at Terminal 7 by around 11:15am. Friends think I'm crazy to do it that way but it was only $1.75 and I have the time to do it. It's still stressful, however, as anything can go wrong. But with Uber as an option at any point some of the stress has been reduced. I've used Uber twice when connections did not work as planned.

pc95

I didn't read through them all, but here are couple more (including during and post flight) some of which I'm sure are already listed.:

1. Passengers who are vapidly clueless blocking the aisles for a whole minute or 2 when trying to stow carry-ons - often in upper class seating and sometimes in economy.

2. Airline attendants who block the door to give useless PA announcements or chit chat with the ramp agent for the first minute or so instead of quickly allowing riders to deplane immediately.

3. Pilots who allow turbulence to go on and on and on without changing flight characteristics.

4. Overbearing flight attendants who get off on nagging you.

5. Riders who bring oversize carry-ons and then damage the compartment trying to make their luggage fit.

6. Parents who do absolutely nothing about unruly children or screaming babies.

7. Demented or disgusting passengers who do not clean up after themselves in the lavatories

8.Passengers who drag their carryon down the aisle banging into everything and sloth-like.

LarryJ

Nope. Not yet. There have been some field tests of technology to scan shoes while they are still being worn but nothing reliable has been put into service.

The metal detectors are the same but the location in which they are installed is not. Different materials in the floor, such as the rebar in the concrete, change the environment such that an indentical machine with identical calibration will perform differently.

We are always looking for a smoother ride. Often time there isn't a better ride at other altitudes or we can't get the smoother altitudes because we're too heavy to climb to them, other traffic is already there, or we don't have enough fuel to fly at a low enough altitude get the smoother ride.

spiah

Mine has always been passengers who spread out over the benches at the gates, either sleeping or spreading out their belongings. I get it, you're tired, your flight got delayed, or you're jet lagged. If you're going to sleep, at least do it somewhere isolated instead of across the only bench with power plugs underneath.

jeffjohnvol

Yeah. Saw this 2 months ago. A guy sat next to her and was a "loud phone talker" using his headset. They both got pretty upset at each other. It was interesting to watch.

jspira

Good one! We didn't think of it while preparing the poll but making a note for next year's!

Canarsie

The results have been posted for this survey; and it also contains an interesting infographic.

Green Dragon

1. TSA, of course. While the majority of my experiences with them have been fine, the few that were rude/unreasonable stand out, and their whole existence is silly. Flying shouldn't require 3 hours in addition to the flight time.

2. Inconsiderate/Clueless people in general. Stopping at the top/bottom of an escalator, blocking the full moving walkway with your bags, wandering around on your cell phone. Pay attention to the world around you. We're all crowded here, and a little consideration makes it all better. This includes gate lice, people who need to shower more, people who need to dial down the bathtub of scent they are dipped in, etc.

3. I get that babies cry, especially those too young to understand the delays/noise/inconveniences. What annoys me are the parents that completely ignore them in a crowded area. For hours. Seriously. At least comfort the poor child. If I see you trying, I'm much less peeved.

4. The byzantine algorithms that has made it necessary for me (OCD that I am on some things) to check the airfare every day to find the best flight for my needs/budget. I still check it after I've bought the bloody flight, to see if I could have done better.

5. Luggage allowances. That people ignore them. That airlines don't enforce them. That every bloody airline has different ones. That they have weight allowances on carryons (if I can lift it overhead, I should be good. We're talking transatlantic jets, here, not puddle-jumpers!) Can we just have one system and done?

St Francis

Just walk into them, taking care not to hurt yourself. Then apologise in an insincere way.

Makes me feel better, anyway.

lhrsfo

I have often ended up walking into them as there's nowhere else to go. They get the message soon enough. And, I wouldn't apologise but point out that they have blocked the exit to the escalator or travelator.