Yup.

I'm not sure I get this one. If they've been upgraded, doesn't that mean, by definition, it is their right to be up front? I get to F by a variety of means -- sometimes I'll buy an F ticket (or simply pay the difference between my employer-provided coach fare and an F fare), sometimes I'll get a "Y-UP" fare, sometimes I'll buy upgrade certificates, sometimes I'll use upgrade certificates that I've earned, and on some of my carriers, I'll just get an upgrade by virtue of my elite status. To me, all these vehicles for getting into the F cabin endow me with equal rights to be there. The only difference is that, with a fully-paid F ticket, I would expect to be the last to be disaccomodated if there is an equipment change, a FAM needs the seat, etc.

Since JS has posted to this thread, I don't want to disappoint him. ;) Yes, yes, a thousand times yes!

People that bring their kids (under two years old) on the flight and are:

To cheap to buy the kid his/her own seat

Do not have enough parenting skills to keep the kid(s) under control

My biggest pet peeve, loud mouthed FA's, who disappear into the galley after service and chatter away like there's no tomorrow.

I see what you are saying...all I meant was that the middle person should get the option to at least put their arm somewhere on the armrest, rather than the aisle and window occupant claiming the whole thing, which has happened. I guess this boils down to no matter where you are, you should always leave either the front or back of the armrest for the person next to you, regardless of middle, aisle, window.

Isn't sharing a wonderful thing? :D

Pax coming up to F from coach to chat with a fellow traveler. I don't mean a 30 second "I forgot to tell you", I mean a 5 or 10 minute conversation, gawking about how great first is yada yada. The whole time their butt is in the face of the unsuspecting aisle pax in first (usually me).

If you have important business to discuss, get up, stay out of the way of the FA's or sit together in the first place. Or maybe it could wait??

Yes Sharing is wonderful when you have more than what you need. :p

Can't we all just get along?
 

Apparently so! :p

- Pax who pack everything they ever owned in their carry-on and occupy the entire overhead bin and wonder why other pax are looking for space to store their reasonably-sized baggage.

- Airlines that do not enforce carry-on limits, or at least keep it reasonable.

- Obnoxious pax that believe they are God's gift to Earth. Nuff said.

- Drunk pax. FAs that continue to serve drunk pax.

- Pax who want to tell you about their deepest feelings after you have put on a movie, plugged in your iPod earphones, are calmly eating and made it abundantly clear you are not in a talking mood (but am not averse to conversations). Thank God for privacy screens/dividers.

- Super sensitive and temperamental earphone jacks.

- Champagne and kirs without bubbles.

- Cell phones tuning up the moment the engines are turned off (or before), and everyone then yapping away on their sets, "YES, THE PLANE LANDED... YES, AN AIRLINE... YES, FAX THE PRESENTATION... SELL, BUY, SELL... I AM SO VERY IMPORTANT... I AM NOW WALKING IN THE TERMINAL... DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? OMG, LIKE, SHE DID WHAT?!?"

- Pax who spill tea in my lap, and then 10 minutes later launch their cocktail tomatoes in my direction.

in my book the middle pax gets the armrests - he is screwed enough as is.

I kind of feel the same way (and I _never_ sit in the middle unless there's absolutely no way to avoid it). I don't, however, believe that gives the middle pax license to bury his elbow deep into my side. I'll cede the armrest,yes, but not any of my seat real estate.

I've encountered people who don't seem to be satisified with the amount of recline they're getting, and repeatedly slam their back into the seat, jarring my laptop or lunchtray.

People who drink too much and breathe all over you, people who smell, people who think that their children's antics are as cute to you as it is to them, people who recline fully 2 minutes after take off, people in window seats who visit the bathroom about 20 times and refuse an offer to change seats !

With all my peeves you'd think I'd explode after every flight.

• People who walk through security with every metal object known to man.
• People who decide to remove their shoes, belt, and laptop just before the detector.
• Idiots who stand in line at the gate counter with their boarding pass just to ask if they need a boarding pass.
• "No speakey english" foreigners in group 5 who rush the gate when F is called, then stand there blocking everyone else after being told that their group wasn't called.
• Parents who board early because of their 9 year old "toddlers". :mad:
• Parents who block the boarding line with their Cadillac sized strollers, car seats, and military sized diaper bags.
• People who put their bags in the F overhead bins even though they're sitting in the deep depths of Y.
• People who put their feet (with or without shoes) on the bulkhead. Especially in F.
• Pax that walk around the plane and into the lav in socks/barefoot. :eek:
• Idiots who use my seat back to get up or sit down.
• Y pax who use the F or J lav.
• The hordes of trained monkeys that flip on their cell phones after landing.
• The "Yes, we just landed" or "Guess what? I'm in First" conversations of almost all cell phone monkeys.
• The know-it-alls who proclaim "This is a 747" to their wife/kids even though they're seated on a 757.
• Parents that don't control their dammed kids. YOU PEOPLE SUCK!
• Parents that change diapers on the seat back tray or on the floor. Trailer trash!
• People who stuff tissues and other trash in the seat back pockets.

So, do you explode after every flight?