Flight attendents or passengers who slam my shoulder when walking down the aisle (I am 6' 205lbs)and can walk down aisle without slamming into people and I expect the same,if you have ever been given an "accidental "elbow into the side of your leg in return it may have come from me "so sorry",flight attendants who use the P/A to often on International flts,and the passengers get to here what they say again in a foreign language,Flight crews who turn up cabin lights 2 hrs before landing on an overnight flt.,it only takes a person a few minutes to get ready for arrival,blocking entry to aircraft by passengers who are sitting in the back .they seem to form an obstacle course to those trying to board,many times staff adds to this by calling boarding number to quickly and not allowing previously called number to even get in line

Can't stand pax who preboard under the premise of needing extra time/assistance but upon landing they're usually right there disembarking along with everyone else (sometimes keeping up with the line and sometimes holding it up). What gives?

Is there anyone who can honestly say that they haven't done one of these things listing above?? :D

To which I would add:

Anyone who reclines his/her seat in front of me. Almost always it is a short person. Seat recline should be disabled for everyone under 6 feet.

My biggest pet peeve?....
 

Two words:

NAIL POLISH
:mad: :mad: :mad:

Agreed. The smell makes me feel like I'm going to pass out and vomit simultaneously (the classic rock star death), and gives me a splitting headache. Whenever I encounter a nail polisher on board, I explain, nicely, about the recirculated air issues and ask her to put it away. I've always been thanked for the explanation--these women had no idea it would bother anyone.

On a long haul ICN-ATL flight, the guy next to had an nagging cough. Every couple of minutes, he would *hack*hack*. There wasn't really much I could do, as the flight was full. When we approached American territory, he discreetly turned on his cell phone several times, and when he got a good signal, he checked his voice mail. Beh.

FA's chewing gum while serving meals. :td:

People on vacation apparently unaware that the entire rest of the world is not also on vacation (usu. can be identified in the terminal/jetway as the slow-walking gawkers-- or I suppose the slow gawking walkers).

Pax who take forever to get their bag out of the overhead bin, and don't care to get out of the way. It shouldn't take 20 minutes to get off the plane even in deepest Y (fortunately haven't been in a back row in about 3 years).

Aisle pax who dash aboard and "settle in," then roll their eyes when window pax (i.e. self) need to get in. Would be one thing if I show up at the last minute, but ordinarily I'll also be in Group 1 and at most two or three minutes behind said pax.

Otherwise it's pretty hard to offend me as I'll probably be asleep before takeoff.

Shocking...

All of my pet peeves were touched on at least once, by someone.

But top 2 contenders:
#1) ill-behaved children
#2) people who use the seatback of person in front of them to get up/sit down.

...and how about the lonely pilot who feels the need to get on the p.a. and talk to everyone every freakin' 10 minutes? Hey pal, just fly the damn plane, would ya? I don't give a crap that I can see the World's largest ball of twine out the port windows. I just wanna take a nap!

Well done everyone. I guess my biggest peeve is those who insist on ROLLING their bag down the aisle and getting angry when it gets stuck on the aisle armrests. Come on, pick up the bag.....please.

1. When people rush to get on to the plane (its not like they will leave you behind)
2. When people are in a rush to get off the plane (just relax, no point pushing and shoving)
3. People looking at me funny (no i am not a friend of Bin Laden's)
4. Falling asleep as soon as i get on the flight when travelling in C (want to get my value for money :) )

As a germophobe, I'd like to add this last parting peeve.

When the FA's bring me a cup by holding it by the rim after collecting cups from others in the same fashion. :eek: Whatever happened to proper serving techniques?

"SkyTeam - "The whatever's leftover Alliance" "

Good one :)

Just remembered when I was in Lyon recently I spoke with a flight attendant about personal appearance and behavior on the part of FAs. She said she thought the general attitude of FAs toward proper grooming and appearance had gone down of late, and that more was permitted, such as chewing gum onboard. Especially American airlines, but not so much the Asian carriers of course.

It's not a pet peave of mine if a male FA has a goatee or a female FA wants to wear her hair a certain way, or whether FAs in general properly clean and button their uniforms, but thought I would mention...

Two peeves:

#1 People who recline their seats into my knees immediately on take off, no matter how short the flight. Come on, people, it is a 45 minute flight - can we possibly stay upright for a few minutes? If not, accept my apology in advance when my Chicago Tribune continues to flap over (accidently) on the top of your bald scalp...

#2 People who use my seat back as a lever to help hoist themselves out of their seats. When I have one of these people behind me, I accidently keep my recline button depressed when I hear them rustling to get up for the third or fourth time to use the lav.