Well, I have caught myself doing this especially on long domestic flights. I do promptly bring them down.

It is both rude and impolite do so such a thing. Especially in the Thai culture (mine).

I'm Guilty...
 

Just happened upon this thread. I have to admit that I too have put my feet on the bulkhead wall. I've done this with my shoes on and with them off. After reading the reactions and admonitions herein, I will try very hard to resist the urge to do so in the future. It is rude and uncouth to do so. I offer my apologies to all those with whom I might have flown and unwittingly offended.

As UA inflight crew I have a couple views on this:

If the section where one's feet are planted is carpeted....no problem.

If the persons feet are in shoes, and on an uncarpeted section,....I find it rude and I have absolutely no problem in telling the customer to lower thier feet, or at least take off shoes.

You would understand my frustration, when customers point out the tatty look of our aircraft, and heel marks on the bulkhead wall. This area of the cabin is a pretty major focus area. If someone has on socking feet, I just let it pass.

Some of our newer A320/19's look pretty good, and I want them to stay that way.
.............gotta problem with that?!

:)

But why is it rude, exactly? Additionally, you point out another factor... what may be "rude" to one PAX may not be to another, so what gives anyone the right to judge things that aren't on the fringes of society? It may be rude to you, but does it ever occur to you that it's because you're Thai? E.g., is it rude to touch someone else's carryon to move it and make more room? Who's to judge?

Well, I don't fly in bulkhead seats very often (because having that wall right in front of me makes me claustrophobic) but the last time, I had a note from my doctor giving me permission to put my feet up. :) I had just had one knee rebuilt and needed to keep it elevated as much as possible on a transcon.

Seriously, tho, because I don't know why someone else has put their feet up, I don't rush to judge them. Maybe they have a valid medical reason to elevate their feet, like I did. Maybe they are just more comfortable. It isn't worth making a fuss about.

I think it's tacky.

It may be comfortable, but that doesn't mean it's in good taste. It would be comfortable to show up at the office wearing boxer shorts and a t-shirt, but that's not a good idea either.

As for the "I have to do it because the bulkhead is there" comments (not members with a legit medical reason, of course) - what do you do when you're in the other 99% of seats that doesn't have a bulkhead?

Seatback, of course. The back of the armrests are the best place to grab with my toes....

Do they really have these signs, I have never seen one.

I think he means the signs that say not to sit on the doors (specifically the bulges that contain the slides). They all have little no-sit icons on them.

I fly 5 days a week, 2 to 4 flights a day. Almost exclusively in first class. I have seen just about everything there is to see, (I think. I am shocked almost every day)!!

One of the biggest issues I have with people putting their feet on the bulk head has to do with the bathroom. For the most part, people in first class seem to take their shoes off. At one point or another I'd say half of them go the the bathroom. Of those half, more than half do NOT put their shoes on to go to the bathroom. Now they are standing in someone else's body fluids. They come back out and put their feet on the bulk head. It is a never ending circle. Once you put your feet on the bulk head you are now carrying around someone else's body fluids to.

I'm not a clean freak or get freaked out by things. I just choose not to let some one pee on me.

Sooo, from my perspective, it is wrong to put your feet on the bulkhead if for no other reason then the cleanliness of the matter.

Also, I do not do it at home, so I will not do it in a plane.....

Now that is a disgusting thought. I can't imagine someone who does not put their shoes back on to go to the bathroom.

Of course, wearing shoes does nothing to stop the tracking of bodilly fluids out of the lavatory. They still end up on the carpet all over the aircraft. I just try not to think about it. :)

I've been guilty once, though the bulkhead seat I was in meant I had less legroom. I did temporarily trap the old folks in the middle and aisle seat....sorry!

That is really vile -- one of the most corroded parts of an airplane is the area under lavatories because of everything that runs down there. Can't imagine going to the lav without shoes on...

Must be an Air Marshal. :cool: