My trivial gripe. What's yours?
May 8, 2018, 7:47 pm
#121
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Plus there's the whole rest of the flight when you aren't eating
May 8, 2018, 9:05 pm
#122
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Oh wait, you're saying that the flip up is offset, not that it should be literally in the center of the tray. I thought you meant it should literally be in the center, in which case you couldn't have a meal tray + phone holder thing at the same time. Gotcha.
May 8, 2018, 9:13 pm
#123
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I meant it should be centered left-to-right (while still being at the far edge of the tray table)
May 10, 2018, 5:17 am
#124
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I was going to mention the numerous times I have been hit by backpacks by people who seem completely oblivious to the fact
that they now have something that extends ~10 inches further out from their back.....whilst they make a sudden turn.
I am tempted to make this my signature on FT: "Backpacks are for hiking, not flying!"
On reflection....this isn't so trivial to me after all...
May 10, 2018, 6:14 am
#125
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o_O Did I miss something? Why would/should roll-aboards be banned? From off the top of my head, I can't think of a single airline that does this? Should UA lead the way?
May 10, 2018, 8:13 am
#126
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I was going to mention the numerous times I have been hit by backpacks by people who seem completely oblivious to the fact
that they now have something that extends ~10 inches further out from their back.....whilst they make a sudden turn.
I am tempted to make this my signature on FT: "Backpacks are for hiking, not flying!"
On reflection....this isn't so trivial to me after all...
that they now have something that extends ~10 inches further out from their back.....whilst they make a sudden turn.
I am tempted to make this my signature on FT: "Backpacks are for hiking, not flying!"
On reflection....this isn't so trivial to me after all...
May 10, 2018, 10:01 am
#127
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Backpacks are only really a problem for people who don't wear them very often. I wear a backpack all the time and I'm used to maneuvering it without assaulting people or knocking into anything.
I also have an issue with anyone who packs a bag so heavy they can't safely get it up or down from the overhead themselves. I've had people drop these things on my head a couple of times, and they don't even apologize.
May 10, 2018, 7:47 pm
#129
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And I don't suffer people who attempt to take bags out of the overhead and shift them to other overheads in order to accommodate theirs.
May 29, 2018, 5:15 pm
#131
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Lack of movie choices. I have seen/watched most of the newly released movies. United needs to update more frequently.
May 29, 2018, 5:24 pm
#132
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Or at least have complete series to binge watch instead of just a few episodes... that would hold me over for a few flights.
May 29, 2018, 10:50 pm
#133
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Every time we cross 10k feet and there’s the double chime, the flight attendant says the seatbelt sign is still on. Every. Single. Time. Don’t know why we can’t be trusted to just look at the sign.
May 29, 2018, 10:56 pm
#134
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May 30, 2018, 3:17 pm
#135
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I think this gripe deserves its own thread, but oh well. So i'm sitting here are Elway's in DEN headed to EWR. Of course there is already and air traffic control delay. Why can't the app tell me when the new expected boarding time is? I mean I really do not want to leave the bar, but I know my timing. It would just be so much easier if UAL could delay a flight and also tell us when the new boarding time would be.