How about packing a suitcase, or two, with the flowers and maybe a bottle of chilled champagne with a pair of glasses? Deboard, open, voila!

Say you can explain what is happening in 10 seconds?? and say you can cover two people at one time. So an average of 5 seconds per person.

5 seconds * 150 people, 750 seconds -- those in the back of the bus will be delayed over 12 minutes

And many of the those agreeing to take the flowers will want a brief chat with your future fiance -- blocking exit flow even more.

This seems like the potential for over 15-20 minute delay on emptying the plane and delaying the crew

And the OHB storage -- forcing a few to check their bags

This seems like a major inconvenience for the other passengers. Some will be game and others will have no choice.

I think this is a terrible idea. Not only the whole flowers fiasco but a public proposal in an airport??? This is not at all romantic and seems to be more for you than for her.
Sorry, but you asked.

Look if it must be in an airport and if United are up for it, consider something more along the lines of this one jetstar pulled off:


bringing members of the public into it is a recipe for disaster as others have said

(ETA apparently my jetstar link doesn’t work but essentially she was taken into the cockpit for a tour afterwards and they had arranged staff outside the window holding signs that said “will you marry me”)

Don’t do it this way. 90% of the passengers will be peeved and there is a lot of logistical unknowns.

I tend to concur with the other folks that a more private venue is ideal, but if you have your heart set on this and she’s expressed a desire for a public proposal, do what makes you happy!

But.

My very, very strong advice no matter what is to have a plan for afterwards. The moment itself is seconds and is over in a heartbeat, and may or may not go exactly as planned. (In my business, we often host proposals, and they go sideways all the time, usually because the subject of the proposal figures out what’s coming and the timeline has to be sped up.).

While you spend most of your time thinking about the gate, most of your memories will be from the hours afterwards, when you can spend happy time together basking in the glow of being newly engaged and the romance of committing to spend the rest of your life as a couple.

If it were me, I’d be at the gate with roses and ring, and I’d keep it pretty simple there - other than letting the GA know, I’d probably not involve the rest of the public or do some over the top display. Then, I’d have the entire rest of the evening choreographed. Limo waiting at arrivals. Champagne in an upgraded hotel room. Dinner reservations for somewhere on the beach afterwards. One of her favorite dresses packed in case she wasn’t planning for a formal meal. You get the idea.

Those details will be what she - and you - remember. The actual moment of the proposal at the gate will be fun, but it’s over fast; focus on giving her a whole evening to remember with lots of privacy and space for conversation afterwards.

In your current plan, this whole thing goes down at midnight. Are you sure that’s a good idea? Wouldn’t it be better to choose an opportunity that lets you enjoy each other’s company for a while afterwards?

(It also goes without saying that no proposal should ever occur without the answer already being known, but you’ve alluded to that being the case in your initial post, so I won’t belabor that point. Other than by writing this paragraph...)

I have no advice to offer, just best wishes and good luck. I hope your girlfriend doesn’t read Flyertalk!

I love that you’re putting so much thought into your proposal, but I do fall into the camp of “maybe do something else.” Unless she is a huge AvGeek then this is a touch cringy. That being said, you know your GF better than anyone, so do whatever you know she would love. Best of luck to you!

ps, I do have to ask, you’re not the FLAIRPORT snow globe guy from A.net from years ago are you??

Giving someone a single rose reminds me of the Bachelor/Bachelorette reality TV shows about people wanting to meet someone to marry amd be selected from among a large number of such. It could also have connotations of some wierd pseudo-religious cult.

I'd be extremely annoyed if someone tried to do this on a flight I was taking. That many roses in a confined space with recirculating air would be unbearable and remind me of funerals.