1. Sit on the aisle if you get up a lot
You really want to lean against the
window and take a nap during your flight. Too bad! If you get up to
use the bathroom a lot, you can’t sit by the window. You have to forego
the window seat and take the aisle seat so you don’t make two other passengers
get up for you and cram the aisles every half hour.
2. Ask to move someone’s bag
If you know that moving a bag
over into the next compartment would make room for your bag — fine. But before
doing so, ask around to see whose bag it is, and ask if they don’t mind you
moving it. They’ll almost always say that it’s fine but if you don’t ask, they
could have a hard time finding their bag when the plane lands.
3. Stay upright in your seat during mealtime
You know that little no-smoking sign
with the little slash across the cigarette picture? There should be a similar
one with a slash going through someone reclining in their seat, while the
person behind them has their meal tray down!
4. Keep smelly food off the plane
Please, please do not bring tuna or
curry or garlic spaghetti onto an airplane. There is nowhere for that scent to
go until the plane has landed. And there are already passengers struggling with
altitude sickness as it is.
5. Keep your window closed when people are sleeping
It doesn’t matter if the sun is
shining and you want to see the mountains. If you’re taking a long flight where
there is a major time change, and everybody’s internal clock says it’s midnight
— even if you’re flying over a place where it’s 6 a.m., keep your window shut!
6. Give the person in the middle seat both armrests
It’s all they have. Don’t take that
from them.
7. Wear a mask if you’re sick
Many people on that flight with you
are on their way to vacation, and nothing ruins a vacation and wastes the
thousands of dollars spent on it like being sick and bedridden in a hotel room.
So if you’re sick and absolutely have to fly, spare others your virus. Wear a
mask.
8. Sit near your antsy children
If you’re flying with hyperactive
children who you knew like to scream, kick seats, and run around in the aisles,
make sure you’re sitting with or at least near them. Don’t leave the poor
passengers around them to police your kids.
9. Let the rows ahead of you de-board first
How is it possible that some people
on planes think they are the only ones who have somewhere to be? And how can
they think it’s OK to charge past someone in the aisle ahead of them who
was clearlygetting ready to exit their seat?
10. Keep your shoes on
Again, there is nowhere for that
scent to go…and for your own sake, don’t walk around barefoot on airplane
floors that may not have been vacuumed in days.
11. Going
to the bathroom at the right time
If you’re not in the isle seat and
know you have a small bladder, ask the person in the isle seat to let you out
so you can go to the bathroom while they’re awake. Even if you don’t
have to, just in case, so you don’t have to wake them up later.
12. Being
smart about the overhead compartment
If the overhead compartment is
deep—which most are—put your rolling suitcase in there longways (left to
right). When you shove it in there horizontally, you just stole a spot from
somebody else’s bag, and left a useless amount of space in front of yours.
13. Asking
for permission to switch seats
Don’t assume that you can go ahead
and sit in the empty seat that’s not yours next to your travel
companion, just because it’s empty, thinking, “Whomever this seat belongs to
will have no problem letting me stay here.” It really irritates people to find
someone sitting in their seat. Some even get confused, thinking they got
their seat number wrong, when they see you sitting in it!
14. Staying
awake if you want your meal
If you want to get your in flight
meal, then stay awake long enough to get it. Don’t force your row companion to
awkwardly decide whether or not to wake you up when the food cart comes down
the isle. Or worse, don’t go bothering the flight attendants when you wake up
hungry, and they’re on their break.
15. Leaning
on the seat in front of you
As a general rule, find a way to
sleep within the confines of your own seat. Do not lean your head against the
seat in front of you—the person up there can feel the pressure of your head
against their back, and as you adjust during your sleep, you drive them crazy.
16. Socialize
after the flight
It doesn’t matter how giddy you and
your travel buddy, who is sitting 12 rows behind you, are over the trip you’re
about to embark on. Don’t make the person in the isle seat get up a dozen times
so you can go to the back of the plane just to visit your friend. And don’t
make people trying to get to the bathroom maneuver around you as you’re
blocking the isle, socializing.
17. Exit
in an orderly fashion
It doesn’t matter if you have
absolutely zero belongings to gather once the plane touches down. You will wait
for the rows in front of you to get off the plane before you go charging down
the isle. If you wanted to de-board first, you should have thought about that
when you were too lazy to do an early check in and choose your seat.
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