Most annoying habits of passengers?

L1011

It is doable but nobody does it. Ditto the 737. Both could even be bought with 3+2 economy from factory originally.

Wanderer2010

I would imagine that most airlines are going to have to widen the seats at some point to deal with the obesity epidemic, very few planes are 100% filled with slim or non-overweight passengers, theres always at least a few on every flight and so far the airlines are still existing as if nobody is overweight.

Gwen Cooper

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

I would imagine that most airlines are going to have to widen the seats at some point to deal with the obesity epidemic, very few planes are 100% filled with slim or non-overweight passengers, theres always at least a few on every flight and so far the airlines are still existing as if nobody is overweight.

I'd say there's long way to go before that happens. Right now they're offering seat-belt extensions and a possibility of buying an additional seat. While not comfortable for the passenger, it's an inexpensive solution for the airline.

mfceiling

To be fair to the poster who moved the bag, the one in row 10 putting her bag at the door of the plane was a dick. No way did she walk to row 10 and see it was full and then push her way back to the top of the plane to put her bag in the locker.
It was pure laziness and sure it'll make it handier for me getting off. Fcuk right off and put it closer to your seat.
I can never understand people bringing all their worldly possessions on holidays with them. Sure everything you could possibly need will be there. Do you need 12 dresses? 7 pairs of jeans? 15 tops?
I'll go to france for 2 weeks in the summer and all will be in a small cabin bag. I can buy toothpaste, shower gel etc there. The house we've rented has a washing machine - mind you I'm past the age of worrying if I wear the same clothes out 2 nights in a row.

Spanish Eyes

Staycations or luxury cruises/ferries are looking good now!

Rechuchote

Bob24 wrote: »

No way this is just going to be a 15 euros extra.

On some Ryanair flights €15 extra would double the cost of the seat :cool:

Bandana boy

If you buy two seats for yourself due to obesity on Ryan air will they charge you extra to put them beside each other !

Bob24

Rechuchote wrote: »

On some Ryanair flights €15 extra would double the cost of the seat :cool:

To the passenger sure :-) (but not that often).

Having said that I was talking cost per seat to the airline if you reduce the maximum number of seats on the plane.

trellheim

To be fair to the poster who moved the bag, the one in row 10 putting her bag at the door of the plane was a dick. No way did she walk to row 10 and see it was full and then push her way back to the top of the plane to put her bag in the locker.
It was pure laziness and sure it'll make it handier for me getting off. Fcuk right off and put it closer to your seat.
I can never understand people bringing all their worldly possessions on holidays with them. Sure everything you could possibly need will be there. Do you need 12 dresses? 7 pairs of jeans? 15 tops?
I'll go to france for 2 weeks in the summer and all will be in a small cabin bag. I can buy toothpaste, shower gel etc there. The house we've rented has a washing machine - mind you I'm past the age of worrying if I wear the same clothes out 2 nights in a row.

I'm sorry I don't see it that way - yes its a rant thread and if thats annoying to you fair enough but its just a shelf for bags if its still on the floor when the door closes the staff will find somewhere to put it in my experience . I always try to be first on or up the front so I can put a bag up there but if I'm last on any space is good because its likely there'll be none when I get to 29c or whatever. Just my own opinion.

Tenger

I’ll delete your attempt to appear as a cool rebellious type.

Annoying passengers we don’t mind in this thread, but idiotic ones we do.

Maybe try the kids in another forum

nuac

( Regarding the poster boasting of smoking in the toilet)

If the plane has to make an emergency landing because of a suspected fire you may be getting a big bill rather than dirty looks

StupidLikeAFox

Just a joke lads, no offence intended

soups05

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

Just a joke lads, no offence intended

Dammit, for a min i thought i was off the hook as the biggest asshole on this thread. :P

in all seriousness tho lads, thank you all for the comments, I genuinely never looked at it that way and you can consider me suitable chastened. I shall never repeat that action in future and I am grateful for the correction.

_Dara_

plodder wrote: »

That's unimaginable cruelty. If there's a god, he'll certainly pay for that.

On the other side, my wife was delayed around 5 hours returning (FR) from Berlin (SXF) to Dub last Friday. The terminal was struck by lightning, flooded and had to close for a few hours. There is probably no worse place than SXF to be stuck in, but she got chatting to a Dutch woman whose flight was cancelled and who ended up being offered a lift by car to Amsterdam. Before she left, she offered my wife the use of her apartment in Berlin if her flight was cancelled too - someone she had only just met a few hours earlier.

I flew from Schoenefeld last week. I was shocked at how bad that airport is. I have never had to struggle to find somewhere to sit in an airport before. Never again.

munchkin_utd

_Dara_ wrote: »

I flew from Schoenefeld last week. I was shocked at how bad that airport is. I have never had to struggle to find somewhere to sit in an airport before. Never again.

you do know that its an airport that was due to be closed in 2012 and be replaced by the new Berlin airport a couple of km away (which is delayed thanks to the architects not comprehending the reality of hot air rising when designing the fire safety infrastructure) ?

Bob24

munchkin_utd wrote: »

you do know that its an airport that was due to be closed in 2012 and be replaced by the new Berlin airport a couple of km away (which is delayed thanks to the architects not comprehending the reality of hot air rising when designing the fire safety infrastructure) ?

It still is an horrible airport though, Germany should be ashamed (and probably is) of having its capital city served by such an airport. Delays with the new airport are no excuse (I flew there in 2012 and what the other poster said exactly reflect my experience there: run-down, overcrowded, unconvenient, and dirty because people have to sit on the floor and are dumping stuff everywhere).

facehugger99

Bob24 wrote: »

It still is an horrible airport though, Germany should be ashamed (and probably is) of having its capital city served by such an airport.

CDG in Paris is a shockingly awful place to be stuck too.

Airports and Duty Free's are one of the few things we seem to be able to do quite well in this country.

Bob24

facehugger99 wrote: »

CDG in Paris is a shockingly awful place to be stuck too.

Airports and Duty Free's are one of the few things we seem to be able to do quite well in this country.

Clearly not the nicest airport. But nothing like Schoenefeld.

facehugger99

Bob24 wrote: »

Clearly not the nicest airport. But nothing like Schoenefeld.

Never been there so I'll take your word.

I flew out of Izmir in Turkey once, a while ago now.

No seats and the floors were crawling with cockroaches.

We were stuck there for hours, it was the stuff of nightmares.

Rechuchote

facehugger99 wrote: »

CDG in Paris is a shockingly awful place to be stuck too.

Airports and Duty Free's are one of the few things we seem to be able to do quite well in this country.

I find the long, long walk to the gates very tiring, especially early in the morning; wouldn't Aer Rianta think of getting some of those little trains they use in the Zoo to bring people to the gates for €1 each?

Stovepipe

if you have to walk from T2 to the end of the Ryanair pier, think of it as being about a mile and twenty minutes out of your life. Not for the faint hearted if you are in a hurry or are old and infirm.

Gwen Cooper

Rechuchote wrote: »

I find the long, long walk to the gates very tiring, especially early in the morning; wouldn't Aer Rianta think of getting some of those little trains they use in the Zoo to bring people to the gates for €1 each?

That would be amazing! Probably not possible due to all the people who don't understand how walking in crowded places works though

Stovepipe

they used to offer such a facility with little vehicles like golf carts...

_Dara_

munchkin_utd wrote: »

you do know that its an airport that was due to be closed in 2012 and be replaced by the new Berlin airport a couple of km away (which is delayed thanks to the architects not comprehending the reality of hot air rising when designing the fire safety infrastructure) ?

Well, the new airport isn’t open. So Schoenefeld is still operating and therefore I will comment on how awful it is. That a new airport was supposed to be open isn’t much good to me when I have a three hour wait and cancer eating away at my spine and I’m in agony and freaking out that I might have to stand for those three hours.

Pat Dunne

Stovepipe wrote: »

if you have to walk from T2 to the end of the Ryanair pier, think of it as being about a mile and twenty minutes out of your life. Not for the faint hearted if you are in a hurry or are old and infirm.

Dont worry Stovey Old Chap, OCS can bring you all the way there in their Golf Cart for nought.

jjbrien

Gwen Cooper wrote: »

That would be amazing! Probably not possible due to all the people who don't understand how walking in crowded places works though

Coming soon with the new Ryanair Aer Lingus Connection deal

jjmcclure

Stovepipe wrote: »

if you have to walk from T2 to the end of the Ryanair pier, think of it as being about a mile and twenty minutes out of your life. Not for the faint hearted if you are in a hurry or are old and infirm.

ME - every single week for the past two years!

EdgeCase

facehugger99 wrote: »

CDG in Paris is a shockingly awful place to be stuck too.

Airports and Duty Free's are one of the few things we seem to be able to do quite well in this country.

To be fair to CDG, it has improved... a bit.
I still have flashbacks to a time I had to spend 6 hours in CDG T1 before the last refresh.

LHR's old Terminal 1 on a hot day was a very special kind of hell though! The contrast between flying into that vs T3 these days is just incredible.

jjmcclure

One I never understand.....


Plane fully boarded 3 seats in the row. I'm in the aisle, someone in the middle seat, nobody at the window. Doors close and the guy/gal stays in the middle seat for the entire trip. Happened me 3 times recently. WTF :mad:

Gwen Cooper

jjmcclure wrote: »

One I never understand.....


Plane fully boarded 3 seats in the row. I'm in the aisle, someone in the middle seat, nobody at the window. Doors close and the guy/gal stays in the middle seat for the entire trip. Happened me 3 times recently. WTF :mad:

Some people respect their boarding pass waaaay too much. My housemate would be like that.