John_Rambo wrote: » For aviation workers I'd imagine it's drunk people. Or 'that person" that gets up and starts packing away when the plane's still taxiing.
Negative_G wrote: » Who didn't want to move?
L1011 wrote: » They didn't want to swap to sit together. The flight was full so I had no choice!
smilerf wrote: » As a wheelchair user I have to wait until everybody is off the plane before they can come get me. You wouldn't believe the amount of people who dawdle in the back then when they do eventually try to get off they see some one they know and spend 10 minutes chatting to them holding up the lads coming for me. Infuriating
Bob24 wrote: » One thing I hate though is crew members who keep giving drinks to someone whose obviously drunk already to keep them quiet. I don’t know if it is common, but happened with the guy sitting next to me once on a BA flight from Beijing to London and it was not pleasant. Eventually the strategy worked and the guy fell asleep, but before that I had to go through a few phases of him shouting, crying, and puking over himself :-/ (I’d also assume that giving someone drinks until they drop at 36000 feet is breaking a few health and safety procedures)
L1011 wrote: They didn't want to swap to sit together.
rushfan wrote: » Maybe join in their conversation next time. I'd say that'd piss them off.
Noxegon wrote: » I’ve just come off a flight operated by Buta Airways. The attached was in the in flight magazine. I have to say I approve.
Wanderer2010 wrote: » You have your whole life together, what difference does 2 hours apart make?
L1011 wrote: » If I could speak Quebecois (or French) I would have. Could barely even listen in as it was, with my pass LC French :pac:
Bob24 wrote: » A compromise would be for the seat to slide forward when you recline it. I.e. the person who is losing legroom is the one reclining their chair and the person behind them actually gains legroom. I’ve seen it done that way on trains before.
John_Rambo wrote: » Some people on flights think they're at the opera in a tranquil Michelin star restaurant. They're not. They're on a bus with wings most of the time. Fly business class and if you can't afford it, if you can't you're going to have to accept there's big people, small people. Including kids.
endacl wrote: » A hangover from the time when flying was an occasion, and (invariably very wealthy) passengers expected pampering. And legroom. These days, flying is next to commuting. Planes are buses with wings.
L1011 wrote: If I could speak Quebecois (or French) I would have. Could barely even listen in as it was, with my pass LC French
rushfan wrote: » Pick up a few handy East European sounding words and recite them in an aggressive voice. For example, tennis players surnames. That'll sort them. I do it sometimes.
the_pen_turner wrote: » You don't need to understand it. Just play along. Follow inquisitively. Nod and laugh etc
duskyjoe wrote: » Thee one thing that I abhor on flights and I see it’s becoming a common thing from passengers now is flatulence. Yeap all very funny but it’s actually disgusting. Have been on a few packed flights recently and I was nearly wretch ing with the stink. I can deal with all the other passenger issues but this is my no.1hate.
HAFE stands for High Altitude Flatus Expulsion. Coined by a pair of researchers in the 1980s, the “tongue-in-cheek” term describes a phenomenon observed when mountain climbers experienced flatulence at high altitudes, said Dr. David Shlim, a physician and former president of the International Society of Travel Medicine. Turns out HAFE is likely at play when you pass more gas on a plane. Airplane cabins are pressurized to between 6,000 and 8,000 feet, which is a significant altitude change for your body if you’ve come from sea level, Shlim told HuffPost. And just as the air in your water bottle expands at higher altitudes, the gas in your intestines can expand on a plane, growing to take up about 30 percent more room than usual. Then, it needs to escape. “The air pressure in an airplane is different than on the ground,” said Dr. Scott Kalish, a travel medicine doctor in New York City. “In certain people, it can predispose them to developing more gas.”
Gwen Cooper wrote: » From an article on farting on the plane: Not sure if pseudoscience though. I personally get bloated and deaf during the flight.
Pawwed Rig wrote: » Gas expands as you go up and compresses as you go down. For example if you took a deep breath and held it while rising to a significant height your lungs would rupture. Your bowels work the same way. Can't say I have ever noticed a problem though.
Gwen Cooper wrote: » Interesting. Do you think it would work if I held my breath during take off?
Pawwed Rig wrote: » Why would you want to try this??:pac: I do scuba diving so the differentials in pressure would be more glaring over shorter distances. For example at 20 metre submersion if you rocketed to the surface without releasing your breath you can do severe damage to yourself because the pressure difference is 2 bar at 20m which is about 3 x pressure at sea level. The differentials out of water as you go up are not as stark with pressure at 30,000 feet (cruising altitude of a 737) at about a third of sea level. A reduction in pressure makes gases expand which is why your ears pop. You naturally keep breathing so do not feel the pressure on your lungs. So the trick for your bowels is to release regularly as you rise through the air. Once at cruising altitude all should be ok.
