Lightsaber From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 10682 posts, RR: 100 Reply 5, posted (8 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 4964 times:
Mikedlayer From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2004, 399 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (8 years 3 months 3 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 4920 times:
Annoying passengers that think it is completly unsafe to use your camera on board, mainly businessmen playing on their laptops, which do not shut up until you 'put it away'.
Aerorobnz From Rwanda, joined Feb 2001, 6326 posts, RR: 14 Reply 13, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 4760 times:
FAs that are anal about keeping the window shades down is my other peeve. Well anyone that expects me to keep it closed when there is daylight outside. I can cope when it is late at night....just.
Simo82 From Italy, joined Feb 2005, 181 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 4711 times:
When on morning flight at 6 am they serve breakfast and you ask for water and their answer is: "sorry we have only have orange juice, apple juice and coke!!"
When you look at your meal box and notice that it's expired..
NZ747 From New Zealand, joined Dec 2004, 958 posts, RR: 4 Reply 15, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 4673 times:
-When you open your yogurt and the pressure makes it go all over you.
-When you're quickly filling in your Arrival card on the tray table, because you were too busy watching the movie, and didn't have a pen on you at the time, then the F/A comes along and tells you to put your table up, so you end up trying to write it against the window. Then when you get to customs, they give you funny looks because of the messy and rushed writing.
-When you have to sit next to 'the fat guy'.
-When you find out that you got the same meal as economy class.
-When you have to sit near David Hasslehoff
-And #1: Not being able to visit the flight deck anymore.
PA101 From Germany, joined Jan 2005, 491 posts, RR: 1 Reply 17, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 4608 times:
Here are a few things that make flying unpleasent:
Being told to shut the window blind whilst passing over a stunning view of Siberia...
OH YEAH! I hate that!
Being told that two glasses of red wine with dinner is excessive (Christ, I have a whole bottle at home)
LOL - Must be on an American carrier, I suppose...
Passengers that spend an entire flight playing on the PTV video games.
Never had videogames on a PTV yet. Is it such bad?
Not being able to find a decent complimentary news magazine on-board due to cost cutting.
Oh yeah - I'll always bring my own.
Ditto with biscuits.
People's carry on luggage - why not check it in?
Maybe it got lost too often???
People who spend in excess of 20 minutes in the WC. What the hell are they doing in there?
I dont' know - but maybe they just want some privacy on a 12-hour-flight?
Pilots that 'forget' to turn the fasten seat belt sign off for the entire flight.
Yeah - those a******
NG 737s - old planes just with larger engines than the 40 year old original.
No, I really like them.
Waiting until the last Business class passenger is through immigration before having the curtain moved for Economy pax to disembark.
Oh yeah!
Window seat passengers that promptly pull the blind down and fall asleep upon boarding. Why ask for a freaking window seat?
Just my thought!
Any others?
What about:
having no PTVs in Y and seeing the airshow-map just after takeoff - the rest of the flight they are showing stupid shows instead of any flight information. If you ask the purser for the airshow, you get told that people want to see shows...
having an old granny on the aisle seat that doesn't want to move at all during 11,5 hours from AMS to LAX. Happened to me before, geez, I went to the lav just once and didn't dare to ask her again. My butt never hurt that bad before...
deplaning a full 747 on just one jetway - happens in America all the time.
having no PTVs in Y, actually watching the movie, and then waiting with half the cabin for the lavs right after the movie.
not being able to smoke anymore! (geez, I would do quite a lot for a smoking lounge on a real long longhaul flight...).
RICARDOAB From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2004, 175 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 4574 times:
Screaming kids on charter airlines.
Can they not be tranquilsed (excuse spelljng) or put in the cargo hold?
Being told at DXB that your flight is boarding, and when you get through to the departure lounge you find that there is another hour and a half until boarding.
Being informed by flight crew that we will be hitting some MILD turbulence and then feeling like the plane is falling out of the sky!! How is that mild?
FlyGuyClt From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 537 posts, RR: 9 Reply 20, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 4572 times:
Passengers who ignore your best effort at making a great first impression at the boarding door. HELLO and welcome On Board ! How are you today ? And you get ignored. Oh well I tried.
Passengers with children who expect you to watch them. Hmm? 298 passengers and 9 flight attendants. Which babysitter would you like? However, if you need a 10 minute WC break. Sure I'll watch the rascal. Just not all 9 hours of the flight.
Passengers who will not shut off their cell phones and other electronic devices before departure. Not my rule, but I can make sure you know who's rule it is.
People who still think it is the 70's. Sorry no shrimp cocktail in coach anymore. But what ever service I have to give, I'll do my best.
Passengers who fight with one another and then wonder why they are arrested.
Passengers who really do drink to much and start to cause trouble on board.
Passengers who get angry about weather delays. Really ,if you can think of a cure for bad weather. I'll be happy to bust my arsh getting it done right for you.
Passengers who try to pay for a $5 drink with a $100. Really we are on to that one. I love their face when I get change. Opps you had to pay for it this time ! HA !
Passengers from another airline who cancelled their flight. Sorry we are ontime today and I can only take accountability for the company that employees me. Another bag of pretzels,pillow,banket? How about the full can?
Passengers who try to get free upgrades. Really check with the agent. Miles and money will always work.
Passengers who take any seat they want to and then yell at the person with the boarding card for the seat when they show up.
Passengers who try to hand you a dirty diaper when you are serving a meal. Hmm. Let's see. Chicken, vegetarian or Diaper? Think Health Folks ! Place it in the bag in the seat pocket. I'll be more than happy to get it later, when I am not serving other customers food and drink.
Parents who just let their kids run all over the airplane and disturb almost everyone in their path. What happened to respect? ( Saw a business passengers loose it one day with 2 brats. They were yelling all night going to Europe. (Yes we politely asked the parents to calm them. ) He was trying to sleep as well as the other 30 passengers in Business Class. The kids went to sleep during breakfast. He got up and woke them up. Priceless ! )
PA101 From Germany, joined Jan 2005, 491 posts, RR: 1 Reply 22, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 4536 times:
Passengers who try to pay for a $5 drink with a $100. Really we are on to that one. I love their face when I get change. Opps you had to pay for it this time ! HA !
Yeah - I always love that - especially when the FA comes back with a whole bunch oh 1s...
The person sitting next to you barely touched their meals and you want to eat theirs as well
Oh, you are so right. I always keep looking at those meals. Actually, once or twice I didn't even care and asked for it, 'cause I was still that hungry...
Estick From Argentina, joined Jan 2001, 43 posts, RR: 1 Reply 23, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 4509 times:
Well....I agree with almost every one I read before but would like to add something......
Night Take Off or Landing...Window Seat....Cabin lights dimmed.....and of course the pax seating next to you is the only one in the whole cabin with the reading light on, which, of course, gives you a nasty reflection of his body in the window while you can't see ANYTHING of what's going on outside!!! AARRGGHH COME ON !! YOU'LL HAVE 12 HOURS TO READ THAT NEWSPAPER!!!
PA101 From Germany, joined Jan 2005, 491 posts, RR: 1 Reply 24, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 4502 times:
Night Take Off or Landing...Window Seat....Cabin lights dimmed.....and of course the pax seating next to you is the only one in the whole cabin with the reading light on, which, of course, gives you a nasty reflection of his body in the window while you can't see ANYTHING of what's going on outside!!! AARRGGHH COME ON !! YOU'LL HAVE 12 HOURS TO READ THAT NEWSPAPER!!!
Very good point! I hate those suckers!!!
25 Blue22: The amount of security checks...from The moment you check-in to the time boarding finish.I understand we have to but man...sometimes It is just too mu
26 Chrisrad: The hours and hours wasted at airports for international flights, 3 hours check in, then connections etc. etc. I find all the waiting around makes me
27 ClipperNo1: The elderly (40+ ) passenger behind you, gets up in the middle of the freakin' night to go to the toilet and holds onto the back of your seat, to clim
28 Kilavoud: It is to fly without having the impression to really fly. Cheers. Kilavoud.
29 Fbgdavidson: 1. People who take literally weeks to check in (I am always done in 1 minute) 2. People who leap to their seat after seatbelt sign is switched off eve
30 Lan_Fanatic: 1. Old ladies that need to push every seat back and forth on their way to the toilet in the rear. 2.Old ladies queuing for the toilet right next to yo
31 ClipperNo1: 43. The endless circling somewhere near LHR on an early morning Better than that: Numerous annoying PAs on a red-eye transatlantic to LHR, starting so
32 A350: Being told to shut the window blind whilst passing over a stunning view Window seat passengers that promptly pull the blind down and fall asleep upon
33 FlyMIA: How about the people that Run off the plane and have to be first to get off. Unless you are going through imigration there is not reason for that. Eve
34 AeroWesty: Other than that I rather enjoy flying! I can tell FGB really does enjoy flying quite a bit because nowhere on his list was: "Not getting the full can
35 September11: plane parking early at gate but gate agent not prepared (or not ready)
36 Ozair: The passengers that pass your seat touching the headrest and consequently wake you after having only just nodded to sleep. Being told on a gulf air f
37 Fbgdavidson: I can tell FGB really does enjoy flying quite a bit because nowhere on his list was: "Not getting the full can when the beverage cart comes around." C
38 Beckaru: 1. Delays 2. Being stuck in Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport for 2 hrs when we were supposed to be their for 20 minutes. (I will NEVER fly America West agai
39 AeroWeanie: Altitude sickness - be glad that you don't suffer from it. It makes flying hell for me.
40 Aerorobnz: "People who take over 2 pieces of hand luggage" I usually get hold of the additional cabin baggage stickers....provided people go through the correct
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