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It was about 1 a.m. when he is said to have walked up to an elderly female passenger, exposed himself, and urinated on her for approximately 20 seconds. Flight attendants tried to intervene but he became aggressive – and reports are that he struck an elderly man with his right hand – before collapsing into a different seat.
Before airline deregulation, airline tickets were so expensive that most people couldn’t afford to fly. Now anyone who can buy a ticket is allowed on buses in the sky. There’s no decency requirement, and there shouldn’t be, but that doesn’t mean whatever y’all are doing up there as passengers is ok.
People aren’t just taking off their shoes and socks and sticking their feet in the air. They are photographing their own bad behavior for posterity – and maybe selling the photos online?
A passenger on board United’s flight 939 from London Heathrow to San Francisco made “sure to touch everything with her bare feet” on Monday, according to a reader. Dan P shared photos of his seat opponent – propping her feet up on the seat’s television, standing up on seat cushion, and nestling in comfortably foot-to-seat – all sans socks.
An American Airlines passenger was supposed to fly from Albuquerque to New Orleans in June, but wasn’t permitted to travel. They say they’d been added to the airline’s banned customer list for past behavior.
A Frontier Airlines passenger on July 19th’s flight 4401 from Las Vegas to San Francisco was accused of trafficking their own 9 year old daughter. A flight attendant raised the concern, told the captain, who had law enforcement waiting for the flight on arrival.
A Delta Air Lines passenger left their seat in a shocking state after a flight on Monday. There was food waste, brown smears, a ripped up safety card – and something that looks like a tiny version of the flag of Bolivia left in and around the seat. The passenger just got up and left at the end of the flight, blissfully unaware of their own chaos like Mr. Bean.
A Frontier Airlines passenger, enraged after missing her Chicago O’Hare flight, threw a computer at airline staff. The woman, quickly labeled a ‘Karen’ online, became violent jumping over the luggage scale at the check-in counter to confront employees.
She began throwing punches at one employee before another staff member intervened.
Passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Chicago Midway found themselves sitting behind a woman with her hair draped over their seat back. They didn’t want a confrontation, but they didn’t want the woman’s hair in their face, so they sought help from a flight attendant.
According to the passengers, the flight attendant replied, “What exactly would you like me to do?”
Here’s an interesting twist on a husband and wife traveling together, with only one upgrade seat available. Some believe that they should both suffer coach in order to stay together. Others see it differently. It’s just a few hours. Besides, if you love your partner you wouldn’t wish economy on them.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
