Passengers

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How Hair Is The New Trend In Awful Air Travel Behavior

by Gary Leff on March 13, 2023

Mar 13 2023

A passenger on a Delta flight from Nashville to Minneapolis found a way to annoy a passenger she wasn’t even sitting next to her, and she did it without saying a word.

The woman on the Airbus A319 draped her hair over the seat back behind her. What makes it worse it that Delta Air Lines has seat back entertainment screens, so she was blocking the screen of the passenger sitting behind her. That passenger kept trying to move her hair out of the way. She kept moving it back over the screen.

Airline Passengers Forced To Endure Violin Concert On Transatlantic Flight

by Gary Leff on March 12, 2023

Mar 12 2023

On an Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to New York JFK Saturday, passengers pulled out their violins and played for the cabin as St. Patrick’s Day quickly approaches.

The music is excellent, but this isn’t what everyone had signed up for. There’s no “no music” section of the aircraft. It’s been described as ‘Aches On A Plane’ and we’re all just waiting for Samuel L. Jackson.

Rich Anti-Vaxxer Offers Passengers $100 – $100,000 To Take Off Their Masks Inflight

by Gary Leff on March 11, 2023

Mar 11 2023

Serial entrepreneur Steve Kirsch, who co-invented the optical computer mouse in 1980, has developed a real hatred for mask-wearing. It isn’t just that he doesn’t want to wear one. He doesn’t want anyone else to, either. When he flies, he offers other passengers money to take theirs off.

And he has a lot of money. He founded an internet search company in the 90s that he sold to Disney, and built several other companies including a anti-spam provider. So he thinks nothing of starting out with an offer of $100, and going up from there.

How To Get People To Stop Talking To You On Planes And In Hotel Bars

by Gary Leff on March 10, 2023

Mar 10 2023

Your seat opponent starts chatting away, and you’re tired and just want to rest, or you want to work. You’re not up for a conversation, don’t really care about their kids or that their monthly flights and co-brand credit card shows how much they know about the airline and its loyalty program.

So you put on noise cancelling headphones but that doesn’t quite do the trick. Sure, you opt for over the ear rather than ear buds just to make it more blindingly obvious yet somehow it isn’t. You also look down at your phone, which is a universal sign for ‘I’m not paying attention to you.’ But maybe it’s not so universal?

How To Work On Planes Like A Boss

by Gary Leff on March 10, 2023

Mar 10 2023

This is inflight productivity move of a true boss: bring all of your emails printed out onto the plane for some uninterrupted work time.

United Airlines Passenger Tried To Open Emergency Exit Midflight, Stab Crewmember In Neck

by Gary Leff on March 6, 2023

Mar 06 2023

On Sunday a passenger on board United Airlines flight 2609 from Los Angeles to Boston partially disarmed the emergency exit door, attempting to open it, and then tried to stab a cabin crewmember in the neck.

Men Have To Start Wearing Pants When They Fly, This Is An Actual Problem

by Gary Leff on March 5, 2023

Mar 05 2023

Becky Pokora from Forbes Advisor, and who has written extensively for The Points Guy, found herself in an airport lounge where a man was… taking off his pants.

Gentlemen, stop it. Just stop it.

Man Urinated On Seatmate On American Airlines Flight To India

by Gary Leff on March 5, 2023

Mar 05 2023

On Friday night’s American Airlines flight 292 from New York JFK to Delhi, a passenger urinated on a seat opponent. Unlike recent similar incidents, though, this wasn’t a case of the man walking up and aiming at the victim. I

Should You Work On Planes – Or Is It Personal Time To Escape Work?

by Gary Leff on March 4, 2023

Mar 04 2023

Flight time is the only time it’s possible to achieve inbox zero. There’s nothing wrong with having a show on in the background, but the opportunity where no one can really reach you – come by your office, call, have a video meeting – is a fantastic heads down chance for crossing things off your list, finishing documents, or even just thinking about a problem and taking notes.

Passenger Loses His Cool When He’s Unable To Sit Next To His Wife On The Plane ‘It’s Her Birthday!’

by Gary Leff on March 3, 2023

Mar 03 2023

A Melbourne-based couple traveling on Virgin Australia couldn’t get seats next to each other in business class when they booked. Virgin’s Boeing 737 premium cabin has just two rows up front.

So they took a window seat and an aisle seat on the other side of the aircraft, and tried to switch with another passenger when they boarded.