A passenger has left his assigned seat and is lying on the cabin floor in the mid‑cabin exit area of what looks to me to be an Airbus A321, using a backpack as a pillow. He’s immediately in front of the exit row seats, in front of a fold‑down jumpseat. He’s unbelted.

This is a very bad idea! There’s a reason you should remain belted in at your seat. In the event of turbulence, this is an easy head and neck injury.

I’m a bit less worried about obstructing access to the emergency exits, since it’s outside of the critical taxi, takeoff, and landing phases of flight. Technically I guess on the floor he couldn’t reach an oxygen mask quickly if those had to deploy, but again I’m a bit less worried about that. But sleeping on the floor is not generally allowed.

Here, though, flight attendants just sort of say ‘cool, cool’.

This looks to me to be at door 2 mid-cabin on an Airbus A321, given the look of the exit and placemnt of the jump seat. The man is on the floor, just forward of the exit row seats. I can’t tell how far into flight this is, though light through the windows suggests they’re at cruise during the day.

Social commentary suggests cabin crew shrug this off, “Seat‑belt sign off, who cares; his risk.” Ultimately, they don’t want the confrontation. Besides, why not let the passenger have a flat bed in economy?

“Will someone give this tired man a floor seatbelt please?”

“Nothing a fully‑loaded cart with momentum can’t fix…”

I love how unbothered the other passengers in the row appear as this unfolds. And I suppose he’s not bothering anyone. You’d just climb over him to go to the restroom. What do you all think?