The Mile High Club is over 100 years old. The very first couple to try it were using a Curtiss Flying Boat C‑2 off Long Island. The woman was cheating on her husband who was serving abroad in World War I. They managed to disengage the autopilot while engaged in their congress, sending the plane into the water. They were found naked by duck hunters.
Usually passengers use the lavatory. Far less common is when passengers just stay at their seats although those are the stories that go most viral especially when they’ve only just met on board. In the Covid-era you sort of expect two strangers making the call to join the mile high club to look like this:
Except passengers who meet on board for the first time and find themselves overtaken aren’t likely to have precautions front of mind. I don’t know the story of these two passengers, but you can see that even though love hit them at least one is still wearing a mask.
If nothing else I will applaud mask compliance always and everywhere that I see it.
She is wearing a wedding ring, so hopefully they are married to each other.
Almost 30 years ago, I flew from the west coast to Japan on an almost empty UA 747. We were in the far back section with only a four or five other people. My college girlfriend and I were sprawled out on a row of center seats trying to sleep, and a woman in a window seat started flirting with a military guy two rows back. Within two hours, they were under a blanket getting it on without holding back. By the end of the flight, he had moved to another part of the plane and she was crying to herself. The full life cycle of a relationship on a TransPacific flight.
And, yes, my girlfriend and I then took advantage of the empty flight to join the Mile High Club, but in the lavatory.
I do not know why Passenger Shaming posted this one. Unless they were a pair of randos who didn’t know each other prior to getting on the plane it’s really nobody’s business if two people start making out…provided they don’t try to join the mile high club.
I do believe there is a purpose for Passenger Shaming. Bare feet on the walls, overly intoxicated passengers, brawls/fights, uppity passengers mouthing off, anti-seat recliners throwing hissy fits, most “emotional support animals”. There’s a huge difference between shining a light on bad behavior and posting something just because it’s provocative but lacking in context. This I fear falls into the latter category…