A Delta Air Lines passenger sitting at the bulkhead was spotted barefoot, with their feet up on the cabin divider. Their shoes were on the floor, with socks crumpled in the aisle.

And they were wearing very short shorts – or possibly underwear – but seeingly no pants. A black quilted item is hanging on the bulkhead. While it could be his pants, it looks more like a blanket.

Another passenger across the aisle is half-standing/leaning toward the window. Commenters viewing this cabin photo online joke he’s “trying to escape” or using a “window urinal.”

The passenger who took the photo spoke up and said something to the man – and he put his socks back on.

I don’t think it’s ever appropriate to prop your feet up on the bulkhead, or for a man to go shoeless in the cabin. No passenger would want their feet on the cabin floor – or worse yet, the lavatory floor. It’s sticky.

But what disturbs me most here is that you can see the man’s bare thighs up to his hip with no pant leg or hem showing. His lap/waistband area is blocked by the seat, so I can’t prove whether he’s in way too short shorts or, underwear, or going commando — but he’s definitely not wearing flying-appropriate pants.

Delta positions itself as a premium airline, but even Spirit isn’t your mom’s basement. And they’ve been trying to elevate their image away from the belief that all of their passengers were raised by wolves.

Plane surfaces are dirty. The one thing I really had hoped would last coming out of the pandemic was elevated cleanliness, but it really didn’t. I suggested the problem with going barefoot to the bathroom. But even worse is that he’s rubbing himself all over the aircraft where someone else is going to be on the next flight without any kind of santizing afterward.

We’ve seen passengers clip their nails inflight (and flick them onto the passenger next to them), paint their toenails onboard, go go shirtless and even strip naked and rub the crew. But that doesn’t make it o.k.

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In fairness, if he’s going without pants that’s less weight on the aircraft, lower fuel burn, and cost-saving to the airline. But it’s still not something the airline wants! Indeed, Delta’s Contract of Carriage allows them to refuse transport or remove a passenger if the person is barefoot or wearing attire, hygiene, or odor that creates an unreasonable risk of offense or annoyance to others.

And returning to the shoes – leaving those on the floor can hinder evacuation in an emergency. Plus, you want those on in case there is one!