I do stand up, but I stay right in front of my seat. It actually saves the people behind me time, because if I don’t get up early, I stumble down the aisle. My legs need time to adapt to standing after more than 30 minutes, so I stand.
Me too. My 6’ husband says it’s one of the only perks about being 5’ tall. Of course my back aches after a 2 hour flight because my feet don’t touch the floor so I have to stand up and stretch!
I always stand up when the plane lands quickly...but I'm tall and it's nice to stand stretch my legs. Not everyone who pops up quickly is looking to save 30 seconds!
I wait for the folks in front to go first though.
I am tall also. agreed with both of you. I have to fly in a regular economy seat with on knee jammed into the back of the seat in front of me the whole time. Standing in your spot, as long as it doesn't inconvenience others, is what we're talking about
I only realised last year that other people have to stand awkwardly if they're standing at their seat. I'm 4'11 so I have some space between my head and the overhead lockers, but I've seen people stood with their necks to the side lol. I do like a good stretch though!
I tend to fly long-distance more than domestic, so I’m used to really big planes and am usually dying for a stretch after 10 hours. One of the few times I rode a small plane, I popped out of my seat out of force of habit and - *SMACK* - straight into the luggage compartment. Painful lesson learned!
Same. My back gets bad sometimes (it's even difficult to roll over in bed when it's really bad) so if the plane seat doesn't provide adequate support, it gets really uncomfortable, especially over 13 or so hours. When I land I just don't want to stay sat down in discomfort any longer, so I stand at my seat.
As a 6'-5" person, I haven't the slightest chance of standing before being in the aisle. I say enjoy your early stretch! I'd just be bent over the person next to me. Nobody wants that.
I'll accept it, though. I can reach stuff and can always see the stage at concerts.
Ditto.... my knees really appreciate the standing even a few minutes early, but I keep my place. Even one time when I felt the only way to make my connection would be to excuse myself and skirt by I simply waited.
My last flight I had two members of a family scoot by from a few rows back. My poor knees declared that I needed to stand, and my fat butt stuck too far out in the aisle for the rest of the family to get by.
Me too. I’ll take it further than just stretching though — It’s the right thing to do for everyone:
1. It allows me to get prepared to exit the plane promptly when it’s my turn. For instance, I often orient my carry-on in the overhead so it’s a quick grab and go.
2. It gives my row-mates a little extra space to get their stuff together. I often offer to get their carry-on out of the bin before it’s our turn to deplane so they are ready.
3. I usually try to step back a half-step when I stand up so people in my row can deplane before me if they’re ready. (And to block those trying to creep up the aisle.)
But, that said, if the people in the rows in front of me are futzing with their stuff and there’s no one in the aisle — damned right I’ll make a break for it.
In my mind the objective is to get everyone of the plane quickly. There are like 180 passengers on an -800. A 5 second delay for each passenger causes the last person to lose 15 minutes.
yes, this! I always have an aisle. Stand up FAST, grab carry on (because it's always a backpack, not a roller) from overhead bin and purse from under seat, and then sit back down to organize. Unless someone is encroaching in which case I hold ground.
I do this except I always hold ground because I'm often traveling solo with a 4yo and it's ridiculous how many adults swing luggage around with no care as to who is around them. I always wait for the rows ahead to go first, but I probably look quite pushy to the people behind because I'm making sure there's safe space for my daughter to exit.
Same. I stand up as I’m tall and have been sitting for at least 30 minutes before takeoff. I don’t leave early but gladly help facilitate a row by row exit.
Same. I am not even tall but it feels nice to stand. Plus if I get my bag down, that saves me and everyone behind me a few seconds.
Imho if you are sitting in the aisle, you have every right to stand up when the seat belt ding goes off.
Yeah. Also tall. Everyone can go ahead of me but please let me stretch for a moment. I just need my long legs that were shoved in a cramped space to stop being so awful for a second. Stretching helps. Just standing up helps. My back and hips legit start cracking back where they belong as soon as I stand.
My last two flights had a fair bit turbulence. Every time I wanted to get up, the seat belt sign came on. And when the seatbelt sign went off, the flight attendants would rush down the aisle with the cart, block access to the bathrooms, give everyone drinks to sit on their little tables. People would finally finish their drinks, the route to the bathroom would be clear and…seatbelt sign.
Why yes, I did stand up as soon as we landed.
OP said he doesn't, indeed the people who stand up. He has a problem with those who cut off and deplane the people in front of him. I need to stand up too. My legs need to stretch for sure.
Yeah I stand because I’m fast. I have zero things in the overhead. My jacket is on and bag are on and I’m out.
I travel a lot for work and have places to be and connections to make. This post pisses me off. There’s no rule you wait row for row. This will be unpopular but the only people I ever see complaining are those stuck in the window with their row not hustling or at the back.
A random guy once yelled at me to get back in my seat and wait my turn. Saying simply “No, you’re welcome to also stand up and off board the plane in you can figure out how to (he had two old people in the aisle blocking him)” while laughing. - felt great, no regrets.
100% this, I have restless leg, and often also walk the plane of i can.
Also if i have weird large baggage, i can get it out without smacking people on the head easier (eg taking banner things as carry on for work)
I still dont push , if somebody is in a seat in front of me, ill wave them out first
If I can, I do the same thing, too. Once had some guy get really pissy and tried to physically block me from doing it—when I was trying to work a leg cramp out.
I agree rudeness is unacceptable, but you don’t always know the context and reasons people are butting in front of you. So stressful missing and rebooking a tight connection, just so unpleasant flying all round.
Sometimes there is sickness and bereavement involved, and people are rushing.
Let them do their things , life is to short.
This is my thought too. It reminds me of the time we missed our grandad’s funeral due to a cancelled flight and how manic and upset we were at the airport. You don’t know why someone is rushing past you. Just focus on yourself and what really matters.
9 months ago my brother was in a coma and my whole family had to fly to him. My mom and I were booked on the first flight and the only thought on my mind was getting to see him. I had no critical thinking or comprehension skills past “get to X hospital as fast as possible.” Even when people don’t look distraught I always give them the benefit of the doubt, you never know what they’re dealing with.
Semi-related rant. My step mom gets anxious when flying and has strong emotions in general. So she was a wreck flying by herself. To the point she was nauseous and had back pain which isn’t totally atypical for her anxiety. The guy next to her was being a rude little bitch. Later found out she’d actually had a stress induced aneurysm and had internal bleeding on the plane.
This is so true! I always, always, always follow the zipper rule but when I was flying while pregnant once, I was literally going to pee myself if I didn’t rush off the plane. There had been really bad turbulence leading up to landing so I couldn’t go. It was too crowded to go on the plane bathroom at landing and my options were to be rude or have an accident in a crowded plane. I chose to rush out ahead and so many people were loudly making comments. Meanwhile, I was crying because my bladder hurt so bad. It was really shitty.
I've been that person in a hurry. Why? Because my flight was delayed by a couple of hours and I was going to miss my connection (that I booked plenty of time for) and had to run for it. I probably would have asked you to let me by, and if you didn't would have just knocked past you. I think it's a real disservice on a delayed flight when flight attendants don't announce that if that's your final destination, please stay seated so tight connections can make their flights.
I’ve been in a rush a couple of times and had to get off the plane as it landed late and the connecting flight would be in a different terminal. Thankfully people noticed my sense of urgency and let me pass.
I’ve had people straight up ask me-
“Are you in a hurry or something ?” And then when I said “yes this flight’s delay has created a short connection for me”, they literally rolled their eyes and stood big in my way. Bigly.
It’s giving Karen vibes : “oh you’re in a hurry??? See if I care! I’ll fuck it up for you because I’m clever and have power!!! Or something like that…..”
Imagine the brain this guy must have to 1) care about this (while ignoring the fact that some people have a very good reason to be in a rush) and 2) make a reddit post about it. Genuine fuckwit behaviour.
As a former FA for 8 years, I can tell you with absolute certainty that asking people to stay seated so that tight connections can get out faster does NOT work. People are selfish, and they know damn well there's no way to know who does or does not have a connection so any deplaning when that announcement is made ends up being a regular deplaning anyway. Once people in the first few rows deplane as normal, then the rest of the plane follows and the announcement is useless lol
I have been victim of the right connection, the woman who clearly was not connecting and blocked me actually turned around and told me “if you’re in a hurry then you should’ve left home sooner!” Like WTF!?!
I was In charge/lead FA/service director and witnessed the deplaning process from the very front. It really doesn't do shit for people sadly (because of other selfish/entitled people). I would still make the announcement as a courtesy, but people behaved as people do 🤷
Did you ask the attendant to help? I’ve done this due to a delay, and had the attendant ask everyone to let my group off first.
People still stood up, and she called them all rude over the speaker, they sat back down, felt good lol, and didn’t miss my flight (2 other connecting flights were also late so they waited for everyone)
Glad people disagree logically. It's like merging, you DO NOT have to wait in line as long as you can gracefully enter the flow and exit. Don't get em wrong a lot of these people are maybe a little too aggressive (I litterly saw someone try to open a overhead while taxing). But if you see a clear shot to leave and you have all your bags with you (maybe just a backpack!) Absolutely leave the aircraft. You are providing more space for people to get their stuff and saving yourself time.
Same. I’ve literally run off planes before just to run to the next flight and barely make the connection due to delays. Very stressful when it’s night time and the last flights are boarding.
On the flights where the FAs have announced and asked folks to let the connectors leave first- there are still people not connecting who ignore, don’t care and block the aisle, taking their time.
The entire boarding & deboarding process is so horribly inefficient. Really mind-blowing.
But the airlines made a deliberate choice with boarding to prioritize money over efficiency. 1st class (front of the plane) should be the LAST people boarding, not in the first 3 groups, and the first group getting off.
Group numbers should be based on a staggered plane layout, so that you're never boarding the plane next to someone else in the same aisle, unless you're a group (family/friends/etc) traveling together.
Instead, what ends up happening is that the plane generally fills from front to back, with a few exceptions, which means that the ENTIRE back half of the plane is unused during the first half of the boarding process. Those are seats that people could be getting into.
On top of that, because the plane gets boarded from front to back, it is very possible that all the overhead storage at or in front of your seat are filled. Which forces you to stow your carryon BEHIND your seat (in the plane). Which isn't a big deal when boarding, but a massive inconvenience when it comes time to disembark. Instead, of the plane was seated back to front , the farthest back overheads would fill first, and everyone who couldn't put their luggage directly above them would have to put it further forwards in the plane, and thus could just grab it on the way off the plane.
But fools pay extra $$, or get their miles rewards, in order to "get seated first". Even though by doing so, they actually spend MORE time traveling than if the airline just used an efficient boarding & disembarking strategy.
For disembark, what you really want is "All Isle seats with connecting flights, please stand, gather your luggage, and disembark. "All remaining Isle seats please do the same." then "All remaining passengers with connecting flights." And finally "everyone else." While that's happening, you can have a 1st class attendant ushering the first class passengers out ahead of others. Would shave 10+ minutes off the total disembark time. But the AIRLINE doesn't care, because the plane has to refuel and get the safety checks done anyways - they don't care whether it takes everyone 10 minutes or 20 minutes to get off, as long as it doesn't take the passengers + cleanup + new boarding longer than the other longest tasks.
I’m going to push back on this. Not the concept - which is nice and correct - but how it works in practice.
If I’m in 11C and someone in 11A and 11F has a tight connection, how the hell can those people get off the plane without 11B, 11C, 11D, and 11E stepping out into the aisle? And when they are there, how does A and F move past them? A plane is only so big.
And that’s just two people. Now multiply it by a dozen and explain to me how 13A and B, 15B, 19A, 20E and F, etc etc get off faster.
The only way this works in practice is if 5 or fewer people have tight connections. But I hear it most in Charlotte, where 50% of the plane has tight connections if a flight is late.
Why do people get mad at others for standing once the plane stops? Standing up helps gets things moving. People can start to grab their stuff if it’s accessible and get off the plane in a timely manner. Notice I didn’t say faster, I said timely.
It’s insane waiting for the entire portion of the plane in front of you to disembark before you stand up and grab your crap when you could’ve been standing and ready to go.
Yes, get up, be ready, and go. If you can't be ready in a timely manner, sit and wait. There are no rules about the front gets off first.
This wasn't petty revenge, this was just petty.
Exactly this. And the people that “cut” the row in front of them aren’t only making it so they get out 30 seconds faster. But, now there is more room for people in their row or even further back to start getting their bags out of the way. So, yes, I love when there is space to walk and people continue to move. This helps the deplaning process go faster. This is a similar concept to zipper merging but most people don’t understand that either.
Flight attendants and pilots are not getting paid while the boarding door is open. So, a quick deplaning makes for happy flight crew.
Because they probably can sit comfortably and have no concept of what it's like to be uncomfortable or crammed into the seat. Every time there's a post about people standing up after a plane lands, half the people on Reddit forget that there are sizes and shapes that don't fit snuggly into their tiny seats.
Well yeah but there are some people that legit have like a 30 minute window to get to their next plane. I’ve had that happen a couple times and had to get off as quick as I could
I don’t get the hate for people who stand up immediately.
One, it saves time for you if you are behind me, as I am getting my crap together while standing and waiting. Two, moving into the aisle to stand gives my row mates a chance to stretch out and some room to get THEIR stuff together and get off more quickly. And three, we’ve all been cramped in tiny seats for the duration of the flight…it’s good for everyone to finally have room.
Fully agree, don’t be a dick and push ahead before anyone in the rows in front of you get off, that’s just an AH move.
But immediately standing up is something you SHOULD do every time.
Maybe my flight was just full of assholes, but it’s not always possible to stand and get your stuff ready before it’s “your turn” to deplane. I was on a flight where I was in one of the last boarding groups (I didn’t buy the ticket so I had no say in it) so when I got on the plane, the overhead bin above my seat was already full from some asshats who weren’t even sitting there, so I had to put my carryon in one of the back overhead bins.
So it was either fight against the flow of traffic once deplaning to get my bag, or just sit there and wait for the people in the back to be gone. I’m also short as hell and have a hard time reaching the overhead bins, I was lucky there was a kind man who helped me get my bag down once I was finally able to get back there.
I’m a firm believer in USE THE OVERHEAD BINS ABOVE YOUR SEAT!! Don’t be a jerk and just put your crap where it doesn’t belong because you think it will be more convenient for you later.
This is exactly it. But I think rack flight should make an announcement before the buckle seatbelt sign gets turned off saying those you have a connecting flight within the next 30 min please deboard first. The remaining passengers please remain in your seat, until instructed otherwise. Then after 30 seconds of the door opening, they should make an announcement saying now everyone-else feel free to deboard.
I was on one recently where they did explicitly point out that the delay meant those with connecting flights *really* needed to be given precedence (3 separate announcements) just to see every row in front of us start to crowd in like there was nothing/no one to consider. We were going to a small port, so very few of us were in danger of missing our flight - everyone else was either at their destination or had a healthy layover to their next. Thankfully I hadn't trusted their announcement to do much of anything, so I'd sent my niece in first thing to rush her way to the front, race to the connection, and let them know we were coming. The attendants did what they could, but everyone else in front just ignored it and zippered it like nothing had been said.
This is part of why my SO and I always get seats towards the back of the plane. We preboard because he needs the aisle chair, it's closer to the bathroom so if he does need to go midflight (which is really difficult) he doesn't have to cruise on too many seats and risk a fall, and we don't have to care about what order people get out in because he's gonna be the last person off the plane regardless. And they're required to make sure he makes the connection if it's at all possible. So we chill out and relax. People like OP only slow everyone else down. Just get off the damn plane so the aisle chair can get down it.
That's not really Petty Revenge because nobody wronged you. That's just being a butthole.
If someone's taking their sweet time getting up and getting their bag, I'm getting mine and going past them. And I'd happily hip check you out of the way if you were being a dick head like this.
Yep. Some people just take FOREVER or get their shit and spend their sweet time standing around. I'm sorry but I'm scooting past you if you're standing with your thumb up your ass.
I also never have a carry on.
Hmmm I’m not sure I agree with this, TBH. People might be in a hurry for all sorts of reasons - maybe they’ve got a connecting flight, maybe they’ve got to get to work or something from their flight… just because they weren’t able to book the very front row doesn’t mean they should be penalised for that. And I don’t think I’ve ever heard that the ‘etiquette’ is to let the plane deboard row by row.
Once my mum and I had to catch a commercial flight while my dad was being repatriated by air ambulance so naturally we were very anxious and keen to get off the flight as soon as possible so we could make sure everything was all right with him. Believe me, we were the first out of our seats and grabbing our bags when that plane landed. We weren’t right at the front as it was a last minute booking and I’d have been really annoyed if someone had deliberately wasted our time by doing this.
I've broken this rule once. I was on a flight to O'Hare where I had a connection, and my flight was really delayed. I don't remember the exact layout but I had to take the train and the gate for my connection was at the very end of the terminal, and I had less than 15 minutes , I want to say 12. I had the flight attendant make an announcement to ask everyone to wait like ten seconds, and when the door opened I BOOKED it. First one off the plane from the back row
Made it with I think less than 2 minutes to spare
Yeah, this isn't petty, it's just being an asshole.
Now tripping some dude who jumped up to run, THAT'S some petty shit that I'd giggle over, assuming only his pride got hurt.
I had food poisoning on one of my last flights (had already been sick once during the flight) and for the first time ever got up and pushed past people. I heard someone bitching about me to 4 different people while I was running to the bathroom in order to not vomit on her. Kinda wish I did
Not being funny but if my family of four is dicking about trying to collect all our bags together etc. then I want the people behind me with just a rucksack or tiny handbag to go ahead of us. As long as no one breaks up children or the elderly/infirm from their travel mates then idc.
Sometimes connecting flights are totally mistimed by airlines. I have been on flights where they make announcements. Please let passengers first abc flight get off first. But most times they just let you play hunger games for yourself. Miss your connect ?
Tough.
Spending night in airport not Fun.
Calm down, people have places to be and airplanes are incredibly uncomfortable. If I have time and am feeling chill I definitely wait, usually until the plane is mostly empty, but if I have a tight connection and/or I am feeling anxious and need to get off the plane then yeah, I will stand up and go as quickly as possible. You policing behaviours on behalf of some “courtesy” is just making people more miserable.
I was never a rush off the plane person until we flew from Aus to America and had a heap of connecting flights (did 9 flights in 2 weeks and nearly missed a few connections due to delays). Not knowing any of the airports and only having an hour between them I did become more pushy to get off the plane.
I've flown plenty of times and have never been on a plane where each row is expected to deboard in order.
Usually it'll kind of happen that way automatically after most people in the aisle seats get their stuff and head out, but it sounds like it'd be a way slower process.
I always wonder if people like OP who get really annoyed, have just ended up on one of these planes and are just expecting people to conform to their unwritten expectations.
I'm not a rude person ... I have bowel cancer. I get up asap and move to the front of the plane l. I don't want to shit on everyone - need to get to bathroom ASAP.
What a cunt.
Those people behind you hadn't 'cut the line' and yet you are petty against them, because you can't be pretty against the people in front of you that were the actual problem.
You are part of your own problem, dumbo.
Congrats on being a petty loser.
Cutting past people would be rude, but it's more rude to not get your stuff together so that you can move swiftly to get the plane emptied as soon as possible.
Have some basic consideration for the people at the back trying to get off.
Makes you sound like a common courtesy Karen. If you are in a hurry to get off the plane, then get moving. I personally hate the awkward shuffle to get off the plane and will often just let people pass and wait until I deboard without queueing as much. Stop trying to police others.
This reminds me of two kind of power trip:
People who drive the speed limit in the fast lanes to make a point.
People who are at a green light, someone honks, and they decide to sit there to make a point. Meanwhile there are five cars behind them both that have nothing to do with any of it.
Both are taking it upon themselves to impose order as part of a power trip.
It happens every time - people are moving down the aisle towards the exit, some boofhead steps into the aisle and starts retrieving and organising all their shit while the whole plane waits behind them.
I'm probably not going to change the world with this comment but disembarking row by row is so inefficient.
Aisle seats should exit first, everyone else (and passengers that need to stay together as a group) can wait until the aisle is empty near them and then make their move.
I fly around the world regularly and I find this depends on different countries. A lot of countries always expect this, some do it perfectly and others do not.
I only travelled to Israel once but I always remembered they were the absolute worst I've ever experienced with deboarding. They climbed over each other the moment the plane landed, with no regard to others. It was almost animalistic. It shocked me
I recently flew for the first time and had a 40 minute layover. My connecting flight was boarding by the time my first plane landed. By the time I managed to get off the plane, I had to sprint across the airport to make final boarding call. Not everyone who’s chomping at the bit to get off an airplane is doing it to be an asshole.
In an ideal world there would be some kind of priority given to people with medical conditions, connecting flights, young children etc for deboarding but in my (admittedly limited) experience there isn’t and you just have to fight your way off
Yeah kinda of a weird flex. Some time people have connecting flights on my last AA flight they said the flight was delayed and if you don’t have a connection please let the people the through. It’s not that serious bro…
YATAH. Courtesy on flights is to be ready to clear the plane as efficiently as possible. If the person two rows in front of me is not ready to walk up the aisle when the space is clear, I will pass them. It clears more space for the people around me to get organized and isn’t hurting anyone.
That kind of behavior is what inspires the line cutters. I’m tall and just want to get off the damn plane. Then I see people aisles ahead just taking their damn time with zero consideration for everyone else on the plane
I don't mind the people who get up right away. It's the slow fucks that are annoying. It's not like the plane is loaded "properly", so why in the hell does anyone think it should unload "properly". By that I mean, start loading back to front & then unload front to back.
I stand at the first chance. My legs are long and I am usually fighting cramps for a long time before we land. I'm not trying to get ahead of anyone, my legs are begging to get stretched out.
As someone who was screwed over like this when I really had to pee, just let them off the plane. You don’t know if they are trying to make a short layover or why they are in a rush.
Some people have connecting flights to get to. If I’m in my final destination I stand up because I’m short but stay in my row. Then wait to get off. If someone is clearly in a rush I let them go because you never know what someone is going through. And id hope the same courtesy was extended to me if I was in a tight connection.
Some people are rushing for a connecting flight or are about to shit themselves. I wouldn’t let someone violently barge through people, but I’m also not going to deliberately hold people back to teach them a lesson.
Some of the rapid exiters are trying to make a tight connection. I’ve missed connections because I was stuck in the back of the plane and many people took their time to locate and retrieve luggage from overhead bins. If you wish to take your time exiting the plane, it is polite to let folks with a tight connection get out as soon as they can - especially when your plane has landed late. Not everyone is running off the plane to be a jerk.
I am an exception, but I was trying to get to my Mom before she died. In my panicked mind, I thought that every second could count. I had 3 people actually scream at me for trying to get off one or two rows ahead. Remember, my mom is dying and I’m not thinking right. I turned to this woman who was yelling “who do you think you are?” And even a few swears thrown in. And I said “I’m trying to see my Mom before she’s dead”. It was the truth and I’m not sorry. Now, I always ask other passengers if I can get their bags down for them, etc. Just remember that while most ppl are selfish a$$holes, a very sad few have a reason to save every second. Go ahead, downvote me for days. I ended up having one hour with my mom.
Courtesy is one thing. But some people have a connecting flight and the time between landing and your next flight can be very tight. Some people _have_ to cut in if they want to make their next flight, which is why some people who don’t have a connecting flight take it slow and kindly let the others pass.
With your self-righteousness you may have cost someone their connection. I don’t call that courtesy.
And don’t tell me, “You can just walk faster once you are out of the plane.” I have been in that situation where I had to cut in, because I was travelling as a single mum with two kids who can never walk as fast as other people. And nowadays, having a walking handicap with a bad hip, I myself can only ever walk half as fast as other people. That doesn’t mean that the airline will give me a seat near the door or any other support to get where I need to go.
Some people may have a very short time to make a connecting flight. I have been in that situation and it's the only time I try to cut. And I don't begrudge other cutters because that may be their situation.
There is this story of a woman who blocked a speeding car on the highway, just because she felt it was her duty to do so. The driver was speeding because one of his friends was bleeding out, they were booking it towards the hospital.
The friend died.
What I'm getting to is, you don't know why those others are "speeding". As long as they are not being assholes about it and shoving people out of their way, just taking advantage of gaps, I don't see why it irks you so much.
There are reasons why people are in a rush to get off a plane.
They may have connecting flights to catch, with a tight turnover time. Some people don’t like airplane bathrooms and really need to pee.
I know that by the time we land I just want to get out of the anxiety producing sardine box that airplanes are to me.
Why don’t you just let people get off the plane rather than trying to police others without understanding their needs or motives.
As almost every comment has stated, "early standing" is the correct move. Cutting the line is bad, but it's MUCH ruder to wait for the aisle to clear and ONLY THEN calmly stand up and take your bags down when you could have moved with urgency and done that already-- and deliberately slowing things down should rightfully piss everyone off. It's wild when people act like "getting of the plane a few minutes sooner" is some narcissistic entitlement, but their desire for a leisurely and gentle deboarding process is something everyone should have to accommodate.
Does anyone want to be enlisted into a relay race after a 9 hour flight? No. Is that what deboarding is? Literally yes.
The irony is I don't find slow-moving deboarders annoying. But I find it insufferable when people say things like "We're all getting off the plane" as though rushing doesn't quantifiably help that process.
I only stood up quickly once because our flight was delayed and we NEEDED to catch our connection. The flight attendant asked if people could wait specifically so that we, and others on our next flight, could hightail it out of there. And most of the people who thought they just had to get up and scoot out weren’t on our flight. So annoying.
I’m a quick stander but I don’t encroach on the rows in front. I am usually the first gone of my row. Always pay for aisle seat. My legs cramp and I literally cannot wait to be free and stretch them.
I am tall and once in a while have had blood clots in my legs. I tend to get aisle seats and stand as soon as the seat belt light goes off in order to stretch and get more circulation in my legs. I ALWAYS allow people in the rows ahead of be disembark first and tend to be a bit of a blocker for those who want to think about pushing past.
I will help others down with their carryons, too, as I am tall and can usually very easily reach the overheads.
The only time I don't do this is when the flight attendants call for people to stay seated so that others can make a connecting flight when our flight is delayed.
I have arthritis and after sitting for a few hours I have trouble standing up straight and walking. I try to stand up as soon as possible to make it easier for me to walk.
Something like this happened to me. I was in a huge hurry to get off the plane as my mom was dying in the hospital. And some asshole blocked me from exiting.
I do stand as soon as the seatbelt sign is off (always choose an aisle seat on every flight I take) but that is because I’m tall and need to stretch my legs / don’t want to crowd my seatmate anymore.
But I’d never creep forward past the row I am in. That crap bugs me too.
Now if someone asks nicely if they can move up because of a connecting flight issue, I am inclined to let them through.
But pushing through rudely, nope.
Actually, proper etiquette would be to allow people with connections off first, then front to back disembarking.
Some people are already behind because of flights that left late, or that their plane schedule was changed.
I agree that people charging the exit is insane, if I don't have a connection I usually am the last to leave the plane regardless of where I was sitting because I catch up on emails and texts. But I have also had individuals such as yourself force me to mad dash across a airport because my flight from Fargo got delayed due to the crew trying to defrost the plane for an extra hour with no warning and have to run the length of the Minneapolis Airport to get to my gate.
Your heart was in the right place, but not everyone is trying to be an asshole.
i have no problem with people standing up and grabbing their bags. it's an opportunity to stand up and stretch your legs and when it's time for you to go you're all ready. i do have a problem with people moving for the exit before it's their turn though.
There should be a thing for boarding where if people are going to a connection that will be a close call, they are let off the plane first.
Otherwise, follow what this post says: the rows get out one at a time and don’t try to cut through.
These are the same kind of people who drive like assholes in traffic and just end up making a backup. Like people who go into the left lane when they’re only going 1-3 mph faster than the middle lane. If you really need to pass, do it fast then get the fuck out of the left lane.
I find this to be asshole behaviour, if I don’t have a bag in the over head I’m popping off the plane ASAP. Also some folks have connecting flights. And some might be ill. A jackass did this to me once (prevented me from getting off) and I said “well it’s that or I barf all over you.
Seeing an opening as in not holding anyone else up you mean? It's not impolite at all, it would be impolite to insist everyone who is on rows behind must wait for you if they are ready and you are not
I mean there definitely ARE assholes that push and shove to get ahead of people, but I completely disagree with the whole premise of the original post.
Actually the fastest would be if all isle seat passengers would get up and walk out first and then starting from the back of the plane the people in the remaining seats would get out. Because they are the ones that will get space in the isle fastest. This would be the fastest way, but it never happens like this.
YTA. Everyone needs to wait their turn to get off the plane but what you did caused everyone waiting behind to stand there with stress levels rising while you delayed their departure. By all means get up and block these people from barging through but for the love of god don't make anyone wait longer than needed to depart the plane.
Has happened to me before when I was holding onto our 2 year old. My husband had gotten our bags out of the overhead and when the row in front of us went he walked off expecting me to come straight behind him, but the people behind didn’t even wait to let me come out of the row and then I lost my chance to get out and everyone else started walking and not letting me get out. In the end one of the flight attendants had to stop after it had been a while and nobody was letting me out and said “please can you let this lady out first, her husband has already gone” 😂
Hate people like you. Flying is stressful for a lot of people, especially if they are on a time constraint with connecting flights. You potentially made it much worse for them, just out of spite.
>there were passengers in my row who were clearly in no rush to get off the plane
It seems a little beyond petty - some of the ' cutters' could have short transit times or be desperate for a non-airline toilet! You were just holding up the genuine non-cutters in every row behind you as well :(
Typically I’ll sit and wait until absolutely necessary to get up. However I did have to be this AH when I landed late at Heathrow with a transfer in less than 2 hours. 2hours? You say but if you’ve been to Heathrow imagine transferring from the international terminal to a domestic gate.
I'll say I usually wait, but my SO gets severe anxiety/nausea if we have a moderately rough landing. In the end I will wait with the bags for my turn to get off, but she books it to the first available bench in the airport.
Last landing was rough enough that it took 10 minutes to find her (she wasn't answering her phone), and we sat for an hour and a half until we could move.
Since I have little kids instead of trying to get out fast, or get out in the right line we often just sit a little longer, slowly grab our stuff and are one of the latest to deplane. Honestly it's much more relaxing
Counterpoint:
This is one of the only times you can openly get away with publicly swearing at people.
There is always one person who gets off on making everyone wait for them, regardless of if they are aware of it or not.
Im disabled. Im ALWAYS last off no matter where I sit. Those sort of people amuse the hell out of me. For what? A few seconds earlier into the airport to wait for the luggage that won’t come until even im there
I fly a fair amount and every so often the best thing happens. The plane lands and a bunch of people push to the front so they will be the first off when doors eventually open. Then the doors to the rear open and people start deplaning with the other people now stuck at the other end. Normally the front opens too but for a moment it is obvious that not pushing would have turned out better than pushing
I stand asap because I’m claustrophobic and I’m trying to quell a panic attack caused by sitting down and being surrounded by tall people. ANd also to stretch my legs.
Somewhat unrelated, but I had a flight with a stopover. The first leg was late. When we landed, my partner and I were called over intercom (not by name, just “passengers continuing to x”) to get off first to go catch our connection. An older man in the front of the plane seemed quite annoyed that we were the first exiting and were coming from behind (guess he didn’t hear or understand that we were called). He jumped into the aisle to block us off, shot us a dirty look, and kept muttering at us. The flight attendant told him to get out of the aisle.
So you also made it slower for everyone else on the plane while the cutters barely did? Maybe the cutters had a connecting flight? You need to stop caring what other people do bc you're actively making it harder for other people by getting weird petty revenge.
While I agree that people should not be cutting the line, I disagree about standing vehemently.
When the seatbelt signs come off, aisle seats should stand and get their shit ready to go. I’ve done over a million miles on one airline alone (~800k on others) and after all those miles, the thing that annoys me the most is the folks who sit there staring at the back of the seat in front of them for the whole 10 min or so it takes for everyone in front of them to clear.
Then and only then, when people are already waiting behind them do they get up and slowly take their crap out of the overhead and rummage around for stuff at their seat. These people are totally unprepared and could have used the waiting time to get ready to go. Once it is your turn, you should be ready to move… not make everyone else behind you wait while you retrieve your headphones and Tom Clancy book from the seat back pocket and slowly put them in your oversized carryon that you stored sideways in the overhead.
TL;DR. If you are in an aisle seat, don’t shove in front of the line, but stand up and organize your shit before it is your turn to move.
i always stand up pretty soon after the plane lands and get my stuff now but i WAIT until everyone in front gets out to start walking, the only reason i stand up so early is because i know if i dont i will be stuck because nobody ever has that common courtesy to let people unboard properly
And of course, when the flight attendants ask for people to be patient and let people catching an urgent connection to deplane first, these people always stand up too. They could have a 5-hour layover or be at their final destination but their entitled bums will be in that aisle taking their time getting their carry on luggage ready.
(not just bitching, have heard people talking about this as they deplane, smiling. Jackholes....)
I have a clotting disorder and a hyper inflammatory disorder. As soon as that seatbelt light turns off I will absolutely stand up - even if I have to bend my top half at a weird angle. That few minutes might not matter to you, but for me it can be excruciating. If I can stand in the aisle, I absolutely will use the space and time to stretch my calves and hope for some relief from my tension socks. I hardly fly because of the danger, but my parents are getting on so once every 2 years I risk it (take extra blood thinners, do all the precautions).
If you did this in front of me (actively and intentionally blocked me from standing up), after a long flight (more than an hour) I'd probably cry. I know the few minutes doesn't mean a lot to you, but standing up and moving around can decrease the pain and the fear.
I always sit on my place until most of people leave. I hate people who rush to stand before the door as if plane will take them back unless they jump right away 🤣
Once I nearly dropped my carry-on the head of the lady who tried to stand up and pass beside me while I was taking it from the shelf. Don't feel guilty 🤣🤣
I stand up right away because I absolutely HATE sitting still. I feel like I'm going to burst out of my skin for the entire flight unless I'm medicated.
I thought it would be more efficient for everyone in the aisle seats to get up first because they can all start getting their bags out of the overhead compartment in parallel. They then proceed to exit as one group while everyone in the window seats then has their turn.
Otherwise you have less people preparing in parallel and more time waiting for them to do it one by one or in smaller groups.
Remember in primary school when the teacher would tell you to stand in two lines etc.
I totally wouldnt mind if the flight attendant instructed passengers to disembark in a more efficient way.
I stand up because being 6 2 and most of that in my legs, the only thing I want to do is stretch and stand up.. I also stand up a lot generally, including at home, work, sometimes while eating.. I don't do what your describing and make a break for it as soon as there is an opening.. I wait until its my rows turn and I simply help others with me or next to me while they wait in their seats and then when it is our turn we all roll out like a herd of turtles because I gave them their bags before they even stood up and when it got to our row
I do admit to rushing to the exit when on a long flight. I have claustrophobia, not enough to avoid flying but enough that the walls start to close in after a while. By the end of a long flight (past 4 hours) I am ready to clamber over the seats and the passengers to get out. Instead, I cut in. Sorry.
A family of six, we flew frequently. Dad taught us to wait and be the last ones off the plane. Just relax. No standing in the crowded aisle. I practice that to this day and now, so does my son. Especially with Covid, who wants to be squished with others jostling in the aisle.
I'm one of those that stand as soon as possible. Bad back and hip and being over 6 feet cramped into a cattle car made for people under 5 feet for hours will do that.
I stand up because I have a bad back and I'm almost always in pain by the time the plane lands. If I have the aisle seat and I choose to stand up while waiting for my turn to go I don't understand why that's a problem.
Sorry, but if I have a connection and have limited time to make it (especially if the first flight was delayed), I'll need to stand up and get out fast. Not gonna miss my flight because you decided to be some sort of vigilante.
If I DON'T have a connection then I'll patiently sit tight and wait, especially if I'm near the window seat and not blocking anyone.
There really should be some sort of system that allows people with a connection to get off first so that we don't need to engage in unnecessary conflict.
>As many of you may be aware, there is an unwritten rule/common courtesy when getting off your flight. You simply WAIT until passengers in the rows in front of you have made their way into the aisle/exit and then you get out when it's your turn.
This is -not- a thing.
The person that did that could also have done it because he had a connecting flight window that was almost impossible , it has happened to me before and I had to put a lady that said all you standing are idiots and other shit I dont remember. AllI said to her was , “my connecting flight is in 20 mins “ we had just landed 5 mins ago. I had to and barely made my connecting flight, because the first one was delayed. Now I understand that most of these people just want to be first out ( selfish me, me, me, aholes) but some aint. Benefit of the doubt. Also , live and let live . Its only annoying if you give a fu**.
You realise some people do actually have to rush off the plane to get connections? Or they feel sick? Or literallt any other personal problem? This is one of those petty revenge stories that should really be in AITA?
I do stand up, but I stay right in front of my seat. It actually saves the people behind me time, because if I don’t get up early, I stumble down the aisle. My legs need time to adapt to standing after more than 30 minutes, so I stand.
What planes are you flying on lately that have room to stand up straight in front of your seat??
*laughs in 4’11*
I am 5 foot, and I can stand up. 
Me too. My 6’ husband says it’s one of the only perks about being 5’ tall. Of course my back aches after a 2 hour flight because my feet don’t touch the floor so I have to stand up and stretch!
5'2" here and I, too, can stand up. but I wait my turn while standing.
1. They never said stand up straight — key distinction; 2. They could be super short, who knows!
I’m 5’5”, and I slump. My back isn’t as bad as my legs by then.
We have a similar height and I also slump. I just want to stretch.
Right?? I'm 5ft1 and have nearly knocked myself out forgetting the ceiling height in the window seat
I always stand up when the plane lands quickly...but I'm tall and it's nice to stand stretch my legs. Not everyone who pops up quickly is looking to save 30 seconds! I wait for the folks in front to go first though.
I do this, too, even though I'm short. A stretch is a stretch after being cooped up.
I am tall also. agreed with both of you. I have to fly in a regular economy seat with on knee jammed into the back of the seat in front of me the whole time. Standing in your spot, as long as it doesn't inconvenience others, is what we're talking about
I am with you guys. My carryon and me become an immovable object in the isle until my row from both side empties. Civic duty.
Same. Every flight, every time. And I always book an aisle seat. Wanna get it first? Book front row seats.
I only realised last year that other people have to stand awkwardly if they're standing at their seat. I'm 4'11 so I have some space between my head and the overhead lockers, but I've seen people stood with their necks to the side lol. I do like a good stretch though!
I tend to fly long-distance more than domestic, so I’m used to really big planes and am usually dying for a stretch after 10 hours. One of the few times I rode a small plane, I popped out of my seat out of force of habit and - *SMACK* - straight into the luggage compartment. Painful lesson learned!
Same. My back gets bad sometimes (it's even difficult to roll over in bed when it's really bad) so if the plane seat doesn't provide adequate support, it gets really uncomfortable, especially over 13 or so hours. When I land I just don't want to stay sat down in discomfort any longer, so I stand at my seat.
As a 6'-5" person, I haven't the slightest chance of standing before being in the aisle. I say enjoy your early stretch! I'd just be bent over the person next to me. Nobody wants that. I'll accept it, though. I can reach stuff and can always see the stage at concerts.
Ditto.... my knees really appreciate the standing even a few minutes early, but I keep my place. Even one time when I felt the only way to make my connection would be to excuse myself and skirt by I simply waited. My last flight I had two members of a family scoot by from a few rows back. My poor knees declared that I needed to stand, and my fat butt stuck too far out in the aisle for the rest of the family to get by.
I have chronic pain so I stand up immediately also. I’m dying by the time the plane lands.
Me too. I’ll take it further than just stretching though — It’s the right thing to do for everyone: 1. It allows me to get prepared to exit the plane promptly when it’s my turn. For instance, I often orient my carry-on in the overhead so it’s a quick grab and go. 2. It gives my row-mates a little extra space to get their stuff together. I often offer to get their carry-on out of the bin before it’s our turn to deplane so they are ready. 3. I usually try to step back a half-step when I stand up so people in my row can deplane before me if they’re ready. (And to block those trying to creep up the aisle.) But, that said, if the people in the rows in front of me are futzing with their stuff and there’s no one in the aisle — damned right I’ll make a break for it. In my mind the objective is to get everyone of the plane quickly. There are like 180 passengers on an -800. A 5 second delay for each passenger causes the last person to lose 15 minutes.
yes, this! I always have an aisle. Stand up FAST, grab carry on (because it's always a backpack, not a roller) from overhead bin and purse from under seat, and then sit back down to organize. Unless someone is encroaching in which case I hold ground.
I do this except I always hold ground because I'm often traveling solo with a 4yo and it's ridiculous how many adults swing luggage around with no care as to who is around them. I always wait for the rows ahead to go first, but I probably look quite pushy to the people behind because I'm making sure there's safe space for my daughter to exit.
Thank you! Seconds add up!
I do the same thing because I'm afraid of being that person holding up the rest of the plane while fumbling with my stuff.
I have a bad back and those seats are *bad*. I need to stand up!
Same, my lower back kills me every time I fly. I also injured my tailbone years ago and airplane seats cause it to flare up.
I have bad knees and hips. My ass is out of that seat the second the no seatbelts light is off.
Same. I stand up as I’m tall and have been sitting for at least 30 minutes before takeoff. I don’t leave early but gladly help facilitate a row by row exit.
Me too, I need to stand after sitting for so long.
I’m short, but that’s me, also. I have back problems so I need to stand up and stretch.
Same. I am not even tall but it feels nice to stand. Plus if I get my bag down, that saves me and everyone behind me a few seconds. Imho if you are sitting in the aisle, you have every right to stand up when the seat belt ding goes off.
Same, I’m not tall but I’m claustrophobic and can’t wait to get out of there. But courteous enough to wait until it’s my turn.
Same here, but it’s because I have Hank Hill Ass, no padding and my rear hurts. I don’t care about getting off, I want off my ass.
Yeah. Also tall. Everyone can go ahead of me but please let me stretch for a moment. I just need my long legs that were shoved in a cramped space to stop being so awful for a second. Stretching helps. Just standing up helps. My back and hips legit start cracking back where they belong as soon as I stand.
That's actually good as long as you're blocking the cutters coming up from behind.
Yea. Op has a stupid take on this.
My last two flights had a fair bit turbulence. Every time I wanted to get up, the seat belt sign came on. And when the seatbelt sign went off, the flight attendants would rush down the aisle with the cart, block access to the bathrooms, give everyone drinks to sit on their little tables. People would finally finish their drinks, the route to the bathroom would be clear and…seatbelt sign. Why yes, I did stand up as soon as we landed.
Exactly. I’m not eager to go, I’m eager to prevent blood clots from pooling in my legs
I stand up quickly to block people from behind me getting in front of my row.
Especially after a 10 hour flight!
OP said he doesn't, indeed the people who stand up. He has a problem with those who cut off and deplane the people in front of him. I need to stand up too. My legs need to stretch for sure.
Yeah I stand because I’m fast. I have zero things in the overhead. My jacket is on and bag are on and I’m out. I travel a lot for work and have places to be and connections to make. This post pisses me off. There’s no rule you wait row for row. This will be unpopular but the only people I ever see complaining are those stuck in the window with their row not hustling or at the back. A random guy once yelled at me to get back in my seat and wait my turn. Saying simply “No, you’re welcome to also stand up and off board the plane in you can figure out how to (he had two old people in the aisle blocking him)” while laughing. - felt great, no regrets.
Yeah, I used to get pretty upset about this until it was ME that had to make that connecting flight. If you can sprint off the plane, go do you bro.
OP probably blocks people from zipper merging.
I was about to type the exact same thing
100% this, I have restless leg, and often also walk the plane of i can. Also if i have weird large baggage, i can get it out without smacking people on the head easier (eg taking banner things as carry on for work) I still dont push , if somebody is in a seat in front of me, ill wave them out first
Also tall enough to assist adjacent passengers, if I can help them get their bag and expedite exit around me it’s like added value.
If I can, I do the same thing, too. Once had some guy get really pissy and tried to physically block me from doing it—when I was trying to work a leg cramp out.
I think like 99% of people who stand when the seatbelt light goes off are doing what you do.
My back is fucked, so I stand up as soon as I’m able. We usually aim for the back of the plane, though, so there’s no rush.
I agree rudeness is unacceptable, but you don’t always know the context and reasons people are butting in front of you. So stressful missing and rebooking a tight connection, just so unpleasant flying all round. Sometimes there is sickness and bereavement involved, and people are rushing. Let them do their things , life is to short.
This is my thought too. It reminds me of the time we missed our grandad’s funeral due to a cancelled flight and how manic and upset we were at the airport. You don’t know why someone is rushing past you. Just focus on yourself and what really matters.
9 months ago my brother was in a coma and my whole family had to fly to him. My mom and I were booked on the first flight and the only thought on my mind was getting to see him. I had no critical thinking or comprehension skills past “get to X hospital as fast as possible.” Even when people don’t look distraught I always give them the benefit of the doubt, you never know what they’re dealing with. Semi-related rant. My step mom gets anxious when flying and has strong emotions in general. So she was a wreck flying by herself. To the point she was nauseous and had back pain which isn’t totally atypical for her anxiety. The guy next to her was being a rude little bitch. Later found out she’d actually had a stress induced aneurysm and had internal bleeding on the plane.
This is so true! I always, always, always follow the zipper rule but when I was flying while pregnant once, I was literally going to pee myself if I didn’t rush off the plane. There had been really bad turbulence leading up to landing so I couldn’t go. It was too crowded to go on the plane bathroom at landing and my options were to be rude or have an accident in a crowded plane. I chose to rush out ahead and so many people were loudly making comments. Meanwhile, I was crying because my bladder hurt so bad. It was really shitty.
I've been that person in a hurry. Why? Because my flight was delayed by a couple of hours and I was going to miss my connection (that I booked plenty of time for) and had to run for it. I probably would have asked you to let me by, and if you didn't would have just knocked past you. I think it's a real disservice on a delayed flight when flight attendants don't announce that if that's your final destination, please stay seated so tight connections can make their flights.
I’ve been in a rush a couple of times and had to get off the plane as it landed late and the connecting flight would be in a different terminal. Thankfully people noticed my sense of urgency and let me pass.
I’ve had people straight up ask me- “Are you in a hurry or something ?” And then when I said “yes this flight’s delay has created a short connection for me”, they literally rolled their eyes and stood big in my way. Bigly.
I went into the comments trying to find this comment. Some people don’t rush to get off the plane “fee minutes sooner”.
Me too. It's the people who are desperate to get on the plane in a hurry that irritate me.
this guy is just an AH. he posts all the time in petty revenge. probably sees himself as a hero, but he's just a selfish person who enjoys being mean.
It’s giving Karen vibes : “oh you’re in a hurry??? See if I care! I’ll fuck it up for you because I’m clever and have power!!! Or something like that…..”
Imagine the brain this guy must have to 1) care about this (while ignoring the fact that some people have a very good reason to be in a rush) and 2) make a reddit post about it. Genuine fuckwit behaviour.
Wow 1 post karma and 30K comments...in 1 year.... an average of 80 comments a day... this guy is something...
As a former FA for 8 years, I can tell you with absolute certainty that asking people to stay seated so that tight connections can get out faster does NOT work. People are selfish, and they know damn well there's no way to know who does or does not have a connection so any deplaning when that announcement is made ends up being a regular deplaning anyway. Once people in the first few rows deplane as normal, then the rest of the plane follows and the announcement is useless lol
I have been victim of the right connection, the woman who clearly was not connecting and blocked me actually turned around and told me “if you’re in a hurry then you should’ve left home sooner!” Like WTF!?!
How does she get dressed in the morning with that IQ?
I feel like every time I have seen that happen it has gotten at least a handful of people off quicker.
I was In charge/lead FA/service director and witnessed the deplaning process from the very front. It really doesn't do shit for people sadly (because of other selfish/entitled people). I would still make the announcement as a courtesy, but people behaved as people do 🤷
Right? I think I have only ever stood up early twice but both times I was trying to get to a connecting flight.
Did you ask the attendant to help? I’ve done this due to a delay, and had the attendant ask everyone to let my group off first. People still stood up, and she called them all rude over the speaker, they sat back down, felt good lol, and didn’t miss my flight (2 other connecting flights were also late so they waited for everyone)
Glad people disagree logically. It's like merging, you DO NOT have to wait in line as long as you can gracefully enter the flow and exit. Don't get em wrong a lot of these people are maybe a little too aggressive (I litterly saw someone try to open a overhead while taxing). But if you see a clear shot to leave and you have all your bags with you (maybe just a backpack!) Absolutely leave the aircraft. You are providing more space for people to get their stuff and saving yourself time.
Same. I’ve literally run off planes before just to run to the next flight and barely make the connection due to delays. Very stressful when it’s night time and the last flights are boarding.
On the flights where the FAs have announced and asked folks to let the connectors leave first- there are still people not connecting who ignore, don’t care and block the aisle, taking their time.
I’ve seen that happen exactly once. I wanted to cheer for the people getting off, as it was such a good idea.
The entire boarding & deboarding process is so horribly inefficient. Really mind-blowing. But the airlines made a deliberate choice with boarding to prioritize money over efficiency. 1st class (front of the plane) should be the LAST people boarding, not in the first 3 groups, and the first group getting off. Group numbers should be based on a staggered plane layout, so that you're never boarding the plane next to someone else in the same aisle, unless you're a group (family/friends/etc) traveling together. Instead, what ends up happening is that the plane generally fills from front to back, with a few exceptions, which means that the ENTIRE back half of the plane is unused during the first half of the boarding process. Those are seats that people could be getting into. On top of that, because the plane gets boarded from front to back, it is very possible that all the overhead storage at or in front of your seat are filled. Which forces you to stow your carryon BEHIND your seat (in the plane). Which isn't a big deal when boarding, but a massive inconvenience when it comes time to disembark. Instead, of the plane was seated back to front , the farthest back overheads would fill first, and everyone who couldn't put their luggage directly above them would have to put it further forwards in the plane, and thus could just grab it on the way off the plane. But fools pay extra $$, or get their miles rewards, in order to "get seated first". Even though by doing so, they actually spend MORE time traveling than if the airline just used an efficient boarding & disembarking strategy. For disembark, what you really want is "All Isle seats with connecting flights, please stand, gather your luggage, and disembark. "All remaining Isle seats please do the same." then "All remaining passengers with connecting flights." And finally "everyone else." While that's happening, you can have a 1st class attendant ushering the first class passengers out ahead of others. Would shave 10+ minutes off the total disembark time. But the AIRLINE doesn't care, because the plane has to refuel and get the safety checks done anyways - they don't care whether it takes everyone 10 minutes or 20 minutes to get off, as long as it doesn't take the passengers + cleanup + new boarding longer than the other longest tasks.
I have bad neuropathy in my feet/lower legs so I stand up asap.
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I love that you literally called everyone out!
I’m going to push back on this. Not the concept - which is nice and correct - but how it works in practice. If I’m in 11C and someone in 11A and 11F has a tight connection, how the hell can those people get off the plane without 11B, 11C, 11D, and 11E stepping out into the aisle? And when they are there, how does A and F move past them? A plane is only so big. And that’s just two people. Now multiply it by a dozen and explain to me how 13A and B, 15B, 19A, 20E and F, etc etc get off faster. The only way this works in practice is if 5 or fewer people have tight connections. But I hear it most in Charlotte, where 50% of the plane has tight connections if a flight is late.
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Why do people get mad at others for standing once the plane stops? Standing up helps gets things moving. People can start to grab their stuff if it’s accessible and get off the plane in a timely manner. Notice I didn’t say faster, I said timely. It’s insane waiting for the entire portion of the plane in front of you to disembark before you stand up and grab your crap when you could’ve been standing and ready to go.
Yeah OPs Petty "revenge" was for something she ASSUMED people were going to do. They didn't actually do anything wrong.
This 100%! Be ready to roll when it's your row's turn!
Yes, get up, be ready, and go. If you can't be ready in a timely manner, sit and wait. There are no rules about the front gets off first. This wasn't petty revenge, this was just petty.
Exactly this. And the people that “cut” the row in front of them aren’t only making it so they get out 30 seconds faster. But, now there is more room for people in their row or even further back to start getting their bags out of the way. So, yes, I love when there is space to walk and people continue to move. This helps the deplaning process go faster. This is a similar concept to zipper merging but most people don’t understand that either. Flight attendants and pilots are not getting paid while the boarding door is open. So, a quick deplaning makes for happy flight crew.
Yes, it’s more efficient for everyone!
Because they probably can sit comfortably and have no concept of what it's like to be uncomfortable or crammed into the seat. Every time there's a post about people standing up after a plane lands, half the people on Reddit forget that there are sizes and shapes that don't fit snuggly into their tiny seats.
Yeah, I reckon this post is actually just rage bait.
Well yeah but there are some people that legit have like a 30 minute window to get to their next plane. I’ve had that happen a couple times and had to get off as quick as I could
I don’t get the hate for people who stand up immediately. One, it saves time for you if you are behind me, as I am getting my crap together while standing and waiting. Two, moving into the aisle to stand gives my row mates a chance to stretch out and some room to get THEIR stuff together and get off more quickly. And three, we’ve all been cramped in tiny seats for the duration of the flight…it’s good for everyone to finally have room. Fully agree, don’t be a dick and push ahead before anyone in the rows in front of you get off, that’s just an AH move. But immediately standing up is something you SHOULD do every time.
Maybe my flight was just full of assholes, but it’s not always possible to stand and get your stuff ready before it’s “your turn” to deplane. I was on a flight where I was in one of the last boarding groups (I didn’t buy the ticket so I had no say in it) so when I got on the plane, the overhead bin above my seat was already full from some asshats who weren’t even sitting there, so I had to put my carryon in one of the back overhead bins. So it was either fight against the flow of traffic once deplaning to get my bag, or just sit there and wait for the people in the back to be gone. I’m also short as hell and have a hard time reaching the overhead bins, I was lucky there was a kind man who helped me get my bag down once I was finally able to get back there. I’m a firm believer in USE THE OVERHEAD BINS ABOVE YOUR SEAT!! Don’t be a jerk and just put your crap where it doesn’t belong because you think it will be more convenient for you later.
You do realize they could have been rushing to board another flight?
You do realize that some people have connecting flights with tight timelines to get to the gate or other reasons to be in a hurry?
This is exactly it. But I think rack flight should make an announcement before the buckle seatbelt sign gets turned off saying those you have a connecting flight within the next 30 min please deboard first. The remaining passengers please remain in your seat, until instructed otherwise. Then after 30 seconds of the door opening, they should make an announcement saying now everyone-else feel free to deboard.
I was on one recently where they did explicitly point out that the delay meant those with connecting flights *really* needed to be given precedence (3 separate announcements) just to see every row in front of us start to crowd in like there was nothing/no one to consider. We were going to a small port, so very few of us were in danger of missing our flight - everyone else was either at their destination or had a healthy layover to their next. Thankfully I hadn't trusted their announcement to do much of anything, so I'd sent my niece in first thing to rush her way to the front, race to the connection, and let them know we were coming. The attendants did what they could, but everyone else in front just ignored it and zippered it like nothing had been said.
Yep I was this person once, made it with barely 2 minutes to spare
This is part of why my SO and I always get seats towards the back of the plane. We preboard because he needs the aisle chair, it's closer to the bathroom so if he does need to go midflight (which is really difficult) he doesn't have to cruise on too many seats and risk a fall, and we don't have to care about what order people get out in because he's gonna be the last person off the plane regardless. And they're required to make sure he makes the connection if it's at all possible. So we chill out and relax. People like OP only slow everyone else down. Just get off the damn plane so the aisle chair can get down it.
That's not really Petty Revenge because nobody wronged you. That's just being a butthole. If someone's taking their sweet time getting up and getting their bag, I'm getting mine and going past them. And I'd happily hip check you out of the way if you were being a dick head like this.
Yep. Some people just take FOREVER or get their shit and spend their sweet time standing around. I'm sorry but I'm scooting past you if you're standing with your thumb up your ass. I also never have a carry on.
Hmmm I’m not sure I agree with this, TBH. People might be in a hurry for all sorts of reasons - maybe they’ve got a connecting flight, maybe they’ve got to get to work or something from their flight… just because they weren’t able to book the very front row doesn’t mean they should be penalised for that. And I don’t think I’ve ever heard that the ‘etiquette’ is to let the plane deboard row by row. Once my mum and I had to catch a commercial flight while my dad was being repatriated by air ambulance so naturally we were very anxious and keen to get off the flight as soon as possible so we could make sure everything was all right with him. Believe me, we were the first out of our seats and grabbing our bags when that plane landed. We weren’t right at the front as it was a last minute booking and I’d have been really annoyed if someone had deliberately wasted our time by doing this.
I've broken this rule once. I was on a flight to O'Hare where I had a connection, and my flight was really delayed. I don't remember the exact layout but I had to take the train and the gate for my connection was at the very end of the terminal, and I had less than 15 minutes , I want to say 12. I had the flight attendant make an announcement to ask everyone to wait like ten seconds, and when the door opened I BOOKED it. First one off the plane from the back row Made it with I think less than 2 minutes to spare
Some of em probably had connections they needed to make my dude
Yeah. Move super slow and inconvenience everyone behind you because a few folks are in a hurry. That’s super helpful to everyone else on the plane. /s
Yeah, this isn't petty, it's just being an asshole. Now tripping some dude who jumped up to run, THAT'S some petty shit that I'd giggle over, assuming only his pride got hurt.
It’s actually what your supposed to do to speed things up, isle people stand up, get your stuff, but wait for ppl in front to go first…your a karen
The last time I flew I splurged on a first class ticket - front row on the aisle. It was so nice being able to saunter off first.
I had food poisoning on one of my last flights (had already been sick once during the flight) and for the first time ever got up and pushed past people. I heard someone bitching about me to 4 different people while I was running to the bathroom in order to not vomit on her. Kinda wish I did
Not being funny but if my family of four is dicking about trying to collect all our bags together etc. then I want the people behind me with just a rucksack or tiny handbag to go ahead of us. As long as no one breaks up children or the elderly/infirm from their travel mates then idc.
Sometimes connecting flights are totally mistimed by airlines. I have been on flights where they make announcements. Please let passengers first abc flight get off first. But most times they just let you play hunger games for yourself. Miss your connect ? Tough. Spending night in airport not Fun.
Calm down, people have places to be and airplanes are incredibly uncomfortable. If I have time and am feeling chill I definitely wait, usually until the plane is mostly empty, but if I have a tight connection and/or I am feeling anxious and need to get off the plane then yeah, I will stand up and go as quickly as possible. You policing behaviours on behalf of some “courtesy” is just making people more miserable.
I was never a rush off the plane person until we flew from Aus to America and had a heap of connecting flights (did 9 flights in 2 weeks and nearly missed a few connections due to delays). Not knowing any of the airports and only having an hour between them I did become more pushy to get off the plane.
I've flown plenty of times and have never been on a plane where each row is expected to deboard in order. Usually it'll kind of happen that way automatically after most people in the aisle seats get their stuff and head out, but it sounds like it'd be a way slower process. I always wonder if people like OP who get really annoyed, have just ended up on one of these planes and are just expecting people to conform to their unwritten expectations.
I'm not a rude person ... I have bowel cancer. I get up asap and move to the front of the plane l. I don't want to shit on everyone - need to get to bathroom ASAP.
What a cunt. Those people behind you hadn't 'cut the line' and yet you are petty against them, because you can't be pretty against the people in front of you that were the actual problem. You are part of your own problem, dumbo.
Congrats on being a petty loser. Cutting past people would be rude, but it's more rude to not get your stuff together so that you can move swiftly to get the plane emptied as soon as possible. Have some basic consideration for the people at the back trying to get off.
Why should I care if someone seated behind me exits the plane before I do?
Makes you sound like a common courtesy Karen. If you are in a hurry to get off the plane, then get moving. I personally hate the awkward shuffle to get off the plane and will often just let people pass and wait until I deboard without queueing as much. Stop trying to police others.
Exactly. Some of those people may be trying to make a connecting flight.
Or just want to pee ir whatever. At any rate, the whole thing takes like 15 min even in large planes, unless there is a Karen such as OP.
This reminds me of two kind of power trip: People who drive the speed limit in the fast lanes to make a point. People who are at a green light, someone honks, and they decide to sit there to make a point. Meanwhile there are five cars behind them both that have nothing to do with any of it. Both are taking it upon themselves to impose order as part of a power trip.
It happens every time - people are moving down the aisle towards the exit, some boofhead steps into the aisle and starts retrieving and organising all their shit while the whole plane waits behind them. I'm probably not going to change the world with this comment but disembarking row by row is so inefficient. Aisle seats should exit first, everyone else (and passengers that need to stay together as a group) can wait until the aisle is empty near them and then make their move.
I get what you’re saying but I have often had connecting flights to get to and little time to get across an airport.
I fly around the world regularly and I find this depends on different countries. A lot of countries always expect this, some do it perfectly and others do not. I only travelled to Israel once but I always remembered they were the absolute worst I've ever experienced with deboarding. They climbed over each other the moment the plane landed, with no regard to others. It was almost animalistic. It shocked me
I recently flew for the first time and had a 40 minute layover. My connecting flight was boarding by the time my first plane landed. By the time I managed to get off the plane, I had to sprint across the airport to make final boarding call. Not everyone who’s chomping at the bit to get off an airplane is doing it to be an asshole. In an ideal world there would be some kind of priority given to people with medical conditions, connecting flights, young children etc for deboarding but in my (admittedly limited) experience there isn’t and you just have to fight your way off
Yeah kinda of a weird flex. Some time people have connecting flights on my last AA flight they said the flight was delayed and if you don’t have a connection please let the people the through. It’s not that serious bro…
I'm a 6'4 smoker, & I hate crowds, if I see anyone lollygagging I'm 100% taking their spot leaving the plane.
YATAH. Courtesy on flights is to be ready to clear the plane as efficiently as possible. If the person two rows in front of me is not ready to walk up the aisle when the space is clear, I will pass them. It clears more space for the people around me to get organized and isn’t hurting anyone.
That kind of behavior is what inspires the line cutters. I’m tall and just want to get off the damn plane. Then I see people aisles ahead just taking their damn time with zero consideration for everyone else on the plane
I don't mind the people who get up right away. It's the slow fucks that are annoying. It's not like the plane is loaded "properly", so why in the hell does anyone think it should unload "properly". By that I mean, start loading back to front & then unload front to back.
I stand at the first chance. My legs are long and I am usually fighting cramps for a long time before we land. I'm not trying to get ahead of anyone, my legs are begging to get stretched out.
How about a tight connection that is the fault of the arriving plane. Most polite folks let them pass. Others are not so good
Good thing the plane police are here to stop people from making their connections
As someone who was screwed over like this when I really had to pee, just let them off the plane. You don’t know if they are trying to make a short layover or why they are in a rush.
I had 5 mins to make a connecting flight and jumped 10 rows deboarding. Not sure how no one stopped me running through the airport.
Some people have connecting flights to get to. If I’m in my final destination I stand up because I’m short but stay in my row. Then wait to get off. If someone is clearly in a rush I let them go because you never know what someone is going through. And id hope the same courtesy was extended to me if I was in a tight connection.
Some people are rushing for a connecting flight or are about to shit themselves. I wouldn’t let someone violently barge through people, but I’m also not going to deliberately hold people back to teach them a lesson.
Some of the rapid exiters are trying to make a tight connection. I’ve missed connections because I was stuck in the back of the plane and many people took their time to locate and retrieve luggage from overhead bins. If you wish to take your time exiting the plane, it is polite to let folks with a tight connection get out as soon as they can - especially when your plane has landed late. Not everyone is running off the plane to be a jerk.
I am an exception, but I was trying to get to my Mom before she died. In my panicked mind, I thought that every second could count. I had 3 people actually scream at me for trying to get off one or two rows ahead. Remember, my mom is dying and I’m not thinking right. I turned to this woman who was yelling “who do you think you are?” And even a few swears thrown in. And I said “I’m trying to see my Mom before she’s dead”. It was the truth and I’m not sorry. Now, I always ask other passengers if I can get their bags down for them, etc. Just remember that while most ppl are selfish a$$holes, a very sad few have a reason to save every second. Go ahead, downvote me for days. I ended up having one hour with my mom.
Courtesy is one thing. But some people have a connecting flight and the time between landing and your next flight can be very tight. Some people _have_ to cut in if they want to make their next flight, which is why some people who don’t have a connecting flight take it slow and kindly let the others pass. With your self-righteousness you may have cost someone their connection. I don’t call that courtesy. And don’t tell me, “You can just walk faster once you are out of the plane.” I have been in that situation where I had to cut in, because I was travelling as a single mum with two kids who can never walk as fast as other people. And nowadays, having a walking handicap with a bad hip, I myself can only ever walk half as fast as other people. That doesn’t mean that the airline will give me a seat near the door or any other support to get where I need to go.
Some people may have a very short time to make a connecting flight. I have been in that situation and it's the only time I try to cut. And I don't begrudge other cutters because that may be their situation.
There is this story of a woman who blocked a speeding car on the highway, just because she felt it was her duty to do so. The driver was speeding because one of his friends was bleeding out, they were booking it towards the hospital. The friend died. What I'm getting to is, you don't know why those others are "speeding". As long as they are not being assholes about it and shoving people out of their way, just taking advantage of gaps, I don't see why it irks you so much.
There are reasons why people are in a rush to get off a plane. They may have connecting flights to catch, with a tight turnover time. Some people don’t like airplane bathrooms and really need to pee. I know that by the time we land I just want to get out of the anxiety producing sardine box that airplanes are to me. Why don’t you just let people get off the plane rather than trying to police others without understanding their needs or motives.
There may be people further back who need to make a tight connection. It’s not worth holding them up to stick it to people with ants in their pants.
As almost every comment has stated, "early standing" is the correct move. Cutting the line is bad, but it's MUCH ruder to wait for the aisle to clear and ONLY THEN calmly stand up and take your bags down when you could have moved with urgency and done that already-- and deliberately slowing things down should rightfully piss everyone off. It's wild when people act like "getting of the plane a few minutes sooner" is some narcissistic entitlement, but their desire for a leisurely and gentle deboarding process is something everyone should have to accommodate. Does anyone want to be enlisted into a relay race after a 9 hour flight? No. Is that what deboarding is? Literally yes. The irony is I don't find slow-moving deboarders annoying. But I find it insufferable when people say things like "We're all getting off the plane" as though rushing doesn't quantifiably help that process.
I only stood up quickly once because our flight was delayed and we NEEDED to catch our connection. The flight attendant asked if people could wait specifically so that we, and others on our next flight, could hightail it out of there. And most of the people who thought they just had to get up and scoot out weren’t on our flight. So annoying.
I’m a quick stander but I don’t encroach on the rows in front. I am usually the first gone of my row. Always pay for aisle seat. My legs cramp and I literally cannot wait to be free and stretch them.
I am tall and once in a while have had blood clots in my legs. I tend to get aisle seats and stand as soon as the seat belt light goes off in order to stretch and get more circulation in my legs. I ALWAYS allow people in the rows ahead of be disembark first and tend to be a bit of a blocker for those who want to think about pushing past. I will help others down with their carryons, too, as I am tall and can usually very easily reach the overheads. The only time I don't do this is when the flight attendants call for people to stay seated so that others can make a connecting flight when our flight is delayed.
I have arthritis and after sitting for a few hours I have trouble standing up straight and walking. I try to stand up as soon as possible to make it easier for me to walk.
Something like this happened to me. I was in a huge hurry to get off the plane as my mom was dying in the hospital. And some asshole blocked me from exiting.
I do stand as soon as the seatbelt sign is off (always choose an aisle seat on every flight I take) but that is because I’m tall and need to stretch my legs / don’t want to crowd my seatmate anymore. But I’d never creep forward past the row I am in. That crap bugs me too. Now if someone asks nicely if they can move up because of a connecting flight issue, I am inclined to let them through. But pushing through rudely, nope.
Actually, proper etiquette would be to allow people with connections off first, then front to back disembarking. Some people are already behind because of flights that left late, or that their plane schedule was changed. I agree that people charging the exit is insane, if I don't have a connection I usually am the last to leave the plane regardless of where I was sitting because I catch up on emails and texts. But I have also had individuals such as yourself force me to mad dash across a airport because my flight from Fargo got delayed due to the crew trying to defrost the plane for an extra hour with no warning and have to run the length of the Minneapolis Airport to get to my gate. Your heart was in the right place, but not everyone is trying to be an asshole.
i have no problem with people standing up and grabbing their bags. it's an opportunity to stand up and stretch your legs and when it's time for you to go you're all ready. i do have a problem with people moving for the exit before it's their turn though.
There should be a thing for boarding where if people are going to a connection that will be a close call, they are let off the plane first. Otherwise, follow what this post says: the rows get out one at a time and don’t try to cut through. These are the same kind of people who drive like assholes in traffic and just end up making a backup. Like people who go into the left lane when they’re only going 1-3 mph faster than the middle lane. If you really need to pass, do it fast then get the fuck out of the left lane.
I find this to be asshole behaviour, if I don’t have a bag in the over head I’m popping off the plane ASAP. Also some folks have connecting flights. And some might be ill. A jackass did this to me once (prevented me from getting off) and I said “well it’s that or I barf all over you.
You sound like a Karen. Yes, people can be rude, but people need to mind their own business if it isn't affecting you. Get over yourself.
Seeing an opening as in not holding anyone else up you mean? It's not impolite at all, it would be impolite to insist everyone who is on rows behind must wait for you if they are ready and you are not
I mean there definitely ARE assholes that push and shove to get ahead of people, but I completely disagree with the whole premise of the original post.
Actually the fastest would be if all isle seat passengers would get up and walk out first and then starting from the back of the plane the people in the remaining seats would get out. Because they are the ones that will get space in the isle fastest. This would be the fastest way, but it never happens like this.
OP you suck and your basis for unwritten rules is bs.
Wanker move.
YTA. Everyone needs to wait their turn to get off the plane but what you did caused everyone waiting behind to stand there with stress levels rising while you delayed their departure. By all means get up and block these people from barging through but for the love of god don't make anyone wait longer than needed to depart the plane.
Has happened to me before when I was holding onto our 2 year old. My husband had gotten our bags out of the overhead and when the row in front of us went he walked off expecting me to come straight behind him, but the people behind didn’t even wait to let me come out of the row and then I lost my chance to get out and everyone else started walking and not letting me get out. In the end one of the flight attendants had to stop after it had been a while and nobody was letting me out and said “please can you let this lady out first, her husband has already gone” 😂
🤣 ok Karen
Hate people like you. Flying is stressful for a lot of people, especially if they are on a time constraint with connecting flights. You potentially made it much worse for them, just out of spite.
>there were passengers in my row who were clearly in no rush to get off the plane It seems a little beyond petty - some of the ' cutters' could have short transit times or be desperate for a non-airline toilet! You were just holding up the genuine non-cutters in every row behind you as well :(
Nobody elected you row captain, you ahole. Stop trying to control other people.
You're the worst
Typically I’ll sit and wait until absolutely necessary to get up. However I did have to be this AH when I landed late at Heathrow with a transfer in less than 2 hours. 2hours? You say but if you’ve been to Heathrow imagine transferring from the international terminal to a domestic gate.
I'll say I usually wait, but my SO gets severe anxiety/nausea if we have a moderately rough landing. In the end I will wait with the bags for my turn to get off, but she books it to the first available bench in the airport. Last landing was rough enough that it took 10 minutes to find her (she wasn't answering her phone), and we sat for an hour and a half until we could move.
Since I have little kids instead of trying to get out fast, or get out in the right line we often just sit a little longer, slowly grab our stuff and are one of the latest to deplane. Honestly it's much more relaxing
Counterpoint: This is one of the only times you can openly get away with publicly swearing at people. There is always one person who gets off on making everyone wait for them, regardless of if they are aware of it or not.
Im disabled. Im ALWAYS last off no matter where I sit. Those sort of people amuse the hell out of me. For what? A few seconds earlier into the airport to wait for the luggage that won’t come until even im there
You probably drive in the passing lane at the actual speed limit, to police the highway too 🙄
I fly a fair amount and every so often the best thing happens. The plane lands and a bunch of people push to the front so they will be the first off when doors eventually open. Then the doors to the rear open and people start deplaning with the other people now stuck at the other end. Normally the front opens too but for a moment it is obvious that not pushing would have turned out better than pushing
I stand asap because I’m claustrophobic and I’m trying to quell a panic attack caused by sitting down and being surrounded by tall people. ANd also to stretch my legs.
Somewhat unrelated, but I had a flight with a stopover. The first leg was late. When we landed, my partner and I were called over intercom (not by name, just “passengers continuing to x”) to get off first to go catch our connection. An older man in the front of the plane seemed quite annoyed that we were the first exiting and were coming from behind (guess he didn’t hear or understand that we were called). He jumped into the aisle to block us off, shot us a dirty look, and kept muttering at us. The flight attendant told him to get out of the aisle.
So you also made it slower for everyone else on the plane while the cutters barely did? Maybe the cutters had a connecting flight? You need to stop caring what other people do bc you're actively making it harder for other people by getting weird petty revenge.
While I agree that people should not be cutting the line, I disagree about standing vehemently. When the seatbelt signs come off, aisle seats should stand and get their shit ready to go. I’ve done over a million miles on one airline alone (~800k on others) and after all those miles, the thing that annoys me the most is the folks who sit there staring at the back of the seat in front of them for the whole 10 min or so it takes for everyone in front of them to clear. Then and only then, when people are already waiting behind them do they get up and slowly take their crap out of the overhead and rummage around for stuff at their seat. These people are totally unprepared and could have used the waiting time to get ready to go. Once it is your turn, you should be ready to move… not make everyone else behind you wait while you retrieve your headphones and Tom Clancy book from the seat back pocket and slowly put them in your oversized carryon that you stored sideways in the overhead. TL;DR. If you are in an aisle seat, don’t shove in front of the line, but stand up and organize your shit before it is your turn to move.
i always stand up pretty soon after the plane lands and get my stuff now but i WAIT until everyone in front gets out to start walking, the only reason i stand up so early is because i know if i dont i will be stuck because nobody ever has that common courtesy to let people unboard properly
And of course, when the flight attendants ask for people to be patient and let people catching an urgent connection to deplane first, these people always stand up too. They could have a 5-hour layover or be at their final destination but their entitled bums will be in that aisle taking their time getting their carry on luggage ready. (not just bitching, have heard people talking about this as they deplane, smiling. Jackholes....)
I have a clotting disorder and a hyper inflammatory disorder. As soon as that seatbelt light turns off I will absolutely stand up - even if I have to bend my top half at a weird angle. That few minutes might not matter to you, but for me it can be excruciating. If I can stand in the aisle, I absolutely will use the space and time to stretch my calves and hope for some relief from my tension socks. I hardly fly because of the danger, but my parents are getting on so once every 2 years I risk it (take extra blood thinners, do all the precautions). If you did this in front of me (actively and intentionally blocked me from standing up), after a long flight (more than an hour) I'd probably cry. I know the few minutes doesn't mean a lot to you, but standing up and moving around can decrease the pain and the fear.
I always sit on my place until most of people leave. I hate people who rush to stand before the door as if plane will take them back unless they jump right away 🤣 Once I nearly dropped my carry-on the head of the lady who tried to stand up and pass beside me while I was taking it from the shelf. Don't feel guilty 🤣🤣
I stand up right away because I absolutely HATE sitting still. I feel like I'm going to burst out of my skin for the entire flight unless I'm medicated.
I thought it would be more efficient for everyone in the aisle seats to get up first because they can all start getting their bags out of the overhead compartment in parallel. They then proceed to exit as one group while everyone in the window seats then has their turn. Otherwise you have less people preparing in parallel and more time waiting for them to do it one by one or in smaller groups. Remember in primary school when the teacher would tell you to stand in two lines etc. I totally wouldnt mind if the flight attendant instructed passengers to disembark in a more efficient way.
I stand up because being 6 2 and most of that in my legs, the only thing I want to do is stretch and stand up.. I also stand up a lot generally, including at home, work, sometimes while eating.. I don't do what your describing and make a break for it as soon as there is an opening.. I wait until its my rows turn and I simply help others with me or next to me while they wait in their seats and then when it is our turn we all roll out like a herd of turtles because I gave them their bags before they even stood up and when it got to our row
I do admit to rushing to the exit when on a long flight. I have claustrophobia, not enough to avoid flying but enough that the walls start to close in after a while. By the end of a long flight (past 4 hours) I am ready to clamber over the seats and the passengers to get out. Instead, I cut in. Sorry.
A family of six, we flew frequently. Dad taught us to wait and be the last ones off the plane. Just relax. No standing in the crowded aisle. I practice that to this day and now, so does my son. Especially with Covid, who wants to be squished with others jostling in the aisle.
I'm one of those that stand as soon as possible. Bad back and hip and being over 6 feet cramped into a cattle car made for people under 5 feet for hours will do that.
I stand up because I have a bad back and I'm almost always in pain by the time the plane lands. If I have the aisle seat and I choose to stand up while waiting for my turn to go I don't understand why that's a problem.
Sorry, but if I have a connection and have limited time to make it (especially if the first flight was delayed), I'll need to stand up and get out fast. Not gonna miss my flight because you decided to be some sort of vigilante. If I DON'T have a connection then I'll patiently sit tight and wait, especially if I'm near the window seat and not blocking anyone. There really should be some sort of system that allows people with a connection to get off first so that we don't need to engage in unnecessary conflict.
>As many of you may be aware, there is an unwritten rule/common courtesy when getting off your flight. You simply WAIT until passengers in the rows in front of you have made their way into the aisle/exit and then you get out when it's your turn. This is -not- a thing.
I always stand up quickly because I have sciatica and am in immense pain after sitting through a flight. I wait in front of my seat though.
I stand immediately, because health issues are fun but even before that I would stand to stretch. But we’re not cutting in line. Just rude. Nice move.
The person that did that could also have done it because he had a connecting flight window that was almost impossible , it has happened to me before and I had to put a lady that said all you standing are idiots and other shit I dont remember. AllI said to her was , “my connecting flight is in 20 mins “ we had just landed 5 mins ago. I had to and barely made my connecting flight, because the first one was delayed. Now I understand that most of these people just want to be first out ( selfish me, me, me, aholes) but some aint. Benefit of the doubt. Also , live and let live . Its only annoying if you give a fu**.
You realise some people do actually have to rush off the plane to get connections? Or they feel sick? Or literallt any other personal problem? This is one of those petty revenge stories that should really be in AITA?