The 52 definitive rules of flying

[El Presidente]

Some of these brought a smile to my dial 

An article the frequent flyers will relate to 

 

The 52 definitive rules of flying

Story by Natalie Compton, Andrea Sach

Humans are a basically civilized species. We know not to go barefoot in restaurants, treat our friends’ living rooms like landfills or nap on the shoulder of our office cubicle mate. And yet, as soon as we step inside an airport or onto a plane, our manners seem to vanish. Perhaps it’s the delirium of travel or the belief that everyday rules do not apply to vacations, much like calories don’t count on holiday and foreign currencies aren’t real money. Or maybe there has never been a canon for proper passenger behavior — until now.

Etiquette is more important than ever these days. For most of this year, more than 2 million people have been streaming through security checkpoints each day, according to the Transportation Security Administration. One ill-placed limb on the arm rest or acrid hard-boiled egg can sour the air travel experience for many.

To help you become a model passenger, we compiled 52 rules that cover every step in the flying process, from arriving at the airport to exiting the aircraft. To reinforce these tenets, we inserted several pop quizzes. Ace these tests and adopt these behaviors and you will earn your wings — angel’s, not pilot’s.

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[SigmundChurchill]

I agree with all of these except for one.

I'm reclining from the moment they turn the seatbelt sign off until the moment they tell me to put my seat in the upright position.

If they didn't want me to recline, they wouldn't make the seat reclinable.  

Plus, why even tell me to return my seat to the upright position at the end of the flight if they didn't expect me to already be reclining?

[BrightonCorgi]

Like @SigmundChurchill I am reclining when I want as long as the crew allows it.

 

 

 

[joeypots]

Oh, It's for passengers.

From a pilot friend.

Rule #1

Take off is optional.

Landing is mandatory.

[BrightonCorgi]

From tragic family experience, don't build your own plane no matter how many decades of aviation experience you have. 😞

[SigmundChurchill]

1 hour ago, joeypots said:

Oh, Its for passengers.

From a pilot friend.

Rule #1

Take off is optional.

Landing is mandatory.

That's like a saying in my profession.

They don't pay me to put you to sleep.

They pay me to wake you up.

[Lamboinee]

@SigmundChurchill @BrightonCorgi

Harrumph harrumph! Recline I say! And why wait for the seatbelt sign? I say recline as soon as the rear wheels leave the tarmac. As a tall passenger I will also add that reclining the pitch of the seat is more important to me and adds more comfort than adding "knee room". I'd take 5 degrees of pitch before 2" of knee room any day of the week. Sometimes I recline my seat and pretend that the seat is broken and won't go back up just to avoid dealing with the anti-cliners complaining. 

[BrightonCorgi]

It's polite to raise the seat back during meals, but after that it goes back down.

[Lamboinee]

9 minutes ago, BrightonCorgi said:

It's polite to raise the seat back during meals,

I would, but my seat is broken. 

[Rushman]

Pretty good rules of thumb, but sorry, I do not wait for chain reactions to recline. The button is there for a reason, use it.

[BigGuns]

Agreed with reclining being the exception to these rules. It's sad some of them need to be stated...KEEP YOUR SMELLY ASS DOGS IN THOSE SHOES!!!  And don't even think about performing any hygiene-related activities outside of the bathroom, and think twice even then...