Flight etiquette

Cochin

In a short flight (in a small ATR operated by King Fisher Airlines) from Bangalore to Cochin; even before the flight landed; there were at the least couple of mobile phones that were switched on! And, that too, it was when the flight attendant was making the announcement to "Please keep your mobile phones and other electronic equipments switched off!".

Why are we like this?

I have noticed this kind of behaviour so many times and frankly; these are those moments I mentioned in the first blog. I was so desperate to give one-tight-slap to that young man who was sitting on the other side of the aisle.

What will happen if he waits another two minutes to switch on his mobile?

Some of the things that irritates me a lot during flights (and endangers many!) are:

-passengers getting up from their seats even before the flight lands
-passengers opening up the over-head lockers before the flight comes to a stand still
-running to the toilets when the "fasten your seat-belt sign" is on!
-spreading around the food all over while eating
-soiling the toilet seats and pissing all over (mostly in international flights!)
-drinking as much as they can as if there is no tomorrow; just for the reason that it's a "free drink!"
-"violating the -personal- space of the fellow traveller by virtually and physically occupying every single millimetre that's is possible
-disrespect the cabin crew members
-sitting next to a strongly perfumed woman (most of the time in Air France!)

(Nothing against Air France or a woman sitting next to me, unfortunately I am allergic to every known perfume in the world!)

When I requested the young man to switch-off his mobile for the safety of fellow passengers and the plane itself, you should have seen the look on his face! As if I just got into the plane from Mars!

© GP 2006
PS: It's always a pleasure to land in Cochin International Airport. One of the few airports in India that is clean, efficient and a place where you feel that there is some sort of system and governance in place!