Feet and shoes on Bulkhead?

[drivatruk]

I don't think anyone reasonable would argue with the proposition that some situations require more formality than others. I'm happy to wear jeans to go to the shops on the weekend, but I wouldn't wear them to a formal wedding!

In the same way, a job interview or a court appearance demand a greater level of formality than an aeroplane.

I would not put my feet on a seat on the train - that (a) takes up a seat where someone could be sitting and (b) almost invariably involves shoes, which as has been pointed out previously could have anything on them, and then someone could get something on their trousers when they sat down later, which has a definite effect on them - unlike putting socks on a bulkhead.

This would attract a fine of $180 for putting feet on a seat in Victorian Tram , Train or bus. In 2011 45 people per day coped a fine and resulted in around $2.5 million for the state Govt. Could be a new revenue stream for airlines.

 

[burmans]

So you are saying it is OK for me to burp and fart throughout a 9-10 hour flight?

If I am sitting in 23B/23J on a QF A330 I do not want to look at a persons feet at eye level on the bulkhead in front of me. And I shouldn't have to close my eyes or look away.

Please don't try to teach me anything about social etiquette. Behave like a human being and you will get on fine with most people.

I'm not making any comment on whether it's all right, and that extends to whether people can burp and fart.

What I am saying is that
a) I don't believe I have any right to inflict my opinion on others (except where supported by law) and more importantly
b) I have no ability

In the absence I ascribe to Alanslegals view, spending my time trying to get others to do things I have no right or ability to do is the metaphysical equivalent of beating your head against a brick wall and I for one have no desire to have a sore head so I don't.

As for your last sentence, as indicated I have no desire or ability to tell you what to do, it seems to me you are the one who wants to do this but it also seems you can't see this is what you are doing so we will have to agree to disagree.

 

[dajop]

Talking longhaul, I just find it amusing that elevation of feet is acceptable if a foot rest is supplied (eg in J or Y+) , but if the feet are in more or less the same position, but resting against a wall then it is unacceptable. What about the guy I saw a couple of months ago in an exit row (BA Y+) who after reaching cruise, put his wheelaboard in front of him and put his feet up on that?

 

[RickyT84]

I some times put my feet up (with shoes on) on the bulkhead especially if its a long haul flight. Since I am fairly short (about 172cm), I find that I can get to a relatively comfortable position if I rest my feet on the magazine pocket/holder on the bulkhead. But that again, I have never stick my feet up in the bulkhead so that they are plainly visible by the pax around me as its plainly uncomfortable.

 

[burmans]

I some times put my feet up (with shoes on) on the bulkhead especially if its a long haul flight. Since I am fairly short (about 172cm), I find that I can get to a relatively comfortable position if I rest my feet on the magazine pocket/holder on the bulkhead. But that again, I have never stick my feet up in the bulkhead so that they are plainly visible by the pax around me as its plainly uncomfortable.

Get ready for the morality sermon!

 

[Alanslegal]

What about the guy I saw a couple of months ago in an exit row (BA Y+) who after reaching cruise, put his wheelaboard in front of him and put his feet up on that?

Over on the 'which seat is best on the QF A380' thread, there's quite a few posts about seat 80A/K whereby some of us deliberately want that seat because there is no 79A/K and thus you can use your hand carry, pillows, and what not to make it into a foot rest. For a SYD-LAX flight for example, 14 hours of supported leg room, that would be close to priceless in the economy cabin world.

 

[Aussie_flyer]

I got to see this on QF9 DXB-LHR in First late last year

 

[boomy]

Oh great! Now let's start another 100 posts debate whether bare feet on the bulkhead is ok or not...

 

[legroom]

I got to see this on QF9 DXB-LHR in First late last year
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O M G !

That's all I'm going to say.

 

[pjm99au]

Wow seat pitch In F isn't what it used to be

 

[Moody]

Oh great! Now let's start another 100 posts debate whether bare feet on the bulkhead is ok or not...

No need - now that the adults are in charge this sort of thing will be more and more common, and the rest of us (i.e. - humanity) will just have to cop it.

 

[Aussie_flyer]

Wow seat pitch In F isn't what it used to be

That is on the ground, the seat swivels, this is the forward facing position which faces the wall It was gross anyway, I was in 2K and he was in 1A

 

[Denali]

Last PE flight to LAX, a woman looked to be doing her yoga posses with feet and legs on the bulkhead. I swear, I didn't know you could get your feet that high up in the air without ropes but she was stretching wide and high while wearing what I can only describe as an snuggy.

Didn't think to take photos - it amused me more than anything else.

 

[wingspan]

Last PE flight to LAX, a woman looked to be doing her yoga posses with feet and legs on the bulkhead. I swear, I didn't know you could get your feet that high up in the air without ropes but she was stretching wide and high while wearing what I can only describe as an snuggy.

Didn't think to take photos - it amused me more than anything else.

Flew DEL to SIN a couple of weeks ago and saw the same. I think the pax in question had just been at a yoga retreat. She seemed very comfortable with her foot higher than I'd have imagined possible on a very tight pitch in Y. I was impressed and reminded of how glad I was to be sitting in an exit row and not needing to contort myself.

 

[eminere]

O M G !

That's all I'm going to say.

Why is there no vomit emoticon

 

[artemis]

Talking longhaul, I just find it amusing that elevation of feet is acceptable if a foot rest is supplied (eg in J or Y+) , but if the feet are in more or less the same position, but resting against a wall then it is unacceptable. What about the guy I saw a couple of months ago in an exit row (BA Y+) who after reaching cruise, put his wheelaboard in front of him and put his feet up on that?

I know this is another airline, but on VA in PE to LAX the bulkhead seats have little poufs that lean up against the bulkhead (they are portable ones, supplied once cruising altitude is reached), thereby encouraging those passenger to to rest their toes on the bulkhead... how is this different to the magazine rack sans ​pouf?

 

[artemis]

Flew down to Mel for SYD this mooring and saw my old pet hate. The pax in 1B with her terrible blue coloured sneakers firmly planted on the bulkhead. Her sole was touching the reading material pocket.

I think thats disgusting and expect better from a women in her 60's. I was tempted to ask if she would do it do it at home but bit my tongue.

Am I weird thinking this?

What is the worse degree of moral turpitude?

Feet (shoed/socked/bare) on bulkheads; or taking photos (unidentified or not) without the person's permission and posting them on a forum for discussion/mocking/criticism?

 

[Girlcarlton]

The pax smelly feet And it is not a good look :shock:

 

[burmans]

What is the worse degree of moral turpitude?

Feet (shoed/socked/bare) on bulkheads; or taking photos (unidentified or not) without the person's permission and posting them on a forum for discussion/mocking/criticism?

Personally neither are anything I aspire to!

 

[drivatruk]

What is the worse degree of moral turpitude?

Feet (shoed/socked/bare) on bulkheads; or taking photos (unidentified or not) without the person's permission and posting them on a forum for discussion/mocking/criticism?

Feet clearly placed on a pocket containing items that a Pax would access using their hands would be worse IMO. Would you rub the soles of a strangers feet or shoes?
An unidentified photo taken in a public place posted on a public forum for discussion will not impact on anyone other than the person in the photo. Unless the subject of the photo is a member of the forum they cannot access the pic anyway IIRC.