Top Flying Frustrations

[MEL_Traveller]

Top frustrations for me:

(1) snorers. No excuse people! Sleep on your tummy if you snore.
(2) pre-departure messages from the flightdeck that begin with '[salutation] we're all ready to go here but we're waiting for... final cargo to be loaded / a flight plan to come / some remaining passengers / some paper work / an engineer / (etc)'. It means we're not ready to go (I would much prefer - 'we're delayed folks, could be anywhere from 10 minutes to 30 minutes, we'll keep you informed'.)

 

[Pushka]

Top frustrations for me:

(1) snorers. No excuse people! Sleep on your tummy if you snore.
(2) pre-departure messages from the flightdeck that begin with '[salutation] we're all ready to go here but we're waiting for... final cargo to be loaded / a flight plan to come / some remaining passengers / some paper work / an engineer / (etc)'. It means we're not ready to go (I would much prefer - 'we're delayed folks, could be anywhere from 10 minutes to 30 minutes, we'll keep you informed'.)

How do you do that on a plane? I understand people snoring but if they’ve been imbibing in a lot of alcohol and they are nearby they may find it noisy.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

How do you do that on a plane? I understand people snoring but if they’ve been imbibing in a lot of alcohol and they are nearby they may find it noisy.

Not sure I follow what you mean? If you are a snorer, sleep on your tummy so you don't snore and keep everyone else awake!

 

[Pushka]

Not sure I follow what you mean? If you are a snorer, sleep on your tummy so you don't snore and keep everyone else awake!

How can you sleep on your stomach on a plane unless in a lie flat!

 

[MEL_Traveller]

How can you sleep on your stomach on a plane unless in a lie flat!

I usually don't find it so much of an issue in economy? I think maybe it's a bit more difficult to fall into that deep sleep, and even if you do, something happens so the snorer has to shift position and the stop anyway. Plus if you're sitting upright, easier to wear headphones and drown out the noise

 

[Cossie]

Not sure I follow what you mean? If you are a snorer, sleep on your tummy so you don't snore and keep everyone else awake!

Not that simple, I wish it was.

My biggest gripe is "eggsit" instead of "exit". Also heard on our recent Malaysian flights as well, maybe they are trained here in Australia.

Smelly feet, one flight quite a few years ago in Y, when we joined a flight, the person next to us had been in the air for about 24 hours at that stage (fairly convoluted story), she took off her ugg boots, the smell was indescribable.........................

 

[jb747]

Top frustrations for me:

(1) snorers. No excuse people! Sleep on your tummy if you snore.
(2) pre-departure messages from the flightdeck that begin with '[salutation] we're all ready to go here but we're waiting for... final cargo to be loaded / a flight plan to come / some remaining passengers / some paper work / an engineer / (etc)'. It means we're not ready to go (I would much prefer - 'we're delayed folks, could be anywhere from 10 minutes to 30 minutes, we'll keep you informed'.)

We're almost ready to go here but we're waiting for...

 

[JohnK]

Not sure I follow what you mean? If you are a snorer, sleep on your tummy so you don't snore and keep everyone else awake!

Hard to do in economy.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Hard to do in economy.

As I mentioned above - snoring isn't usually much of an issue in economy. And much easier for the snorer to wake up or change position so the snoring is usually only short-lived

 

[Pushka]

As I mentioned above - snoring isn't usually much of an issue in economy. And much easier for the snorer to wake up or change position so the snoring is usually only short-lived

The worst snoring I encountered was a J flight last year. Emirates I think. Gosh. Can’t remember. Anyway he was a big guy who had been drinking heavily. Lay on his back and flaked out. He was aisle I was window. Unfortunately I seemed to have bumped his seat heavily after he woke me up and I went for a walk. He woke and by the time I returned he was snoring again. Then his phone rang!!!! I said aloud - who didn’t turn off their phone . He scrambled to get to it and he didn’t sleep the rest of the flight.

 

[blackcat20]

The worst snoring I encountered was a J flight last year. Emirates I think. Gosh. Can’t remember. Anyway he was a big guy who had been drinking heavily. Lay on his back and flaked out. He was aisle I was window. Unfortunately I seemed to have bumped his seat heavily after he woke me up and I went for a walk. He woke and by the time I returned he was snoring again. Then his phone rang!!!! I said aloud - who didn’t turn off their phone . He scrambled to get to it and he didn’t sleep the rest of the flight.

The worst one we experienced was on an AA flight from Tokyo to the US. He was in J, we were in Y, and we heard him start snoring before we'd even left the gate. Surprised he didnt wake himself up given how loud he was.

 

[JohnK]

As I mentioned above - snoring isn't usually much of an issue in economy. And much easier for the snorer to wake up or change position so the snoring is usually only short-lived

Not sure about short lived. I've slept for 3-4 hours or more in economy.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Not sure about short lived. I've slept for 3-4 hours or more in economy.

in that case your snoring is probably only intermittent or not too bad

 

[JohnK]

in that case your snoring is probably only intermittent or not too bad

Apparently my snoring is quite bad. I feel sorry for anyone around me. Wish there was a simple fix without wearing masks or operations.

 

[Quickstatus]

Top frustrations for me:

(1) snorers. No excuse people! Sleep on your tummy if you snore.
(2) pre-departure messages from the flightdeck that begin with '[salutation] we're all ready to go here but we're waiting for... final cargo to be loaded / a flight plan to come / some remaining passengers / some paper work / an engineer / (etc)'. It means we're not ready to go (I would much prefer - 'we're delayed folks, could be anywhere from 10 minutes to 30 minutes, we'll keep you informed'.)

Frustrating. If we are ready then lets go.
Mrs QS has that habit - says she is ready but I know to continue couch surfing for another 20 minutes.

 

[Tonkatough]

jb747, or other pilots: how about clapping in the cabin after a successful landing?
Does that annoy the men/women in charge, or does it just annoy other passengers?
Or do you consider it praise for a job well done?

 

[Denali]

Slight peeve but people that totally, 100% disregard the FA doing the safety instruction when the FA is standing right there, doing their thing.

I know you may have seen it a 1000 times or only 10 times but at least fake polite for a professional doing their job for 90secs.

 

[jb747]

Slight peeve but people that totally, 100% disregard the FA doing the safety instruction when the FA is standing right there, doing their thing.

I'd love to run a quiz after the safety briefing. You just know that those who are so deeply into their newspaper have no idea...no matter how often they fly.

As for clapping. I don't care either way. But, the issue is that passengers will only see a smooth landing as a good one. In many cases a solid arrival is far safer, and may even have been what was intended. What really annoys me is when someone openly criticises the landing. Unless you can do it yourself, then you have no basis for comment.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

What really annoys me is when someone openly criticises the landing. Unless you can do it yourself, then you have no basis for comment.

I guess pilots are not unique in this regard. Other professionals... judges, doctors, police, civil servants... all suffer the same by people who are not qualified or couldn't do the job themselves. In some cases the criticism will be warranted (the pilot who landed the plane on the nose wheel for example) and others it won't. Just one of the pitfalls.

 

[jb747]

I just ask how their last landing was.....