An airplane seat one- not had one of these for a while

[Cheeseandlobster]

Was flying back from holiday yesterday in an aisle seat. There was a mother and daughter on the plane, the daughter being about 14. They had originally been sat in someone else's extra legroom seats at the front and had to then move to the row behind me where there was an empty aisle seat. The daughter was very vocal about being unhappy with how little room she was going to have then insisted she had to have her suitcase at her feet which the cabin crew did not police.

Shortly after take off the woman in the seat next to me started vomiting. I am emetaphobic so as soon as I could I moved to the aisle seat behind.

Well you would think I was devil incarnate
The daughter and the mum made passive aggressive comments for a lot of the flight to each other. They wanted to stretch out and sleep and now they couldn't. The daughter said she couldn't handle this. They both had their suitcases at their feet so the mum's shoes were in my leg space, but no effort was made to move them. Lots of pointed elbowing when I was trying to sleep and just general whinging. I was damned if I was going to react and just ignored them. It was clear this entitled mum was raising an equally as entitled daughter. They must have known there was a strong chance there would be someone else in their space but they were just so annoyed by it.

When they got off the mum pulled a woman's hair quite hard by mistake but I heard her laughing about it with her daughter in baggage reclaim as the woman had pulled her up on pushing in shortly after so this apparently was funny.

I am sure I wasn't unreasonable but it would be great to hear about other entitled passengers. I I have always loved hearing these stories

On a short haul flight, I was allocated a middle seat. Turned out a couple booked the aisle and window, hoping no one would want to sit in the middle. They asked if I would mind swapping seats, I said not at all, happy to grab the aisle. Oh but they’d rather I took the window seat. I said in that case I will stay in the middle. Begrudgingly, they let me have the aisle but they were NOT happy!!

My favourite flying stories are the funny ones tho - once on a business flight, couple getting sloshed at the bar while I was having a lovely snooze in my flat bed. On her way to her seat, the very tipsy wife tumbled and landed spreadeagle on top of me, it took her husband a while to extract her from my seat My sister who saw it slow-mo was in hysterics

On a flight on New Year’s Eve, DP and I eavesdropped on the two strangers behind us who got chatting not long after takeoff and were head over heels by the time we landed. It was very sweet, 6-7 years on, we still wonder if they ended up together 👀

I’ve had some right doozies but my worst experience was flying from LA to Chicago when everyone on the plane got food poisoning, which incapacitated the pilots. It forced a fighter pilot turned taxi driver to conquer his fear of flying and save everyone on the plane.

@honeygirlz

I’ve had some right doozies but my worst experience was flying from LA to Chicago when everyone on the plane got food poisoning, which incapacitated the pilots. It forced a fighter pilot turned taxi driver to conquer his fear of flying and save everyone on the plane.

Omg. We need more info

@honeygirlz. Were there any inflatable auto pilots involved?

Were there any inflatable auto pilots involved

Pmsl! 🤣

I love doing this. When I book a flight I’m straight on seat guru, then I get back on and check if the airplane is changed to a different one.

Glad it is not just me

I’ve had some right doozies but my worst experience was flying from LA to Chicago when everyone on the plane got food poisoning, which incapacitated the pilots. It forced a fighter pilot turned taxi driver to conquer his fear of flying and save everyone on the plane.

I thought pilots had to have different meals form each other so that if one meal was bad and they got ill the other pilot wouldn't be affected?

Is it a film?

I just rewatched Airplane the other night!😂

@Knickerbockerglories

I’ve had some right doozies but my worst experience was flying from LA to Chicago when everyone on the plane got food poisoning, which incapacitated the pilots. It forced a fighter pilot turned taxi driver to conquer his fear of flying and save everyone on the plane.

I thought pilots had to have different meals form each other so that if one meal was bad and they got ill the other pilot wouldn't be affected?

Yes they do!

[quote CheezerGoode]@honeygirlz. Were there any inflatable auto pilots involved?[/quote]
Or a Star Trek style emergency pilot hologram?

I thought pilots had to have different meals form each other so that if one meal was bad and they got ill the other pilot wouldn't be affected?

Depends on the airline's rules, same meals is allowable at some airlines these days.

On an 11 hour flight between London and Johannesburg with a 6 month old baby. Booked a bulkhead seat with skycrib - basically a flap down table that would then have an airline carrycot strapped to it once we'd got going. Entitled posh lady came and sat next to me and as soon she could she ordered a coffee. Then she reached over and flipped down the table in front of me (She was in an aisle seat which only had tables that popped out of the armrests) and put her coffee on it. In front of me. My now 22 year old daughter had a wriggle, kicked the front of the table and that's when she found out she hadn't latched it in place when she so rudely commandeered it for her own use. She'd put her white woollen coat on the floor by her seat and she made a few pointed comments about how she'd have to suck her coffee out of her coat now. It was drenched in her black coffee. I just kept quiet. And then when I was breastfeeding my daughter later on i managed - and I swear this was not deliberate - to squirt breastmilk on her. Karma.