What is it with Airline Travellers?

Bad at the office?




Know exactly what you mean. John

they get to be first on the plane because their not smokers hanging about out the front trying to drag down 2 hours of ciggies in the final 30 seconds before boarding, then holding the plane up as they call them up (tiger have the right idea - tell em to catch the next flight)

and when the plane lands with no checked baggage its straight out the fron to an empty taxi stand NOT luggage carrasell and back home where you belong

Hi BOF,
I do understand what you are saying and don't disagree.
As some one that flys nearly every week for work I would ask that you see it from our perspective. I don't carry checkin as I can not afford to loose my bag. This does happen and if you are working and only there for a day or two you carry what you need. I get in the plan early to beat people that stumble through carring the lifes belongings and procrastinat about where they will sit (even with a assigned ticket)
As for when you get to the other end! Some airport like Xiamen, Hong Kong, Sydney etc set up a obstical course that must be successfully completed if you want to catch your next flight. More than once I have missed a conecting flight by a few minutes.
Last is I have a wife and two daughters at home and as stated I work away alot, on landing I can not get home quick enough and yes I run for the gate.

Craig

Hi BOF,

I do understand what you are saying and don't disagree.
As some one that flys nearly every week for work I would ask that you see it from our perspective. I don't carry checkin as I can not afford to loose my bag. This does happen and if you are working and only there for a day or two you carry what you need. I get in the plane early to beat people that stumble through carring the lifes belongings and procrastinat about where they will sit (even with a assigned ticket)
As for when you get to the other end! Some airport like Xiamen, Hong Kong, Sydney etc set up a obstical course that must be successfully completed if you want to catch your next flight. More than once I have missed a conecting flight by a few minutes.
Last is I have a wife and two daughters at home and as stated I work away alot, on landing I can not get home quick enough and yes I run for the gate.

Craig

Best of Road,

I've flown for years ( my father was a commercial pilot) and he always mentioned too take my time and let the other passengers board. I agree people are always in a rush. However I was lucky traveling up the front throughout the 90's (first or business class) for many years and it didn't matter if I was first or last on board. I wasn't a full fare paying customer cause of dad I was classified as 'staff'.

Yes I was fortunate but never I abused it or staff cause dad would come down on me like a tonne of bricks. I Never get drunk albeit I was a teenager or was rude to other passengers!

I believe that the elderly and children (families) should and are allowed first be on first but I still see people rushing on. The aircraft has a scheduled time of departure it ain't leaving earlier.

Anyone flown on the A380??

I thought it would be a pain for boarding due to it's passenger capacity but I remember that it was easy going.

I'm now a Fly In Fly Outer of the Pilbara and these flights on arrival everyone leaves the aircraft in an orderly fashion. I've never seen this before but it works!!

By the way I'm off to England for Xmas and I'll think of this post and see what it's like. The human race is getting selfish!!

cheers

Agree - what a laugh watching these clowns rushing to get on board - trying to push in front of disabled, aged and parents with babies and young children, for what? The only logical reason I can see for wanting to board before others is so that I can get some over head luggage space because of all the annoying "non check in luggage" people that carry way oversize cases onto the plane and attempt to jam them in the overhead locker - leaving no room for my small laptop bag!!! Still I would still be too embarrassed to push and shove my way to the front! My only revenge is at the end of the flight when I get to laught at the guy who wacks his head on the overhead locker as he attempts to be the first to stand up!!!