The ignorance……plane lands and then everyone clogs the isles. We’re all eager to get off the plane and you’re now standing looking foolish
The ignorance……plane lands and then everyone clogs the isles. We’re all eager to get off the plane and you’re now standing looking foolish
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I’ve always wondered this too!! It’s pointless, like we’re going to have to wait another 10+ minutes to move anyway. What’s the point in standing butt to face for so long when you can sit down and look forward to getting off of the plane instead
You are trying to be fast as consideration for everyone else.
A plane can have 600 people on it. If you burn 5 extra seconds waiting for each person to realize it’s their turn and stand, the last guy on the plane is there for an extra hour. The fastest way to deplane is if everyone is locked and loaded like an assembly line, not with extra random spaces.
My long legs just spent hours cramped in those tiny seats. I’ll stand as soon as I can and cherish stretching my legs.
Sometimes after a 6 hour flight. I really want to stand
Clearly you don’t have sciatica or arthritis.
Sometimes after a 6 hour flight. I really want to stand. I know I’m not going anywhere. Usually I’m in the middle seat with my husband in the isle and Im short so I don’t hunch over but I’ll lean away from the window seat person
My legs are numb from sitting so long. I need to stand
The real question is why we board front to back.
I have long legs and lower back pain. The moment I can stretch out, I will.
Kinda guessing that everyone wondering about this also thinks it’s okay to recline their seats without checking to see if the person behind them is tall.
I just sat on my ass for like 6 hours
I want and probably need to stand, prolonged sitting is no good
Sitting for hours hurts. Standing as soon as possible helps.
Stretch and GTFO as fast a possible.
A lot of people stand because of leg cramps (old people type-sh!t, if you’re over 50 and raggedy you know)
Now why they clog the aisles, IDK. But I’m gonna stand up soon as I can to shake out my legs
My legs hurt, I want to stand.
Because we live in a culture of “me first”.
I’m almost 6 and a half feet tall I’m not staying in the seat longer than I need to
layovers
To ease the pain from sitting so long. I’m only 5’3 so I don’t reach the top anyway. I’m not bothering anybody.
Do you think it would be quicker if people stayed sitting down and didn’t get their bags ready from the overhead locker?
I’m not in a rush to get off the plane, my legs are falling asleep from the uncomfortable ass seats and I need some space to stretch. I’ll wait as long as is needed as long as I can get some circulation back.
Feel like that answer should be fairly obvious if you give it a second or two of thought.
Who knows but I’m good just sitting down at the window waiting till everyone goes
My legs hurt.
My ass hurts after sitting 3 hours on those minimally padded seats. I’m standing up and I DGAF if I “look foolish.”
Because some people are just more important than you, and they know it! /s
I’m short and petite enough to stand in front of my seat under the overheard luggage (not in the row), but because I’m short it means my legs haven’t been touching ground the entire flight, which hurts my back. So yeah the second I can stand, and I’m not actually in anyone’s way, I’m standing.
It is a little cringeworthy seeing people that do this. But is is exponentially more cringeworthy seeing the loads of influencers and other folks constantly calling aforementioned people out thinking they’re better because they can “be patient” and sit for an extra 20 min. There are a multitude of reasons why someone may want to do this:
Obviously, the majority of these people are just a little too trigger-happy but I think best to just let them be.
There are a lot of reasons but the main reason is herd mentality.
Enough people stand up and try to get off first for legit reasons (eg connecting flight, rushing to a meeting, have to go to the bathroom, legs need stretching) that it triggers a response in the rest of our lizard brains.
We FEEL their anxiety and their rush to get off the plane and our brains unconsciously feel that same anxiety and flight response. We don’t want to be the ones left behind.
I stand up, one leg in the aisle so I don’t get someone’s ass in my face. I’ve also had the people rush up from the back, so I try to stop those people unless they have a flight to catch.
I usually stand because I’m tired of sitting, but I also have no intention of getting involved in the mess in the aisle and just want to stand and give my butt a break. I’m usually among the last to deplane because that whole aisle thing annoys me—stuff’s not going to move more quickly just because people are jammed together like sardines.
I am almost always the last guy off the plane.
6 foot 2, bad back, and I want to put my headphones neatly back while it isn’t crazy and I can access my bag.
But hey, let me know the next time you are behind me and I’ll do all that arranging when it is my turn to stand up. I’m sure you won’t mind me getting out my headphones case, neatly putting the cord back in the pocket, and putting the case back in the inside zippered pocket. After all, you are better than me like that.
Because you have people that are boarding group 1 that put their carry-on bags at the front and then they sit in the back. I’ve watched so many people do this and it’s confused me each time like, “oh do you have a short connecting flight you have to catch?”
Because I want to get up enough to get my shit out of the overhead and out from under the seat so I am already standing so I can leave quick since i have 20 minutes to make my next flight and the idiots in front of me hold up the line by not doing the same.
Because I have mild claustrophobia.
If the plane isn’t moving, I need to stand up.
I’m 5’7” and 130lbs, so I don’t take up too much space, but I sit on the isle so I won’t be trapped.
This is me. I sit until everyone is gone. No dirty looks while I retrieve my luggage. No jockeying for position all the way out of the airport
How does this hurt you?
Tall
Opportunity. If they can find an opportunity to one-up everyone else they will. Also, sometimes their carryon luggage is not places near their seat and they want to get to it before someone else takes it I think.
I get the aisle seat and do this sometimes if I have a tight transfer to catch. Happened a few times where I literally have to book it off the plane to catch my next flight.
People might have connections to make, I personally have missed a connection due to waiting for other passengers to disembark. It won’t happen again; next time I will be one of those standing up.
Also, some people end up with their carry on luggage in another part of the aircraft. It happens too often that somebody takes your luggage (usually by mistake because they’re tired and stressed) that I will always ensure I get to mine as soon as possible or at least have it in my sight.
I’m only trying to get off first on an international flight. Clearing customs/immigration on a plane of 350 people with one immigration agent is horrific. I’m fine flying coach anywhere in the US, but go business internationally and get out first.
the worst is when the pilot announce a couple minutes before landing that there are a few passengers on board with tight connecting flights and ask for everyone to remain seated so those people can get off. Then everyone still stands up and people start getting into unnecessary shouting matches. I’ve never once seen the whole plane listen to those warnings.
If I have an hour to reach my connecting flight and the plane already landed 20 minutes late, I will not wait for a bunch of people who are not in a hurry and move as slowly as can be, risking to miss my next flight.
If I’m at my final destination, I’ll gladly wait in my seat for everyone in a hurry to leave before I move.
Unless I absolutely have very little time to make my connecting flight I’ve always waited for the plane to be empty to deboard unless I’m already near the front. Let everyone else clog the aisles and squish each other.
Other thing I wonder is why people shove their bags in the overhead and take up all the space somehow. Like the people who need to park their big ass trucks in 2 spaces.
Lack of patience.
Because I would like to get up and stretch my legs. If you want to sit for longer and look foolish, then that’s up to you
I want to get my bag down and have it in hand when my turn comes. I don’t want to be the dipshit that waits until it’s her turn to start gathering up her stuff and make people wait on me.
I don’t mind everyone standing immediately they gotta stretch i get it. But it’s incredibly shitty if the line starts moving and the people behind my aisle try to push ahead of me and don’t allow me to get into the line to get out. Happened when i traveled to India, less in America.
*Aisles
I need to stand after sitting for a long time. If I don’t, it’ll be harder and slower to get off the plane when it is my turn because my legs and hips need a moment to remember how to function. I usually get up, get my stuff on my seat and then stand where my seat is though, not in the aisle.
It’s because some put their carry on luggage In OHB not near them
You may have just one flight in a day, but others may have several. The tailbone can only take so much punishment.
So part of it for me is, I don’t like to make people wait for me, and I also don’t like the pressure of feeling rushed, so I hope up while people are in the isle and grab my bags.
Why doesn’t everyone just hold there shares while things aren’t going well and wait until things are better?
I never have any problems getting off a plane with people standing or not. It’s usually the short people who put their luggage overhead and have a hard time getting it out that blocks the aisle.
The same reason why we don’t all get along while driving. Some of us are just a little more important than others.
I think a lot of these people have seen “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” and it offers the rare opportunity for them to role play their hero without seemingly taking the piss out of disabled people.
Sure, having the overhead luggage container squashing the back of your head is uncomfortable, but how often do you get the chance to adopt a pose that suggests how much more important time is for you, than the plebs still sitting down, while paradoxically looking exceedingly dumb?
Besides, reaching the bag carousel 8 minutes before the bags start loading is a way better experience than arriving 6 minutes before the bags start loading.
Can I just stretch dude?
Some people want/need to stand because sitting in cramped airplane seats with no leg room is uncomfortable and can be painful.
Whether I am sitting or standing, I am waiting.
I don’t think I look foolish and couldn’t be bothered if anyone around me thinks I do. Some of them are in pajamas.
I stand quickly because I’m 6’7 and wanna stretch my legs. But mostly so I can block the aisle so that people get off in order.
Bc I’m 6’2 and tired of having my legs in my abdomen.
I always do, but then I kind of get looks from people in front of my know I’m going to take longer to move. It seems like a lose lose, fuck everyone.
Depending on how long the journey was, I’d probably just want to stand up to stretch my legs but I would agree.
I’m over 6 feet tall with a couple of knee surgeries… it’s nice to get up and stretch it out
Really, really dumb take. People need to stretch their legs after being crammed into those horrible seats for so long.
Let me guess you’re under 6 feet tall lol
Because have you ever had to connect onto another flight and the person in front of you is reluctantly flying back home to go back to their 9-5 there is different type of urgency in those people.
Stand if you want, but keep out of my personal space if you have to do it. And don’t try to jump the line when exiting.
Claustrophobia
Cause I’m 6 foot 3 and my knees have been jammed into the seat in front of me for hours.
I step into the aisle so people don’t run ahead and then I stand there waiting because I’m sick of sitting