Airplanes

Traveling by plane generally means you're stuck in a small environment with a lot of people, so in my opinion, general manners matter a bit more than in usual situations, especially because you're with a lot of strangers who might or might not be from the same country as you and thus might or might not have the same general rules when it comes to dealing with other people.

I've traveled by plane quite a lot already, so I'm aware that some of the situations can get pretty annoying. Last spring, when I was traveling to Rome, I had my tablet stored in the pocket on the seat of the person sitting in front of me so that I could watch anime I had downloaded without having to hold my tablet. Suddenly, the man who was sitting on the seat in front of me leaned back his chair, causing my tablet to almost fall to the floor (I caught it in time). In other situations, I was stuck in a plane full of infants and toddlers, and guess what infants and toddlers do? That's right, they cry... Yippee.

I know I always try to cause as little disturbance to others as possible when traveling by plane, and luckily, I haven't encountered many situations where I was stuck in a situation with someone who was acting unreasonable.

 

I actually never been on a plane before but I know people go up high in the air when they're on a plane so I'm kinda afraid of going on one

 

Airplanes might be dumb, but they sure are efficient. They are the fastest and sfest form of transportation over a large distance. However they do have their faults. Airlines are always trying to find new ways to cram more passengers into planes. Even if that means we have to stand up the whole time

 

I haven't been on an aeroplane in over 10 years, largely because I have neither needed nor wanted to travel anywhere that would need a plane to access. I certainly don't miss them either - riding on several long and protracted flights during my youth has given me a sense of mild claustrophobia as a result. You're aware of the seating arrangements on passenger flights, and how they can be quite infringing, yes? That is just one unfortunate side consequence of them.

I don't intend to ever set foot into an aeroplane ever again unless it is absolutely necessary that I must, and I highly doubt that's ever going to happen.

 

I don't mind flying, if I have everything I need. Just as long as I don't get plopped next to someone shitty. This happened before and the person wouldn't let me go to the toilet -_-

 

I've been on a plane a handful of times in my life so far and enjoyed it every time. I don't have a problem with the travel part of air travel..although the hyper paranoia over security issues worries me. I think it's more an issue in the US than elsewhere but it's there. I don't like the idea that I could be essentially arrested, interrogated and treated like a terrorist due to a shirt I wear, the contents of a book I might bring, or an off-hand comment to someone I'd be traveling with. People have already been treated like dam war-criminals for each of those things and that's messed up, but these days agencies can pretty much get away with whatever they want (with a reasonable amount of public support even) as long as they say it's in the name of security and keeping the latest boogeyman at bay.

 

Does anyone else get a little mini panic attack right before you land, and then freak out even more when you are rapidly braking and you feel like plane is gonna flip nose first. That always gets me..

 

I've only been on one ONCE and it wasn't that scary. Getting on? Absolutely terrifying. But once I was up in the air I felt fairly content.

 

Aside from my enormous aerophobia, it also bothers me how cramped most of my flights were. I guess it's no surprise since I'm on economy class all the time but geez there is almost no leg room and it's so uncomfortable. I already get jittery enough sitting in one spot for too long.

B> time travel machine to live in the times where we can easily teleport anywhere. No more fears! No more lack of leg room!! -aaa-

 

I used to hate traveling by plane but after 14+ hours on a flight to Japan I grew accustomed to plane travel and much more comfortable. I now really like flying as long as it is a shorter flight since I do have a bad fear of heights, as long as the window is closed I should be ok.

 

I've never actually been on a plane. Seems kind of scary to me for some reason. Maybe I just don't like the idea of a whole ton of weight flying through the sky.

 

I was once on a flight from London to Chicago and there was like nobody on the plane except me and my parents, so I just switched seats like every ten minutes and walked around, and the flight attendants were fine with it.

 

I tend to think that people are afraid of flying because they have a fear of heights and/or falling. Even as a child when I had a huge fear of heights, I was never worried about flight.

Oddly enough, now I want to go skydiving this summer

 

Been on quite a few flights over the years, still terrified (so much so I kinda learned brought a flight simulator what all the weird noises were so I knew we weren't about to plummet out of the clouds...) though I prefer larger planes as you don't feel them move as much when turning!

Worst thing ever happened on a plane? 4 hour hop and this random guy was sat next to me. The worst BO I have EVER smelt. This wasn't 'I've been travelling for 24 hours give me a break' BO, this was 'I haven't washed in weeks and my seat will never be clean again'

I felt like I was going to vomit the entire trip :/