Originally Posted by
cal73
One thing the airlines should tell the passengers.
1. "Its not polite to board a flight and immediately head for the lav to drop a deuce." Take care of that poo before you board.
1a - When your child does the deuce in their pants - please fix the situation before boarding.
(true story - during boarding we had a mom work her way against the flow & whip her ~6 year old daughter's pants off in First Class because she needed the extra space... I could not believe it... the Lead F/A sounded like Adam Sandler ...
welcome aboard, hello, good morning, wel - HEY! PUT THAT KIDS PANTS BACK ON HER!)
Inevitably it turns out these are the $1 over non-rev Priceline Specials. The same folks who show up at the gate demanding (always in this order):
1. First Class upgrade for some perceived fault in the security, weather, or special assistance request
2. Exit Row window
3. Bulkhead
4. Isle seat
5. Four other passengers be relocated so they can sit near their (girlfriend, child, aged parent)
I understand the whole sale of seats for incremental last minute revenue, but for the rest of us who buy the expensive fully refundable last minute seats for business travel - we'd sure like to avoid the Priceline Customer - who always packs like a refugee - and enjoy and extra empty center seat every now and then. As more and more Executives and even Government Officials are being forced by austerity programs to ride in back, maybe they'd like a little return to decency too.
The airlines offer a nice product with better seating and in-flight entertainment. What makes travel miserable is the rudeness of the other customers.
From row 14, we'd probably prefer to pay a little more and reduce the load factor by a few percentage points. Maybe they could zone the priceline seats, rearmost rows, anyone?