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Why stand in line to board an airplane?

The seats are assigned. People have been standing in line for 15 minutes now. Why on earth would anyone want to stand there, when they could just sit and wait until the line clears?

I understand wanting to get off a plane ASAP, but boarding? You just end up sitting on the plane, waiting for everyone else to get on.

Conyak ,

If you have a bag to put in the overhead compartment then you want to get on sooner since the space is limited. I personally only ever take a bag that can go under the seat. I wait until everyone has boarded regardless of my group.

spudsrus ,

This is the correct answer. If I’m on an overseas holiday I’m usually carrying an extra bag of medication.

If I wait I run the risk of no storage space near me and it getting stored away from me

Elorie ,

Unless you need/like to stand before takeoff, I don’t see the point. I don’t mind if people do, as long as they are polite.

Bag space woes? It’s real, but seriously see what you can do without. I fly for work at least once a month and I’m a pro one bagger for trips of 4 days or less; more if I’m doing summer weight clothes. It means I rewear things if they are clean and sometimes wash clothes in my hotel, but damn does it make travel easy.

Checked bag fees suck. Be the first to volunteer to gate check. I can only recall one flight in the last few months where an announcement wasn’t made. The bag is waiting at the destination gate so you don’t even have to handle bag claim. I do it every time I travel.

vext01 ,
@vext01@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Same when the plane lands. You must be the first to unclip and stand. He who stands longest wins.

themadcodger ,
@themadcodger@kbin.earth avatar

That for me is a stretching thing. I don't care if I'm back of the plane, I'm standing up as soon as we're allowed.

Skua ,

You're allowed to get up during the flight though

themadcodger ,
@themadcodger@kbin.earth avatar

Oh, well in that case I'll just stand during the flight, and remain seated when we land so other people who care too much about what strangers are doing feel more comfortable.

Skua ,

Mate I'm not telling you off for wanting to stretch, just puzzled about why you don't do it earlier on when you start feeling cramped

feebl ,

Because him standing early so he thinks he can get off the plane earlier good, standig during flight bad because logic

Sneezydinosaur ,

I’m on a Boeing plane. I’ll stay buckled and seated, thanks.

HopFlop ,

Every time, a good 75% of people stand up before it’s allowed and it annoys me every time.

jaykay ,
@jaykay@lemmy.zip avatar

Naaah, leaving the plane should be in order of the seats. Not “I stood up first”. Now you have to play the game of:

  1. Push your way into the standing line
  2. Let one standing person through, but then the whole line just keeps going cos they’re in a rush to stand in another line at the airport
vext01 ,
@vext01@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

I was being sarcastic, in case it wasn’t clear.

GBU_28 ,

Standing is superior to sitting unless you are disabled or unhealthy

CaptPretentious ,

I didn’t used too get in line. But I’ve had a number of times someone took to much carry on (how I don’t know) and took all of the overhead space, refused to fix it, and the airline didn’t give a fuck either.

cyberpunk007 ,

This is why I do. I typically just take a small bag for under the seat and a small carry on suitcase. Some people have so much shit, usually after a long flight the last thing you want is to be the last person off the plane because your carry on is 8 rows behind you.

GuitarAbuser ,

Standing in line brings me joy

harrys_balzac ,

Found the Brit.

MrBusiness ,

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xmunk ,

Because airlines have hiked the cost of checked luggage to absurd levels so a large number of people have roller suitcase carryons. I have a small messenger bag I travel with that’s soft-sided and I want to get on early so I can make sure it’s over my head in case some asshole tries to cram their bag in over mine.

TBi ,

One airline now charges for carry on. Checking in a small bag is free!

xmunk ,

Who is that? I want to give them all my fucking money.

neidu2 , (edited )

Because once through thebgate, there’s the line of actually getting into your seat because some people tend to stand in the aisle and block everyone while taking their jacket off. And if you’re in a prioritized boarding group you can circumvent most of these by getting into the plane early, which results in more time watching youtube while sitting on my ass.

Source: frequent flier. In fact, I’m typing this from seat 9F on an Airbus A320neo right after sitting down.

sanguinepar ,
@sanguinepar@lemmy.world avatar

There’s no way the airlines allow you to take a donkey onboard, surely?

BaroqBard ,

Big issue for musicians. Many of us have instruments that are just small enough to be carry-ons but just large enough to be a bit unwieldy compared to other carry-ons, so nabbing primo carry-on storage is a must.

nutsack ,

brother you and I are the same

Raiderkev ,

I literally chill til the very end of boarding before I get on. Like you said, my seat is assigned, it ain’t changing, and I’m packed light enough to put my backpack under the seat in front of me. Sometimes people don’t show up n I sneak into a better seat 🤫. I’ve only ever been called out for that on Frontier, they know the hustle apparently. I’ve never bothered trying 1st class or anything, but I’ve gotten some middle seats to transform into aisles that way.

Pinklink ,

Agreed. Can we talk about getting off though? Everyone seems to have their own idea about how to do it and here is my proposal that I am very certain is the most efficient: plane lands at gate, but doors haven’t opened yet. The AISLE seats get up, get their bags, wait patiently in aisle till doors open. The WHOLE LINE of aisle standers files off (they are all ready to just leave), then the next inner seats get up, get their stuff, and file off, etc. Every time someone is “polite” and lets people get up infront of them, they hold up the entire line of aisle standers, and anyone else who could be getting up from their seat and grabbing their things. The entire plane has to wait each time someone says “yes I could just walk forward and leave the plane right now, but please go ahead and take your time getting out of your seat and grabbing your things before I go”

jaykay ,
@jaykay@lemmy.zip avatar

I don’t want to look for my seat with 20 people in front and 20 people behind me, touching my ass cos there is no space . If I have a window seat, then I have to also deal with the people sitting next to me, they get up, walk out, I sit down, they get in blah blah blah

kbin_space_program ,

Because you do not have assigned overhead bag storage, and people bring either bags that are too big, or bring multiple bags

classic ,

Exactly. The airlines created this situation when they began charging for check-in bags

PatMustard ,

Haven’t they “solved” it by charging for hand-luggage too?

finthechat ,
@finthechat@kbin.social avatar

The question you should be asking instead is why would you shoot a man before throwing him out of a plane?

son_named_bort ,

Not all airlines assign seats. I know Southwest doesn’t, you just find an empty seat once you board. In that case it makes sense to stand in line.

OhmsLawn OP ,

Absolutely.

RvTV95XBeo ,

But your position in line is assigned. When they ask the A group to line up and the Bs start hovering they’re not accomplishing anything.

Zak ,
@Zak@lemmy.world avatar

Southwest assigns you a position in line. You can pay for a better one. Their passengers don’t spend a lot of time waiting in ad-hoc lines before their group is called like other airlines.

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