I'm a flight attendant – here's how to get out of a window seat without annoying other passengers | The Sun
A FLIGHT attendant has revealed how passengers annoy other people when standing up on planes – and how they can avoid doing it in the future.
Being squeezed in next to strangers is one of the biggest downsides of air travel, with other people making journeys much less comfortable.
One way in which they do just that is by grabbing the backs of passengers' seats as they stand up.
Flight attendant Shanna Miller (@shannatravels) explained how this can wake people up, or even cause them to spill their drinks, if you're not careful.
In a video on Tiktok, she said: "You know when you're on the plane and you're sitting in your seat and you need to get up for whatever reason and you grab the seat in front of you to pull yourself up?
"This is one of the most common fights that people get into it on the plane.
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"When you grab the seat, sometimes people will grab the person's hair or they have a drink in their hand, and then you pull them back and they spill it on themselves,
"Or they were in the middle of a deep sleep, and now you've pulled on their seat or whatever."
Instead, Shanna recommends people use their armrests to pull themselves up, saying it's least disruptive way of standing on planes.
She continued: "The best thing to do is always use the armrest, pull yourself up, and then use the back of the seats as a guide.
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"It's just a common courtesy. You wouldn't want somebody grabbing the back of your seat."
People commented on the video saying they hated when people did it to them.
One said: "So true I hate this and will give you the stare of death and ask what are you doing!"
Another added: "So Irritating..though I never say anything! usually it's an older person."
Passengers in the middle or window seats are much more likely to grab the back of the person in front's chair to help themselves stand up, with aisle seat passengers able to get up much more easily.
Some people say, when they're sat in those seats, there sometimes is no other option.
In a discussion on the subject on TripAdvisor, one person said: "If the passenger in front has reclined their seat and jammed my tray into me I will grab their seat back to squeeze out.
"If not I will use my armrests."
Another added: "What are you to do when there are instances where you really can't get up without grabbing the seat in front of you?
"This is particularly true of the elderly, for instance, who might need a little help getting out of a seat."
Reclining seats is another way to annoy passengers while flying, with people often doing it at the wrong time.
Sun Online Travel's resident flight attendant said: "When there's food being handed out, seats have to be upright, but as soon as we take the trays away, people quickly put their seats straight back down.
"And they're entitled to as well – every passenger has both the ability and the right to recline their seat.
"It's difficult to get comfortable during flights and you have to do what you need to sometimes, without thinking about how it will affect other people.
"As long as you're not encroaching on their space unfairly, you do what you've got to do to make sure you're not squashed for the entirety of your journey.
"Reclining your seat is fair game as far as I'm concerned, even if it is annoying.
"If you do want to be polite, turn around and give the person behind you a heads up – that's usually appreciated."
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Meanwhile, this passenger revealed an "evil" method she uses to stop people reclining their seats.
Another person explained how they win reclining seat wars against other passengers.
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