To sit or to stand after landing? The heated debate around plane etiquette rages on, with one irate passenger reigniting the feud on Reddit.
Flyers have long been divided on the proper etiquette when disembarking.
When the plane lands and the seatbelt sign turns off, some passengers immediately stand despite having nowhere to go, while others remain seated until it is time to exit.
One user posted a photo to Reddit in the United Airlines subthread, writing ‘please remain seated’ in quotation marks.
‘And within five seconds… half the plane stood up,’ they added.
While some agreed with the the Reddit user’s stance, others see nothing wrong with immediately standing up when it’s safe to do so.
‘Lmfao. Or when they ask everyone to stay seated for the 11 people who need to make their tight connection. But 30 people get up and run off first,’ a passenger agreed.
‘I have no problem with people standing after the chime… I also want to stretch my legs. It’s the sprint up the aisle that’s annoying,’ another passenger pointed out.
To sit or to stand after landing? The heated debate around plane etiquette rages on, with one irate passenger reigniting the feud on Reddit
‘Who cares if they stand up. They aren’t exiting the plane any faster. I stand up first chance I get. After a three to four hour flight, I need to stretch my legs,’ agreed another.
‘Yep. I stand up to stretch my back first chance I get. I don’t care about trying to exit faster at all,’ chimed in another.
‘Everyone gets stressed about people standing up as soon as they get to the gate and its really f**king annoying,’ someone else raged.
‘Mind your business,’ they continued. ‘I have a bad back and I am 6ft3. When I fly first class, I stay seated, when I fly anything else, I am standing up because my knees and back are killing me.’
The fasten seatbelt sign on all flights is required to light up and sound a bell prior to landing according to Federal Aviation Regulations, but there are no laws that say passengers must remain seated after the light has been turned off.
The US Code of Federal Regulations also states that, ‘No [air carrier] may take off or land an airplane unless each passenger seat back is in the upright position.’
If passengers that immediately stand have even earned a nickname – ‘aisle lice.’
Similar to ‘gate lice,’ new term ‘aisle lice’ refers to travelers who try to push their way to the front of the plane once it touches down on the runway.
Flyers have long been divided on the proper etiquette when disembarking (stock image)
‘Gate lice’ gained national attention last year after American Airlines announced it would be testing out technology in select airports that would attempt to help prevent impatient flyers from boarding before their group is called.
The new nickname first sparked talk online after a Reddit user started a debate to see which type of ‘lice’ is worse to deal with while traveling.
A user on the Delta forum said while onboard a flight from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to LaGuardia Airport, they were ‘pushed’ by a man sitting in a window seat while they sat in an aisle seat in the first class section.
‘Not only did the people next to me decide to stand up but somehow the guy from the window seat shoves his way forward and is the first of all of us to get off the plane,’ they wrote.
‘Serves me right for thinking first class passengers have more class and would respect some personal space and order.’
