People who stand up immediately when the plane lands and the seatbelt sign is off

[Anonymous]

That is me OP. I need to stretch my legs and I hate being cramped into small (always growing smaller spaces).

[Anonymous]

I get up immediately mostly to stretch my legs from sitting for so long, and to prevent the people from behind me to shove their way to the front. I think this is quite normal....what's not normal is the people in the back trying to get off before all of the people in the rows in front of them. wait your turn!

[Anonymous]

I stand up and start cleaning up my area and making sure my family is ready to move quickly and efficiently once it’s our turn. I have 2 small kids and 2 car seats.

If they announce people have tight connections we sit still and go last. Otherwise I need to get my stir crazy kids off the plane since they are likely at the end of their good behavior will power.

[Anonymous]

I always wondered that too, I mostly see people crowd the aisle with baggage and then just stand there like they are going somewhere - strange behavior.

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Avoiding passport control queues in some airports. Dulles, for ex, if you're not a citizen. You don't want to be the last of several flights to arrive and find several hundred people in front of you.

But again, with small kids, we usually end up somewhere in the middle even if we rush. Sometimes it takes more than an hour.

At Dulles it matters more where you stand in the people mover vs when you get off the plane bc the people mover will wait to leave until it’s full.

people who get off the plane first stand near the door of the people mover so they get off first.

[Anonymous]

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Avoiding passport control queues in some airports. Dulles, for ex, if you're not a citizen. You don't want to be the last of several flights to arrive and find several hundred people in front of you.

But again, with small kids, we usually end up somewhere in the middle even if we rush. Sometimes it takes more than an hour.

At Dulles it matters more where you stand in the people mover vs when you get off the plane bc the people mover will wait to leave until it’s full.

This is true - you can somewhat game the system on the people movers to steal 40-50 seconds of time.

But you really can't get yourself off the plane any faster by standing up sooner rather than later.

What I wish they would do that would help would charge people for carry-ons and make checked bags free - it is the stowing and un-stowing of bags that really causes the on and off boarding process to take so long.

Business travelers are expensing everything and would not care so you'd capture their money and they are the ones most uptight about their time.

[Anonymous]

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Avoiding passport control queues in some airports. Dulles, for ex, if you're not a citizen. You don't want to be the last of several flights to arrive and find several hundred people in front of you.

But again, with small kids, we usually end up somewhere in the middle even if we rush. Sometimes it takes more than an hour.

Agreed, but if you are in row 25 you have to wait for rows 1-24 to empty anaway. So why the rush to stand up?

Because at least you can stretch your legs out. Standing is way, way more comfortable than sitting.

But let’s be honest. Most people aren’t standing just to stretch their legs. If they’re on the aisle seat, they’re rushing to get their bag, or leaning into the aisle /middle people.

This is one of those things that reminds me that Kindergarten doesn’t teach people how to wait nicely in a line like it proposes to.

They're doing both. To me, it's far more preferable to stand and get ready and wait, than sit and not get ready and wait. It's comfortable, it shaves 1.7 seconds off your time. It's better in every way, even if slightly.

I feel like the people who just sit there and do nothing are the same people who go slow in the left lane. Or they're slow walkers. You either get it, or you don't.

If you need to shave 1.7 seconds off your time, other than in marathons, F1 racing, or NASCAR, you are living life unnecessarily stressed. We all end up at the same stop lights, waiting for the same exit in the car park, or in the same grocery check out lane. The difference is you’re more likely to have wrapped yourself around a light post driving like a maniac.

Cut time where it matters. If it mattered so much, you wouldn’t have time to post here.

All great points - so many folks around here with their endless lane changing and looking for little angles are just causing themselves stress and making everyone less safe and the entire system less efficient. There are very few situations where you can game the system and magically come out with some extra time and trying to push your out of a crowded metal tube maybe the best example of it.

[Anonymous]

What I wish they would do that would help would charge people for carry-ons and make checked bags free - it is the stowing and un-stowing of bags that really causes the on and off boarding process to take so long.

This is so, so true. It is awful on planes since people decided to bring everything they need for a trip into the cabin with them. Isn't it a safety hazard to have so much luggage in the overheads and stuffed under the seats?

[Anonymous]

I don't make a big show of it, but I do stand to get my blood circulating. It's not about deplaning more quickly, or getting in front of anyone--it's about NOT SITTING!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't make a big show of it, but I do stand to get my blood circulating. It's not about deplaning more quickly, or getting in front of anyone--it's about NOT SITTING!

+1
I choose an aisle seat whenever possible for the same reason.

[Anonymous]

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Avoiding passport control queues in some airports. Dulles, for ex, if you're not a citizen. You don't want to be the last of several flights to arrive and find several hundred people in front of you.

But again, with small kids, we usually end up somewhere in the middle even if we rush. Sometimes it takes more than an hour.

Agreed, but if you are in row 25 you have to wait for rows 1-24 to empty anaway. So why the rush to stand up?

Because at least you can stretch your legs out. Standing is way, way more comfortable than sitting.

But let’s be honest. Most people aren’t standing just to stretch their legs. If they’re on the aisle seat, they’re rushing to get their bag, or leaning into the aisle /middle people.

This is one of those things that reminds me that Kindergarten doesn’t teach people how to wait nicely in a line like it proposes to.

They're doing both. To me, it's far more preferable to stand and get ready and wait, than sit and not get ready and wait. It's comfortable, it shaves 1.7 seconds off your time. It's better in every way, even if slightly.

I feel like the people who just sit there and do nothing are the same people who go slow in the left lane. Or they're slow walkers. You either get it, or you don't.

If you need to shave 1.7 seconds off your time, other than in marathons, F1 racing, or NASCAR, you are living life unnecessarily stressed. We all end up at the same stop lights, waiting for the same exit in the car park, or in the same grocery check out lane. The difference is you’re more likely to have wrapped yourself around a light post driving like a maniac.

Cut time where it matters. If it mattered so much, you wouldn’t have time to post here.

You're way too invested in this topic. If you're coming back and defending staying put, you're taking it way too seriously. It's not a difficult concept.

Pot or kettle, is that you? I can’t tell?

You may want one of these to look at the image you're projecting, pp.

See, Pot, I admit I have time. I’m not pushing people like an @ss out of a plane that has a fairly organized way of disembarking, and is actually faster disembarking in an organized manner. I wait my turn, which probably irritates people like you to no end. And I’m fine. My 1.7 seconds not being stressed is well spent.

I wait less time in passport control, because the rush is through. I usually have time to have a pee and get a coffee, because I know it will take time for my luggage to appear.

If I’m flying domestically, I don’t have 86 people in front of me paying at the kiosk for parking.


I’m not standing around waiting for magical things to happen, and thus, I’m less stressed. See how it works?

[Anonymous]

I have a bad back. Standing is definitely more comfortable than airplane seats. I'll often stretch while I'm waiting.

[Anonymous]

I'm always in an aisle seat and one of the reasons I stand is to give the people next to me who have been cramped up a chance to spread and out and get there stuff together.

Often times the person in the middle seat doesn't have enough room to bend down, pull out stuff, put their laptop or other stuff away, etc. until they have the open space where I was sitting available.

[Anonymous]

Travel is all about forward progression. If I take the next step in the process (standing, getting my suitcase), even if I'm then just waiting, I've still psychologically moved forward.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Travel is all about forward progression. If I take the next step in the process (standing, getting my suitcase), even if I'm then just waiting, I've still psychologically moved forward.

I guess but in this guess it is really the illusion of forward progress. And flying can be a little counter intuitive (especially in an aisle seat) because you've just being going 500 miles and are but are barely conscious of it.

The thing is I really think the unnecessary crowding from people trying to force their way out actually slows everyone down, particularly since people need space to get their bags out.

I just relax and read another chapter (or get caught up on email) and when things are clear have an uninterrupted walk out which is a lot better for me psychologically and makes no difference whatsoever in my travel time.