There is NOWHERE to go anyway. Even if you're anxious to get off, you can't. You must wait your turn.

Anonymous wrote:I have a friend who is a pilot and he takes great joy in braking hard at the gate when he’s heard all the seat belts clicking open before the light is turned off.

Ummm no that is your odd fantasy not something shared by anyone who has ever flown a plane.

I have a friend who is a pilot and he takes great joy in braking hard at the gate when he’s heard all the seat belts clicking open before the light is turned off.

The issue is that the "rushers" always delay other people by trying to finagle their oversized carry on. Settle down. We all have places to be. Obviously.

I am that person. One, I get an aisle seat whenever possible so if I have that, I stand up because otherwise other people will stand in the aisle and will delay your exit.

Also, at the end of a flight I am more than ready to stand up and stretch my legs – I am tired of sitting. I am not rushing people off the flight, and let people go in front of me, but if there's an opportunity to walk out and I have my stuff I go.

I was just on a flight where a man was blocking the aisle for what seems like forever – he put on his coat, zipped it up, and then proceeded to get his bags and talk with his wife about their kid, all while blocking the aisle. I almost made a comment about him zipping the coat when he wasn't blocking the aisle but refrained

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Anonymous wrote:I stand to let the jerks in the row behind me know that I'm getting off first. I hate it when they jump up and try to move down the aisle ahead of those seated in front of them.

I think if people have their stuff they should be able to hightail it off the plane, regardless of row.

This, exactly. People have this weird idea that we are supposed to deplane by row but that's ridiculous. I can be up, out, and to the plane door in a matter of 30-60 seconds. Why should I have to wait for the out-of-shape, overweight, overpacked, or people with a bunch of kids and kid gear to get it together and lumber down the aisle? Not going to do it.

Awful person alert.

Anonymous wrote: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.

Yes! Thank you!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I stand to let the jerks in the row behind me know that I'm getting off first. I hate it when they jump up and try to move down the aisle ahead of those seated in front of them.

I think if people have their stuff they should be able to hightail it off the plane, regardless of row.

This, exactly. People have this weird idea that we are supposed to deplane by row but that's ridiculous. I can be up, out, and to the plane door in a matter of 30-60 seconds. Why should I have to wait for the out-of-shape, overweight, overpacked, or people with a bunch of kids and kid gear to get it together and lumber down the aisle? Not going to do it.

Uh, human decency? Common courtesy? It's not all about you, you know.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I stand to let the jerks in the row behind me know that I'm getting off first. I hate it when they jump up and try to move down the aisle ahead of those seated in front of them.

I think if people have their stuff they should be able to hightail it off the plane, regardless of row.

This, exactly. People have this weird idea that we are supposed to deplane by row but that's ridiculous. I can be up, out, and to the plane door in a matter of 30-60 seconds. Why should I have to wait for the out-of-shape, overweight, overpacked, or people with a bunch of kids and kid gear to get it together and lumber down the aisle? Not going to do it.