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Sydney Morning Herald
01-06-2025
- Sydney Morning Herald
Passengers getting up too early on landing? One country has had enough
'Passengers are required to remain seated with seatbelts fastened until the aircraft has come to a complete stop and the fasten seatbelt sign has been switched off!' I'm on a domestic flight overseas, the aircraft is still taxiing, the announcement has already been made twice, yet passengers are still standing up to drag bags from the overhead lockers. I don't get it. You might have your bag but now you're being yelled by the crew and told to sit, and you're not leaving the aircraft any quicker. The urge to unbuckle and grab your bag even when the aircraft is moving is irresistible for some passengers. Apart from shouting at them over the PA system, there's not much the cabin crew can do about it – they have to stay in their seats too, for the same safety reason. Turkey, however, has just called time on offenders. The Turkish Directorate General of Civil Aviation recently announced it intends to fine passengers who stand before the aircraft has come to a complete stop, who unlock their seatbelts or open the overhead lockers prematurely. Based on Article 143 of the Turkish Civil Aviation Law No. 2920, the regulation applies to all carriers operating flights into Turkey. Violators can be fined $US70 ($110). I get that it's cramped in economy and some are busting to stand up get moving as soon as possible but there's a protocol that applies when you're exiting an aircraft. Once the 'fasten seatbelt' sign goes off the well-behaved aisle seat passenger can either stand or stay seated – their choice - until the rows in front have cleared. Passengers with backpacks, note that you're packed in like a Tokyo subway commuter in evening rush hour. If you must put your pack on your back while you're in the aisle, don't swing around like a dunny door in the wind, you're probably going to bonk someone's head and that's intensely irritating. Better still, wait for the passenger slightly ahead in the queue to move, then retrieve your carry-on from the overhead locker and march promptly down the aisle. In any other seat, you're at the mercy of the person in the aisle seat, so no reason to stand and anyway, what's the rush? If you're travelling with checked luggage you're probably going to be kicking your heels at the baggage carousel regardless of when you exit the aircraft. What can go wrong A video shot by US filmmaker Adam Ellick and posted to social media in March shows passengers on an IndiGo flight standing to open overhead lockers and haul out their bags in defiance of safety announcements as the aircraft is still taxiing to its stand. After repeated warnings from the crew the offenders resume their seats, but only after they've removed their bags from the overhead lockers. What was the point? They have their bags but they're not getting off the plane any quicker.
The Age
01-06-2025
- The Age
Passengers getting up too early on landing? One country has had enough
'Passengers are required to remain seated with seatbelts fastened until the aircraft has come to a complete stop and the fasten seatbelt sign has been switched off!' I'm on a domestic flight overseas, the aircraft is still taxiing, the announcement has already been made twice, yet passengers are still standing up to drag bags from the overhead lockers. I don't get it. You might have your bag but now you're being yelled by the crew and told to sit, and you're not leaving the aircraft any quicker. The urge to unbuckle and grab your bag even when the aircraft is moving is irresistible for some passengers. Apart from shouting at them over the PA system, there's not much the cabin crew can do about it – they have to stay in their seats too, for the same safety reason. Turkey, however, has just called time on offenders. The Turkish Directorate General of Civil Aviation recently announced it intends to fine passengers who stand before the aircraft has come to a complete stop, who unlock their seatbelts or open the overhead lockers prematurely. Based on Article 143 of the Turkish Civil Aviation Law No. 2920, the regulation applies to all carriers operating flights into Turkey. Violators can be fined $US70 ($110). I get that it's cramped in economy and some are busting to stand up get moving as soon as possible but there's a protocol that applies when you're exiting an aircraft. Once the 'fasten seatbelt' sign goes off the well-behaved aisle seat passenger can either stand or stay seated – their choice - until the rows in front have cleared. Passengers with backpacks, note that you're packed in like a Tokyo subway commuter in evening rush hour. If you must put your pack on your back while you're in the aisle, don't swing around like a dunny door in the wind, you're probably going to bonk someone's head and that's intensely irritating. Better still, wait for the passenger slightly ahead in the queue to move, then retrieve your carry-on from the overhead locker and march promptly down the aisle. In any other seat, you're at the mercy of the person in the aisle seat, so no reason to stand and anyway, what's the rush? If you're travelling with checked luggage you're probably going to be kicking your heels at the baggage carousel regardless of when you exit the aircraft. What can go wrong A video shot by US filmmaker Adam Ellick and posted to social media in March shows passengers on an IndiGo flight standing to open overhead lockers and haul out their bags in defiance of safety announcements as the aircraft is still taxiing to its stand. After repeated warnings from the crew the offenders resume their seats, but only after they've removed their bags from the overhead lockers. What was the point? They have their bags but they're not getting off the plane any quicker.
Gulf Insider
14-03-2025
- Gulf Insider
'Classic Landing in India': US Filmmaker Adam Ellick Mocks Indian Flyers, Internet Reacts
Adam Ellick, US filmmaker and New York Times journalist, has sparked a discussion online after sharing a video of Indian passengers attempting to retrieve their luggage from overhead bins, despite repeated warnings. The video opens with a text insert – 'Textbook landing in India for 1st time.' The clip shows several air passengers attempting to retrieve their luggage from overhead bins while a female crew member repeatedly asks them to be seated until the seatbelt sign is turned off. A male staff member also repeats the same announcement, following which the passengers reluctantly go back to their seats. 'Classic landing in India,' Mr Ellick wrote in the caption of the post. In the video, he also revealed that the passengers got up from their seats while the plane was still moving on the runway. Watch the video below: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Adam Ellick (@adamellick) Mr Ellick shared the video a few days back. Since then, it has accumulated more than 1,111 likes and over 75,000 views. In the comments section, users had mixed reactions. While some agreed with the filmmaker, others criticised him for labelling the video as a 'classic Indian landing'. Some users also noted how the 'magic male voice' was successful while the female voice was ignored. 'Hard to ignore the fact that the magic male voice was immediately successful while multiple requests in the female voice went completely unheard. Being an Indian woman, I find this very unsettling,' wrote one user. 'Lack of civic sense, selfishness, this country is filled with such legends,' commented another. 'Absolute embarrassment. Feel second hand embarrassment looking at this,' said a third user. However, one user wrote, 'Have been to the US 13 times and have always found Americans doing the same atleast 8 to 10 times so please let's not generalise a single incident.' Click here to read more
