Backseat Kickers Top List of Airplane Etiquette Violators
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iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The industry trade group Airlines for America estimates 45 million Americans will take to the skies during the 17-day period known as the holiday travel season. Undoubtedly, some of those people will turn a flight into a nightmare for fellow passengers.
According to Expedia’s just-released 2014 Airplane Etiquette Study, backseat kickers top the list of etiquette violators, dethroning last year’s top violator, inattentive parents.
Expedia asked one thousand American travelers to rank the most aggravating on-board behaviors exhibited by fellow airplane passengers.
Here is the top 18 list of on-board etiquette violators:
- Rear Seat Kicker, cited by 67% of study respondents
- Inattentive Parents, 64%
- The Aromatic Passenger, 56%
- The Audio Insensitive (talking or music), 51%
- The Boozer, 50%
- Chatty Cathy, 43%
- Carry-On Baggage Offenders, 39%
- The Armrest Hog, 38%
- Seat-Back Guy (the seat recliner), 37%
- The Queue Jumper (rushes to deplane), 35%
- Overhead Bin Inconsiderate (stows bag in first available spot, rather than nearest to his/her seat), 32%
- Pungent Foodies, 32%
- Back Seat Grabber, 31%
- Playboy (reads or watches adult content), 30%
- The Amorous (inappropriate affection levels), 29%
- Mad Bladder (window seat passenger who makes repeat bathroom visits), 28%
- Undresser (removes shoes, socks or more), 26%
- The Seat Switcher, 13%
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