Passenger Stories

The Loudmouthed Passenger

July 15, 2009 Passenger Stories

I was flying from Denver to LA. I was in First Class and thought there would be no problems with the people. Wrong. The guy next to me would not stop talking at the top of his lungs. You would have thought he was screaming to someone in the back of the plane. I tried [...]

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My New Friend From Amsterdam

June 26, 2009 Passenger Stories

So it was about 530am in Amsterdam when I left my hotel to the airport, drowsy, hung over, and seriously exhausted from a 4 day conference spent on my feet trying to sell people who only probably heard 1/3 of what I actually send. Needless to say I was in no mood for any in-flight [...]

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Difficult Passenger Disses TSA And Crew

June 26, 2009 Passenger Stories

Several years ago, flying from SYR to DCA. At the gate the TSA was doing their usual random searches, and a guy several people in front of me got randomized, and shortly thereafter I did too. They take the guy behind the security screen and start the process. A TSA agent in a stern tone [...]

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Peeing With Playboy

June 26, 2009 Passenger Stories

I usually cut people some slack when they don’t strictly adhere to the “Remain in your seats while the fasten seatbelt light is illuminated.” When you have to go…right? However, a flight from Nashville to Miami completely changed my mind. I was seated in an aisle seat; a mid-30′s gentleman (I’ll refer to him as [...]

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Passenger Fusses Over Change Of Seats

June 26, 2009 Passenger Stories

During the summer of 2005 my son was in a serious accident while serving in the Navy. Serious meaning 2 weeks in ICU, another 4 in the Medical Center and then another 2 in rehab. When the doctors authorized me to take him home, I purchased first class tickets – for the extra room. We [...]

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Passenger Has A Taste For The News

June 26, 2009 Passenger Stories

After an uneventful and uncrowded morning flight to Orlando from Ft Lauderdale, I was looking forward to the same for my flight back home that evening. Not to be. It was a full flight and I had to choose a middle seat from what was left. Having had some interesting experiences in the past, I [...]

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Molested By Wandering Arms And Hands

June 26, 2009 Passenger Stories

I was on a flight home from a family reunion and I was traveling alone which I had never done. When I sat down on the plane I had a bad feeling. I had ended up with a middle seat in the middle aisle and that is never good. Much to my dismay two hefty [...]

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Forced To Sit In The Middle

May 26, 2009 Passenger Stories

I have flown many times. In several instances the flight has been full. One of my pet peeves is when two people are traveling together yet they take up three seats. They insist on the row and the window. Then they force you to sit between them. Isn’t it fun when during the entire flight [...]

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A Fondling Fellow

May 26, 2009 Passenger Stories

I was on a flight from Denver to London, Heathrow, on my way to Antwerp for my grandfather’s funeral this past October. We had just taken off and I was pretty excited about the open seat next to me, thinking I’d have some extra space to stretch out. However, a young British fellow soon took [...]

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Crash Jokes

May 26, 2009 Passenger Stories

Many years ago I was flying home from a small state with a teeny airport and the plane my company booked me on was a 20 seat puddle jumper. When I boarded, the pilot and the passenger in the 1st seat were having a friendly conversation and laughing and I soon realized they were telling [...]

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