I was flying from Cyprus to Frankfurt, Germany on Cyprus Air. An elderly Greek woman had been in the boarding area and was struggling with a suitcase and many helpful people assisted her and I was impressed with the European people’s kindness and respect of this elderly woman. I was seated in my window seat […]
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In the Los Angeles LAX airport, there was an odor wafting above the sea of people waiting to board a direct flight from LA to Boston. It just was awful, and I couldn’t identify what it was. I boarded the plane and was seated towards the back of the aircraft. I noticed the odor again […]
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I was recently on a flight from Denver, Co to Phoenix, AZ. Right after we were seated, a woman next to me started rubbing Ben-Gay on her husband’s neck and back, not just a little, but tons of the stuff. My eyes started watering and my throat started burning from smelling it! I asked a […]
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I had boarded a long flight from Israel to the United States. This was one of the large planes with three columns of seats: 2 – 5 – 2. I felt fortunate to have an aisle seat and the young lady next to me seemed nice enough. Shortly thereafter a young man walked up the […]
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Once I was on an all night business flight, seated in First Class, beside a very famous and beautiful award-winning actress. She was very sweet and we chatted a bit before she fell asleep. Some time later I heard a distinctive sound usually associated with flatulence, followed by a strong odor also usually associated with […]
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Back in early 2005 I was flying JetBlue direct from Long Beach, CA to Boston, MA which is about a 5 or 6 hour flight. I was seated in the window seat which was fine because I planned to snooze for as much of the flight as I could. Everything was fine until about 20 […]
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So I’m boarding a flight from Frankfurt to Philadelphia with the three other members of my band and all is going well. Everyone looks mellow, no kids, no obese people no—wait a minute…OH NO!!! Coming down the aisle I see a large party of people, most of whom are obese and with many small children […]
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Over the years I have logged thousands of hours sitting on planes and it was on one of these flights that I learned where not to sit, if at all possible. I had made a last minute change to my plans so I had to jump on a plane at the last minute. Not too […]
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No one ever wants to fly in the throws of an illness, but I found myself in this predicament on a flight from San Diego to Las Vegas 6 years ago. I had been struck by vertigo, congestion, and a stomach bug…all before we took off. I sat patiently in my seat until we were […]
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So we booked our flights MONTHS in advance with said airline. At the time I had a 6 month old, and we didn’t get an extra seat for her since they stated that there is no way the flight would be full – we could use the extra seat for more room after take off. […]
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This story begins like so many others….rushing to get on the plane….rushing to get bag in the overhead……rushing to sit down….rushing, rushing rushing! Well I’ve settled into my window seat for an hour and a half flight. An oriental lady and small child take the seat next to mine and a large gentleman has the […]
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A couple of years ago, I was on a flight from Philadelphia, PA to San Francisco, CA. I don’t mind flying, but I do get antsy sitting mostly still (with the exception of a few bathroom runs) for 5 hours. Mainly, I try to keep to myself and respect other people’s space. I mean, we’re […]
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