Latest Stories (Stories posted within the last 2 weeks)   PREGNANT AND SQUASHED BY A SEAT One of the worst flights I had ever been on started as one of the best flights. I was 8 ½ months pregnant, almost 6 weeks from my due date and had no choice but to fly from Frankfurt Germany to Sacramento CA. Yeah a long flight. All... see stories in reclining seats>>   TORTURED FOR HOURS I was flying back to the States from JoBurg, South Africa. The flight from hell was roughly 12 hours from JoBurg to London. Being a travel agent, I attempted to get a free upgrade with the gate agents to a sleeper bed/seat... see story in babies & kids>>   TRAPPED IN PURGATORY When we decided to take our young son on his first flight, we made sure we got a non-stop flight United from Dulles to Portland Oregon. I was terrified that my son was going to be disruptive (still nursing, and just a little more... see story in luggage & delays>>   INVOLUNTARY BABYSITTER My husband and I were flying for a nice relaxing vacation. For the first time in 8 years, we left our child at home with family. We get into the plane and directly in front of us is a woman with 5 children. She was sitting in a row that... see story in babies & kids>>   LEAVE IT IN THE TERMINAL I was taking a commuter flight from LAX to San Diego several years ago and was tired from a long cross country flight...I just wanted to get home peacefully. We boarded like normal, took our seats and I settled in for a quick trip back to God's... see story in odors>>   PASSENGER FUSSES OVER CHANGE OF SEATS 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... see story in passenger issues>>   SPACE INVADER I was on the 2nd leg of a trip back home, flying from Vienna to Washington D.C. I was already desperately tired after being in Armenia for a few weeks. It was daylight out for the duration of this flight, and I was looking forward to... see stories in reclining seats>>   DIFFICULT PASSENGER DISSES TSA AND CREW 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... see story in passenger issues>>   MOLESTED BY WANDERING ARMS AND HANDS 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... see story in passenger issues>>   PEEING WITH PLAYBOY 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... see story in passenger issues>>   GIN IS MY CO-PILOT I'm a phobic flyer, no good reason that I know of to be afraid, I just am. Anyway, my job involved flying from the UK to Germany every three weeks. I managed it by either Gin or Valium (not at the same time). One flight I have decided that... see story in food & drink>>   THE BARFER Took a flight from O'Hare to San Francisco. Sat in the last row, window seat. Only 1 open seat on the plane near the front of the plane. An overweight woman sat next to me whose thighs overhang her seat and squished... see story in medical & illness>>   REQUEST TO SIT BY GRANDMOTHER DENIED On a Friday night United flight from Boston to Chicago. I was sitting in an aisle seat in extended leg room when this 20ish woman asked if I would change seats with her so she could sit with her grandmother who was... see stories in reclining seats>>   KILL THE MONSTER Have to love this story. Last year, my flight from Washington, DC, to San Francisco kept getting delayed because of thunder storms. A flight that was supposed to take off at 6:00 PM didn't take off until midnight. Anyway, after numerous fits and starts, people moving from... see story in luggage & delays>>   ENCOUNTER WITH A POLITICAL POOH BAH & CAMPED OUT IN A HOBO CITY In 2007 I was asked to be in a wedding of a former college roommate. I lived in Tennessee, the wedding was in Nebraska. On top of that, the wedding was the weekend before Christmas (which was on a Tuesday.) My family... see story in odds & ends>>   PASSENGER HAS A TASTE FOR THE NEWS 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... see story in passenger issues>>   CAMERA CARRIED AWAY ON A MULE I travel quite a bit and normal delays really are just part of travel. But when I am flying on business I need my photo gear to shoot the job. I arrive early to get through TSA and wait by the gate, as the airline has computer check in... see story in luggage & delays>>   HEAVY HANDED My husband and I were on an eight hour flight from London to Atlanta. An elderly couple was seated behind us. About 30 minutes into the flight, they began to experiment with the in-seat screens on the back of our seats. They both... see story in seniors>>   TWO SHORT RECLINING SEAT STORIES I was flying to Los Angeles from St. Louis and the man in the seat next to me set up his laptop to do some work. He opened it up and... On a flight from Paris to Cincinnati, I was in front of a woman who was kind of annoying. Periodically, she kept punching and... see stories in reclining seats>>   Story Categories Latest Stories | Portly | Animals | Medical & Illness Reclining Seats | Attendants & Pilots | Odds & Ends Seniors | Food & Drink | Odors | Weird People Babies & Kids | Couples | Passenger Issues Plane & Weather | Luggage & Delays Back to Top

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