There are two types of travellers: those who remain still once the plane touches down, and others who dive into the aisle. Sitters prefer to casually wait where they are, while aislers tend to want to stretch their legs after hours of being crunched over.
Often sparking huge debate among fellow passengers, every single flight you'll ever sit through always homes an inexplicable split between sitters and aislers. But now a flight attendant has offered their analysis of who is truly right and wrong in this reoccurring wrangle.
Writing anonymously for Sun Online Travel, they said only 'idiots' stand up first. They understood that after a long flight, people might not want to spend 'another second in their seat'.
"But even then, unless you're in the aisle seat, you're going to have to have to squat down beneath the overhead bins, which isn't really that much more comfortable," they wrote. "You'll just end up with pain in both your neck and your knees, instead of just one of those, which doesn't sound like much of a compromise to me."
It's also dangerous to stand up if the plane is still moving, 'more injuries happen to passengers when the plane is on the ground than when it's in the air'.
And for those who are attempting to get off the plane first, the flight attendant pointed out, rushing to the front won't do you any favours.
"You're not going anywhere fast," they wrote. "You're better off sitting down until the plane has at least reached the terminal, then you can start to think about gathering your belongings and getting ready to get off.
"Even then, you should be going row by row. Stand up, pick up your luggage and get off the plane one by one. It's orderly, it's efficient and it prevents people from trying to shove their way to the front."
They pointed out that even if you do manage to push a few rows ahead, 'you're just going to bump into all the same people in the airport terminal at passport control anyway'.
"We're all in this together, we'll all be waiting in the same queues, so think about the most efficient way for everyone to get off and it'll work in your favour too," they wrote.
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