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Bristol Post
Bristol Post
World
Emma Grimshaw

Flight attendant explains why only 'idiots' stand up at the end of flights

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'.

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