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I usually check my bag but I have found that if I tie up the aisle long enough struggling to get it into an overhead, some kind person always helps me.
I usually check my bag but I have found that if I tie up the aisle long enough struggling to get it into an overhead, some kind person always helps me.
I generally don't see many people needing help getting in the bin - although many could use a lot of help in knowing how to actually put them in there to maximize the available space............
I'll offer if I see someone that may need it and am in proximity to actually do something .... typically this happens when there is someone in front of me who is short who is just having trouble getting it set in right ... I'm tallish so it's realy simple for me to just help guide it through ... helps us both out in the end
I'll help just about anyone who needs it, and I'm a fairly small female. I don't expect other people to help me, though. If they do, great. If not, I'm a grown up and can do most things just fine. I try not to put myself in situations where I'll require assistance from strangers.
I think the idea of male chivalry is pretty lame. Better to just be a helpful person whether you're male or female. There's a guy at work who's hardly any bigger than me - maybe outweighs me by 5 pounds and is totally out of shape, and he's always trying to "help" me just because I'm female. Please. If you're actually a good bit stronger and can obviously help with something I'm having trouble with, that's different. But I don't automatically need help just because I'm a woman.
I'd rather pay extra to carry on then wait for my luggage. I'm probably the exception to the rule.
I'm the same way. Check-in is a last resort, but then again, I can lift my bag.
As far as the FA's go, that's another thing that will change under my reign. They don't actually get paid until the cabin door is closed...then they're on the clock. So their most stressful part of the day, they get to do for free. That's also partially why they won't lift. They aren't "officially" working yet. People who run day care and FA's just don't get paid enough to deal with the BS that they have to.
I assist anyone, man ... woman ... child when they seem to need or want it. I (a male) do not, however, offer assistance solely because another passenger is female (or other gender/age).
I hope Chivalry is not dead on planes, that being said, I seee less and less of it out in Public but I do my part to keep it alive.
* Whiile travelling on a propellor plane I gave up my seat to a Grandmother who was travelling with her Grandson. They had booked last minute, we had booked a few months in advance. There were only two seats left and they were not together. I took her seat elsewhere in the plane.
* on that same leg of the flight, aboard a jet, we were all three in the same row but not in the same side, so I set with the olderr child and the younger child had to sit between two adults. I had the older one due to his special needs. The adults sitting with my son were very helpful with him, but no one offered to change seats.
I would help out a lady if needed, I do outside of planes so why not on one?
I fly alot & I'm a guy and anytime I see the "look" on a woman that says "uh this bag is heavy" I jump up & stow it for her. Its actually a win-win thing, cause it helps her, makes you feel good, and creates a feeling of good will on the aircraft....
And actually I do the same thing if I see an gentleman (usually elderly in the same situation).....
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