A flight attendant’s 12 etiquette rules for making flying pleasant

After 21 years as a flight attendant, I’ve seen it all. The pandemic heightened tensions on board, with the most extreme incidents of bad passenger behaviour escalating to violence. More commonly, though, I see discourteous behaviour lead to verbal disagreements or general unpleasantness.

It’s worth discussing some of the common courtesies that could make flying, dare I say, pleasant.

Here are my airline etiquette rules, which aim to strike a balance between your own reasonable comforts and thoughtfulness to those around you.