You really want to know a person? Pay attention to how they treat waiters, how they talk to
their parents and how they act when they fly. Maybe you're a frequent flyer or someone who
doesn't travel much on airplanes or it could be that you've never been on your first flight…
well in either of these cases, proper flying etiquette is a must for everybody. You have
the choice to make your trip more enjoyable by learning and applying some good rules and
some good manners so that you could have a great experience when you're flying or you
could make your flight experience an absolute disaster just by violating other people's
secret space and making a fool out of yourself publicly, I'm sure you don't want that any
sort of public embarrassment. Well to help you escape all that shame and to help you
have a wonderful flight experience, I have come up with 11 golden rules that must be
followed through the ‘T’ whenever you are flying. So make sure that you watch this
complete session with me and if you do follow these rules, I can assure you that you will
have a great flying experience. My name is Michelle and you are watching me on Skillopedia,
the place to learn skills for the real world. Just imagine how embarrassing it would be
if you see people staring at you, hmm… as soon as you open the lavatory, that is the
toilet door of the flight and why are they staring at you? Just because you didn't choose
to attend the nature's call at the airport and that's why kept the plane from taking
off, yeah because according to rule 101, planes cannot take off unless all the passengers
are strapped to their seats, so yes please use the airport eyelets before boarding the
flight, so the pilot doesn't have to wait for you to attend nature's call before taking
off. Gotta pee? Run to Starbucks? Take your luggage with you. Oh! But she seems nice,
I just asked her to watch my luggage. Well she could be nice but unfortunately she cannot
accept the responsibility of your personal belongings, right? So yeah, it's not good
manners to ask someone to watch your luggage and who knows that might be the last time
you see your own luggage, well I hope not. Okay the bottom line is, don't ask a stranger
to watch your stuff. Are you excited to board the craft? Great! But what's the hurry…
I often see people queuing up before boarding yeah, at the boarding counter. I mean, to
me that doesn't really make sense, because you're at the airport gate, you're not gonna
miss your flight, yes you're excited but that's not a good enough reason to stand in a queue
for half an hour at the boarding gate just to board the flight, which you ultimately
will do, whether or not you queue up. So for me it's much more logical to board in your
own comfort zone, you can wait for a while until everyone who's in the queue has boarded
and there's still a lot of time before the final call. So all you have to do is stand
up, go to the boarding counter before it closes and then follow the instructions. Now let's
learn something about walking down the aisle… no, no, no, no, no… not the wedding aisle
but the airplane aisle. How do you feel when someone bumps into you? Not good, right? So
anyone else also doesn't feel good when you bump into them while I'm walking on the aisle.
So to avoid that you should carry your bags in the front and down when you're walking
on the aisle either to board or to de-embark, okay? So please remember don't bump into anyone
with your bag because you will end up in a very embarrassing situation and I know that
you're gonna follow this to not end up there. And yes this goes pretty much without saying
but let me just say it, if you can't lift your bag then don't carry it on the flight
and please, please don't grab the back of every seat when you're walking on the aisle,
it's not at all fun for those who are seated on the aisle seats. So these are definitely
some golden rules that you need when you are on the flight. Now let's move on and learn
some more golden rules, dear passengers, use only the space above your seat for cabin luggage.
Quite obviously a rule. But when not followed by one person, it ends up becoming a mess
for many people. So yes, do try and use only the space above your seat to store your cabin
luggage. Now if you have excess cabin luggage, instead of overcrowding the overhead luggage
space, also try to use the space under the front of your seat and excess baggage can
also be handed over to the cabin crew which can be collected from them later. So try that
if you have excess baggage. Now it's time to get seated and you're almost half sitting
in your seat and there comes somebody with a baby in their arms, requesting you to switch
your seat with him because his wife is sitting next to you, what do you do then? Well you
are actually morally responsible to offer your seat to him and likewise in any other
similar situation, so that someone can sit next to the child elderly or the sick person
that they are accompanying on the flight. So please follow this moral responsibility
and offer you seat to somebody who wants to sit with their family members. So now you
finally got to your seat and you begin to make yourself, ah comfortable and suddenly
someone crushes you by reclining their seat far too much, yes I have experienced that
so many times, especially at really bad timings like when I'm eating or drinking and then
everything falls on me, that made me learn the lesson to always keep in mind the backseat
passengers comfort before you decide to recline your seat and it's even polite to just look
back so that they're not eating and asked them if you could recline. And I must add
here that you are expected to keep the seat upright while the plane takes off and when
the plane lands and also while the food is being served until everyone's finished eating,
okay? And also please don't be a seat grabber, I mean someone who loves to grab the seat
in front while getting up. You might upset the passenger in front and end up in a nasty
situation, so please avoid that when you're travelling on the plane. Once you settle in,
the next thing is food and drinks that would be served on the flight, I'll be a bit straightforward
here, free drinks might lure you into having a good time, but don't go overboard. I mean
don't get too drunk on flight because not many people would like to have a topsy-turvy
drunk co-passenger… I think you know what I mean. So talking of drinks, please don't
get hot food as well on the flight because it has a very strong odour or very strong
smell and trust me there is nothing worse than the trapped odour of grease, oil and
meat on a plane. I mean it's even worse than snakes, so please avoid any sort of hot food
or you know drinks which can spill over. So after eating and drinking well you might just
want to doze off… please don't forget you are still responsible for yourself when åyou're
asleep, so no snoring so loudly that the people around you have to wake you up, Mister, Miss…
please wake up you're snoring too loudly. And no resting your head on your co-passengers
shoulder, definitely this is a big no-no. So please be responsible when you sleep and
follow this golden rule to avoid yourself into any embarrassing situation. Leaving used
chewing gums, wrappers and leftover sandwiches in the magazine holder is such a bad idea.
Maybe you have done that or seen someone doing it, we are simply wasting the endless efforts
of the crew to keep the place clean and peppy and if we are so uncooperative, just hand
over the leftovers to the staff whenever asked and don't be so uncooperative. So please give
the handovers. The last and the final rule is, do not crowd around the belt in baggage
claim. This is how it works, you need to watch from a distance and go ahead when you have
spotted your luggage, not before that. Make your way down to the belt, find that perfect
spot. You should try to leave about three feet of space between you and the belt so
that if some other passenger sees their bag, they can swoop in and grab it. So just relax,
everyone's trying to get home and you will get there too. So these are the golden rules
for a pleasant air travel experience. Follow them if you don't want to put yourself in
an embarrassing situation. Be polite, seek assistance and the people around you would
be more than happy to help you making the air-space a better way to travel. so wish
you a journey mercy for your next flight.