Top Ten Worst Things About Traveling On a Airplane

Traveling on a plane to go on holiday or to get back isn't a nice thing to do. Here's the worst things about traveling by aeroplane.
The Top Ten
1 Landing Ear Pains

When it comes to landing, the worst thing is those horrible pains that some people (me included) get in both their ears. If you do, I feel for you.

I suffer from this. It's really very annoying.

It hurts my ears. I just put my hands in my ears and hold for 5 minutes.

2 Limited Leg Room

Oh, how I hate this. At 6'4", with my legs being disproportionate to the rest of me, I can barely fit anywhere. But plane seats are the worst.

I'm a big guy, 6'2" to be precise. I hate being crushed into a seat where my legs are crying for more room.

3 Crying Babies

The last time I was on a flight, I was sitting in the window seat and had a great view of the wing. Unfortunately, a mother with her crying baby sat right next to me. I had to get up and go to the seat behind me because I wanted to film the takeoff and landing, and I didn't want the crying baby ruining it.

When I came home from Seattle on 11/30/2019, I had to deal with a stupid, obnoxious baby screaming right behind me for 1-2 hours because the child's mother was too lazy to make it quiet. I'm autistic and can't stand screaming little kids. Even 13-year-old me hated crying babies.

4 Same Old Safety Demonstration

Would it hurt to change it up a bit, make it interesting but still meaningful? Southwest Airlines are good at changing it up like a boss. Many other airlines can learn a lot from them.

Where I live, they not only have it in English but also in French, which I find a little unnecessary.

5 Those "Boop" Sounds

You know what I mean. For me, they're worse than crying babies, as these sounds tell you when you can take your seat belt off or when you have to put it back on for turbulence or whatever. More often than not, these sounds don't mean anything and feel like a sleep prevention system more than anything.

Engine start-ups are great! Airplane sounds don't drive me crazy at all. The Boeing 777 has a great sound.

6 Getting Up to Let Someone Get to the Toilet

The positive about an aisle seat is the legroom to the side of you. The negative is that you have to get out to let other people out who want the toilet. This is a real pain.

I never rode on an airplane, but it seems awful. I feel for you.

That sounds annoying if you're near the end and someone next to you needs to go to the bathroom.

7 In Flight Meals

I never had this problem because I only went up north to Washington state, and it only took 3 hours to get there. The snacks they gave the passengers during my December 2018 and November 2019 trips were actually good.

We all know they're disgusting and overly expensive. I'd rather not eat, even if I was hungry.

8 Aisle Armrests

The armrests between the seats can be pulled up out of the way, so I'm not bothered about those. It's the ones on the aisle seats that can't be retracted that are the problem. They love to torture your elbow, and I swear I just wanted to break the armrest off, throw it to the floor as hard as I could, then stamp and jump on it repeatedly.

9 Going Through Security at the Airport
10 Non Reclining Seats

The terrors of many budget airlines these days. Uncomfortable, non-reclinable seats.

The Contenders
11 Kids Kicking Seats
12 Tickets are So Expensive
13 It Takes Forever to Get to Your Destination

It takes 2 hours from Toronto to Deer Lake.

14 Rude Cabin Crew

Some of them seem to be pretty stressed, and because of this, they just don't care.

But I don't think so. Flights have the best cabin crews.

15 Fear of Crashing
16 Fights
17 TVs Sometimes Don't Work

This happened when I was coming home from Seattle with my family on 11/30/2019. I couldn't drown out the obnoxious, stupid screeching baby behind me, and I was bored to death for the 3 hours I was on that plane between 4-7 p.m. that evening.

18 Luggage Regulations
19 Airports Moving Your Flight Unexpectedly

This happened on December 5, 2018. We were at terminal 3 when my uncle heard the announcement that our flight was moved to terminal 2. So my family, as well as all the other passengers on our flight, had to take the airport shuttle to terminal 2, which took about 10 minutes.

20 Can’t Sleep

Crying babies and toddlers make it hard to sleep.

21 Time Changes
22 Dirty Bathrooms
23 People Wanting to Change Seats
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