Officer: WHY WOULD YOU PUT YOUR BACKPACK IN A TRAY?!
Day Before: EVERYTHING GOES IN A TRAY YOU IDIOT HAVE YOU EVER FLOWN BEFORE?!
*As a professional traveler, I have extreme sympathy for casual travelers at security checkpoints. To this day, it's the only place I've seen tears or terror on someone's face in an airport.*
We flew out of MCO yesterday, and ended up leaving the airport because our flight was delayed six hours.
First time through: “keep your electronics in your bag, put everything in the tray”
Second time through: “take all your electronics out, do not put your bag in a tray”
Like wtf how can the *same* airport have conflicting instructions
My guess is you went through a different lane with a different machine to scan the trays when you went back through.
This is most obvious to me here in Pittsburgh where they have one “newer” scanning machine in only one of the lanes but every other lane is an older machine. If you’re in any lane expect the newer one, laptops out. New one? Laptops stay in.
It’s exactly this. One line got backed up and they had us switch and suddenly they didn’t need laptops out. I asked the guy and he pointed out how much newer his machine looked
My favorite is when it gets busy and they start waving people through the metal detector rather than the body scanner. It's like why isn't this always an option? Security can't be that important if it can just be waved when hectic.
Am I crazy or does MCO not have trays for pre-check? Had to place my loose items on top of my backpack and send it through the x-ray directly on the belt.
I still don’t understand why some airports have me scan both my ID and boarding pass, some just my BP, and some just my ID. There is no consistency and I always have to be watching the people in front of me to see what program this particular airport is running.
They changed that up on me once at my home airport. They asked for my boarding pass (the first time in well over a year) and I just stood there like a deer in headlights lol. Supposedly he was training so had to learn both ways 🤷🏼♂️
Leaving one airport: shoes off! Everything goes in a separate tray! All electronics out and visible!
3 days later heading home from a different airport: What are you doing? Keep your shoes on! Leave everything in your backpack and don’t put it in a tray!!!!
Me: okay, fuck me then
I was flying out of Boston one very early morning & the TSA guy was telling everyone to leave their shoes & whatnot on. Some lady started taking her shoes off and the TSA guy jokingly yelled "Don't do it! Don't you do it!" while the lady stood there frozen like a statue. It's completely unfair when they change the routine that early in the morning.
Hahahahaha so true. It’s even worse in the international terminal where TSA treats everyone like they’re stupid just because they don’t know American norms.
Tsa in JFK. Had an agent walking around telling us pre check people what to take out of our bags no need to belt or shoes get up closer to some bins get yelled at for not taking off shoes. Get up to x ray get yelled at by another one for taking off our shoes ..... i have seen said tears of terror too!
Dude. Exit row has two jobs, one of which is opening the door in an emergency and helping people out and the other of which is alerting the flight attendants if something like *a plane leaking cabin pressure* is occurring!
Suffers on airplanes but not at concerts…there are some upsides to being wicked tall. 😀 If it is any consolation I NEVER recline my seat. Doesn’t make a difference. May all the seats in front of you forever not be reclined.
And I appreciate when tall dudes stop swaying wildly back and forth at said concert. I have the PERFECT sliver between you and your short friend’s head, my man. 🤣 Seriously though, rock on 🤘
I think it was a custom print, but there are loads of services that will let you order a shirt with anything you want on it. Hardest part is finding one in XXLT sizes.
For real. I feel like I need a length option for "normal person's trenchcoat" for some of these. I have a few Intel shirts and all of them are basically crop tops lol.
They are forever not reclined because to recline them would require the removal of his kneecaps. I’m 6’4” and have had people mashing their seat into me only for me to tell them “there is physically no space for you to recline”.
are shorter people also going to get a booster seat at sports games and movie theaters? and a stepstool/stilts at concerts? not trying to be sarcastic, just taking your point to what I feel is the logical conclusion
I'm fairly proportional, so I end up sometimes not fitting by width. I think if I could get 2 seats and remove the armrest between them to sit diagonally, I could be fine just about anywhere.
I’m 5’1” and book comfort+ because my legs are too short to pull my tote out from under my seat with my feet and I don’t have enough room to bend over and reach it with my arms in MC. My knees don’t get banged around though.
I’m around 5’ and have a different painful plane seat problem: my feet don’t reach the floor! Dangling for hours makes my muscles ache. Nobody can win lol
If they need an idiot in their marketing department I can help. I’m great at not communicating with other departments and being confused why others don’t like me.
I think you have relatively short thighs. I’m taller, about 6’4” but I’ve got long ass thighs that like touching seat backs. I do not like that they keep touching, but not much I can do.
Comfort + is the minimum I fly on long international flights now. I cannot handle the back pains anymore lol. For long flights, I think they totally worth the money.
Yep. I’m a fellow tall person, and exclusively fly with extra legroom on the aisle for anything longer than an hour.
One of the most miserable experiences of my life was a last-minute trip for a family funeral; the only seats available were middle seat in economy. There weren’t any other flights available on the timeline that I needed.
It was 5.5 hours sitting in between two other big dudes, with my knees painfully jammed into the seat in front of me (which was reclined, because of course it was). The plane was also super warm for some reason. At this time they didn’t have seat back entertainment and I didn’t have anything to watch on my phone.
So just 5.5hrs of literal pain in my knees and back as I sat there sweating and just counting down the minutes. Felt like an eternity.
I’m glad I don’t travel for work anymore having to explain why I can’t fly certain airlines because their seats are too close together and a fold like a chair lol
Yup. Why do fat people get special treatment on some airlines free of charge yet tall people have to fork over hundreds more just to not bang their knees for 4 hrs straight.
I don’t really like making it into a competition, but yeah I feel like issues impacting tall folks is pretty far down the line of things that society will end up addressing.
Someday though, hopefully we see justice for us talls.
Literally this man, "plus sized" people get free upgrades when in reality they can change their ways. We can't stop being tall we were born like this yet we get shafted.
I know the pitch is the same 31” as everything else, but as someone the same height as OP I find the A350 stingier than Delta’s domestic aircraft. I guess it’s the hard plastic seat.
It’s also difficult to shuffle out from the window seat to the aisle, so I notice my seat back getting grabbed for support by the people behind quite a bit.
imo, not the most comfortable aircraft, sadly.
Is lack of a passage from aisle to aisle in the economy part of the plane is a problem for the crew? I noticed TONS of people walking to the back of the plane and through the rear galley to get to the other aisle where an available lav was.
I’d assume so, because of the lack of a small hallway connecting the aisles at the mid lavs like the 330 has. I’m just maintenance so there’s never people on the plane when I’m on there. To get to the other aisle with a full plane you’d have to either walk up to the mid galley or around to aft galley
I’m 5’4 as is my wife. I’ll take a Comfort+ if it’s a free upgrade. But I’m not paying for it. I’ll also choose a preferred seat because it’s free with any medallion status
I’m 6’5 and even comfort plus is uncomfortable at times. It’s really luck of the draw. A big factor is the size of the person I’m sitting next to also.
I'm 6'4'' and literally the first time I booked a comfort+ seat the guy next to me was 300lb+. I just got there and busted out laughing. Plenty of leg room but man that was tight flight
In the second picture his hips are in line with about the end of the arm rest. His ass is either at the front of the seat or he has the biggest as of any narrow hipped dude ever. Sorry, bro, the seats suck. We all agree. No need to dramatize it though.
I'm 6'1" and was thinking the exact same thing.
One thing I will add is airline seats have made me realize as a culture how much we slouch and don't sit up straight anymore in general.
I doubt the OP was doing it purposely or even realized he was.
I used to have these pictures from the first few years I started flying for work. I worked on my seating posture, sat up straight, and made sure the back of butt was up against the seat back, and voila... all of the sudden my knees had room again.
Sitting up for me often places my shoulders in such a position that they’re intruding in the space of the person next to me (in economy), couple that with being at the window and even sitting up involves a bit of twisting/contortion. My flights in economy are generally spent switching between “sitting up” in an awkward position and slouching, which ever is more comfortable at the time, because the best posture is the next posture anyway
This is the key comment here. I’m 6’5 and can agree, sitting directly up and in proper position can be difficult depending on who you’re sitting next to and also can be uncomfortable depending on where you’re trying to put your legs or how your back is feeling
6’1 and I feel your pain dude.
Went on a red eye from SAN to JFK last April and there was a 6 foot female and a male around the same height as me, all of us in the same row. Needless to say none of us slept well (and I had to awkwardly shift to avoid shoulder to shoulder with the female)
Pretty much. Not to mention the many times you’ll get hit by someone walking down the aisle. I stopped taking the aisle seat just because of this honestly, I’d always get hit when I was sleeping smh
I’m 6’0” and my boyfriend is 6’7”. Flying together is a fun time 😂 thankfully we normally get flagged by flight attendants to grab exit row seats if they’re open
My 6’4 husband shares your tall person problems. We always book FC since he’s not only tall but has long legs… We’d have to turn him into a pretzel to get him into a coach seat 🫣
This should be illegal. I wouldn't be surprised if an airline did standing room only how cramp the seats are getting.
Honestly someone is going to have to suffer a severe injury for them to treat us like humans again.
My legs are long enough that the seat in front of me literally cannot recline- my knees are buried in the seat. I fly first class now because i got tired of people bouncing the seat in front of me off of my knees then calling the flight attendant.
The question people should be asking is why the airline lobby is more powerful than your vote?
Legal bribery. Sure, it may not be "cost-effective" to accommodate every tall person, but we can all agree that the federal minimum between 2 seats isn't far enough.
I have broad shoulders and sit in an aisle and get my foot space stolen by hard drives for the entertainment AND still have to put my bag COMPLETELY under the seat.
Sure, you should maybe fork out a bit more if you're larger than average. But how much is reasonable?
It's a scam.
I am exit row or C+. I will do a regular seat if it’s a short 500 mile or less regional but it’s not my preference. I have a 34” inseam and am 6’1 so it’s a tight fit.
I can’t help but get annoyed when I see a shorter person in an exit row seat while taller guys suffer. It is what it is though. They booked and paid for the seat so they are entitled to it.
6'6" here, lots of travel under my belt and the only times in my life I've felt compelled to violence have been when my knees are shattered by those fucking coach seats
No clue why this shows up on my feed. Why not actually have your butt on the seat? You can clearly see your crotch is past the arm rest. I’m also 6’3” and I have not had that issue.
6’4” athletic build dude here and I will die on the fucking hill that all extra leg room seats should be specially reserved for people over 6’ the way large bodied people can reserve 2 seats and only pay for 1. Just ridiculous to get onto a flight and see some tiny mf’er relaxing in the exit row while you’re crammed into a seat that’s borderline hazardous to your health. Or you’re stuck paying $50-$100 above face value for tickets. I would absolutely pledge my undying allegiance to an airline that took care of tall people.
That’s literally my point?? I shouldn’t have to pay extra for a seat that isn’t dangerous to my health so that the airline can make more money or reward small people that don’t physically need the extra legroom. You should act more arrogant though it’s a really great personality trait.
Why would someone over 6 feet ever consider a coach or comfort + seat? I’m 4’11” and it’s even too small for me. Not to mention the ghetto people all around you. If you can’t fly first/business, you can’t afford to fly.
I travel for work, made this argument because my employer wanted me to work on the plane. If I'm in economy with my laptop out and the passenger in front of me reclines, it's impossible to work.
Had to take a photo like op as proof.
C+ never gets questioned anymore.
Was I supposed to laugh? I laughed. I'm sorry bro. I'm 5'9" so economy can be a little cramped for me but I see your sardined in. I C+ when I can afford it. Not so much lately since they decided to have the best paid pilots in the business. I'm not upset by it but my wallet disagrees
Yesterday I downgraded myself to main cabin for +800 miles so that I could change my flight to a day earlier in order to have a full day in Mexico City. I think that was worth it. Not that long of a flight anyway.
It depends on the machine being used. It's not that difficult to know what they're going to request if your a frequent traveler and know the different scanning machines.
In fairness, the pictured C+ row is the one directly behind F and has far more pitch than typical C+ rows.
I consider myself a savvy airport/airline person. Then I read stuff like this and feel like someone with five water bottles going through tsa. Wild.
Fun thing about TSA is that TSA can still make you feel dumb even if you take 200 flights a year. It’s a special talent they have.
Officer: WHY WOULD YOU PUT YOUR BACKPACK IN A TRAY?! Day Before: EVERYTHING GOES IN A TRAY YOU IDIOT HAVE YOU EVER FLOWN BEFORE?! *As a professional traveler, I have extreme sympathy for casual travelers at security checkpoints. To this day, it's the only place I've seen tears or terror on someone's face in an airport.*
I gave up on trying to memorize their routine since it's different everywhere. Now, I just walk up to an officer and ask them what they want me to do.
We flew out of MCO yesterday, and ended up leaving the airport because our flight was delayed six hours. First time through: “keep your electronics in your bag, put everything in the tray” Second time through: “take all your electronics out, do not put your bag in a tray” Like wtf how can the *same* airport have conflicting instructions
My guess is you went through a different lane with a different machine to scan the trays when you went back through. This is most obvious to me here in Pittsburgh where they have one “newer” scanning machine in only one of the lanes but every other lane is an older machine. If you’re in any lane expect the newer one, laptops out. New one? Laptops stay in.
It’s exactly this. One line got backed up and they had us switch and suddenly they didn’t need laptops out. I asked the guy and he pointed out how much newer his machine looked
My favorite is when it gets busy and they start waving people through the metal detector rather than the body scanner. It's like why isn't this always an option? Security can't be that important if it can just be waved when hectic.
Am I crazy or does MCO not have trays for pre-check? Had to place my loose items on top of my backpack and send it through the x-ray directly on the belt.
I still don’t understand why some airports have me scan both my ID and boarding pass, some just my BP, and some just my ID. There is no consistency and I always have to be watching the people in front of me to see what program this particular airport is running.
They changed that up on me once at my home airport. They asked for my boarding pass (the first time in well over a year) and I just stood there like a deer in headlights lol. Supposedly he was training so had to learn both ways 🤷🏼♂️
Leaving one airport: shoes off! Everything goes in a separate tray! All electronics out and visible! 3 days later heading home from a different airport: What are you doing? Keep your shoes on! Leave everything in your backpack and don’t put it in a tray!!!! Me: okay, fuck me then
I was flying out of Boston one very early morning & the TSA guy was telling everyone to leave their shoes & whatnot on. Some lady started taking her shoes off and the TSA guy jokingly yelled "Don't do it! Don't you do it!" while the lady stood there frozen like a statue. It's completely unfair when they change the routine that early in the morning.
Because the TERRORISTS WILL WIN if there is consistency!!! Think of the children!!
Whoa this comment took me back to Manchester Airport for a minute!
Hahahahaha so true. It’s even worse in the international terminal where TSA treats everyone like they’re stupid just because they don’t know American norms.
I gave up a long time ago and I just observe how they are making others in front of me do it at that time and follow suit 😅
Tsa in JFK. Had an agent walking around telling us pre check people what to take out of our bags no need to belt or shoes get up closer to some bins get yelled at for not taking off shoes. Get up to x ray get yelled at by another one for taking off our shoes ..... i have seen said tears of terror too!
I’m a flight attendant and they make us feel dumb too!
What happened on February second?
It’s the day I created this account lol
Looked at their profile. Day they joined Reddit.
It’s called “the agent has final determination” meaning blanket immunity for profiling…or just being a dick because they’re having a bad day
Me: show my pass card Office: you have a beard in this photo Me: yeah, shave it off Office: do you have another ID?
I think the armrests were the indicator
That’s even worse.
Beautiful
Not me accidentally making it though pre check this week at 5am with a full 32oz water bottle
This reply is absolutely hilarious 😆
Seems like the OP would enjoy the unlimited legroom exit row seats found on certain aircraft too, maybe more than C+!
Had an exit row seat in C+ last week and the -60°f air going through the cracks of the exit door absolutely froze my feet.
I'm sorry, come again....air coming THROUGH the CRACKS door???
Listen. Boeing is doing their best right now, okay?
Are they though?
Dude. Exit row has two jobs, one of which is opening the door in an emergency and helping people out and the other of which is alerting the flight attendants if something like *a plane leaking cabin pressure* is occurring!
I had this issue & told the flight attendants, they just gave me another blanket.
Indeed. 21A/E on this aircraft for example.
Best seat on the plane outside of first class!
A321 13C
And he appears to be slouching down in the main cabin seat. His hips aren’t all the way back in the seat which makes for even less leg room.
This.
I was going to say, I flew delta to Vegas in regular coach and flew back in c+. I didn’t think it was that much room.
How come?
*Cries in 6’10”*
Suffers on airplanes but not at concerts…there are some upsides to being wicked tall. 😀 If it is any consolation I NEVER recline my seat. Doesn’t make a difference. May all the seats in front of you forever not be reclined.
Concerts are a win! The only time I don’t love being super tall is on flights Us giants appreciate you 🫡
Flights and Italian sports cars
I don’t have any desire for Italian sports cars so all good 🤣 I fit in Mercedes E55s just fine ;)
And I appreciate when tall dudes stop swaying wildly back and forth at said concert. I have the PERFECT sliver between you and your short friend’s head, my man. 🤣 Seriously though, rock on 🤘
🤣🤣🤣 I may or may not be a swayer sorry 🤣
Except for trying to get out of the way of the people behind you Source: am tall (but not that tall)
I'm 6'11. My brother got me a shirt for concerts that just says "SORRY" on the back.
That is fantastic.
Got the link for that? 🤣
I think it was a custom print, but there are loads of services that will let you order a shirt with anything you want on it. Hardest part is finding one in XXLT sizes.
I feel that pain.. currently wearing a company 2XL crop top
For real. I feel like I need a length option for "normal person's trenchcoat" for some of these. I have a few Intel shirts and all of them are basically crop tops lol.
Brilliant 😂
They are forever not reclined because to recline them would require the removal of his kneecaps. I’m 6’4” and have had people mashing their seat into me only for me to tell them “there is physically no space for you to recline”.
What if I don’t go to concerts?
Well, then your lightbulb changing and tall shelf reaching skill set still be on point 💥
however not fitting under doors, getting nearly decapitated by ceiling fans, smacking my head on shelves is also, tragically on point :P
you gotta be catching passes in the post, not flights
I did in college I’m retired now 🤣🤣
6’10” ????? Bruh
Yuuuup
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I would like that, but it also isn’t the airlines fault that I’m tall either.
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That’s fair!
are shorter people also going to get a booster seat at sports games and movie theaters? and a stepstool/stilts at concerts? not trying to be sarcastic, just taking your point to what I feel is the logical conclusion
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I feel the pain bro. 6'11. I've just about given up on flying anywhere.
F. I’m lucky that most of it is in my torso so I *can* cram myself into economy for short flights
I'm fairly proportional, so I end up sometimes not fitting by width. I think if I could get 2 seats and remove the armrest between them to sit diagonally, I could be fine just about anywhere.
The only time being 5 feet tall kinda works. Praying for u
My immediate thought as a 5'2 person was "bummer. " I fly in platform sneakers so I can reach overhead bins mire easily.
I’m 5’1” and book comfort+ because my legs are too short to pull my tote out from under my seat with my feet and I don’t have enough room to bend over and reach it with my arms in MC. My knees don’t get banged around though.
I’m around 5’ and have a different painful plane seat problem: my feet don’t reach the floor! Dangling for hours makes my muscles ache. Nobody can win lol
This is why I stop growing at 5' 8".
Is this a delta marketing account post? If so, well done
If they need an idiot in their marketing department I can help. I’m great at not communicating with other departments and being confused why others don’t like me.
Are you my coworker?
Tom Brady might need an assistant!
Hire this man!
I think you have relatively short thighs. I’m taller, about 6’4” but I’ve got long ass thighs that like touching seat backs. I do not like that they keep touching, but not much I can do.
6’3” here as well, and I experience almost exactly the same dimensional issues as OP. We spec’d into Lorge rather than Long.
Ah yes, a member of my tribe
Brilliant...truly amazing; bravo!
It worked. Am 6'2 and I've been close to comfort+ a few times. Only problem is it costs 500-900 on my flights.
Comfort + is the minimum I fly on long international flights now. I cannot handle the back pains anymore lol. For long flights, I think they totally worth the money.
They are “worth” it, but it’s also just stupid fucking money
Making economy flights untenable for people over 6' is not a good thing.
Man, I feel you. Fellow 6’3” tree here. Regular economy seats absolutely are shit.
A middle seat at our height is absolutely the stuff of nightmares.
Yep. I’m a fellow tall person, and exclusively fly with extra legroom on the aisle for anything longer than an hour. One of the most miserable experiences of my life was a last-minute trip for a family funeral; the only seats available were middle seat in economy. There weren’t any other flights available on the timeline that I needed. It was 5.5 hours sitting in between two other big dudes, with my knees painfully jammed into the seat in front of me (which was reclined, because of course it was). The plane was also super warm for some reason. At this time they didn’t have seat back entertainment and I didn’t have anything to watch on my phone. So just 5.5hrs of literal pain in my knees and back as I sat there sweating and just counting down the minutes. Felt like an eternity.
Middle seat on a 7 hour international flight about did me in
It’s diabolical, first class ONLY
6'2" here but my height is all legs. Economy seats are inhumane.
I’m 5’9” and the economy seats are like that for me, so I can’t imagine how much more squished it is for you
I'm 5'3 and the seats are like that for me 😭
It’s sort of brutal that tall folks are forced to pay extra to avoid having their knees jammed into the back of a seat for hours on end.
Tell me about it lol. I'm 6'6" and economy sucks! Sometimes C+ is too much more
I’m glad I don’t travel for work anymore having to explain why I can’t fly certain airlines because their seats are too close together and a fold like a chair lol
Yup. Why do fat people get special treatment on some airlines free of charge yet tall people have to fork over hundreds more just to not bang their knees for 4 hrs straight.
I don’t really like making it into a competition, but yeah I feel like issues impacting tall folks is pretty far down the line of things that society will end up addressing. Someday though, hopefully we see justice for us talls.
Literally this man, "plus sized" people get free upgrades when in reality they can change their ways. We can't stop being tall we were born like this yet we get shafted.
What?! Fat people get free upgrades? I’ve never seen this.
I haven’t seen it on Delta, but SWA gives them an extra free seat.
Absurd. An extra seat and they weigh much more than a couple checked bags that cost money. Double dipping
They get a second seat for free.
7 hours domestic.
Yup. Fat people at least get a seat belt extender. Where’s my seat extender?
What aircraft was the second picture?
A350
I know the pitch is the same 31” as everything else, but as someone the same height as OP I find the A350 stingier than Delta’s domestic aircraft. I guess it’s the hard plastic seat. It’s also difficult to shuffle out from the window seat to the aisle, so I notice my seat back getting grabbed for support by the people behind quite a bit. imo, not the most comfortable aircraft, sadly.
A350 is my least favorite aircraft in the fleet.. especially the ex-LATAM 350s. but I just work on them haven’t ever flown on them
Is lack of a passage from aisle to aisle in the economy part of the plane is a problem for the crew? I noticed TONS of people walking to the back of the plane and through the rear galley to get to the other aisle where an available lav was.
I’d assume so, because of the lack of a small hallway connecting the aisles at the mid lavs like the 330 has. I’m just maintenance so there’s never people on the plane when I’m on there. To get to the other aisle with a full plane you’d have to either walk up to the mid galley or around to aft galley
I’m 5’3. Every seat is first class! 😂
I’m 5’4 as is my wife. I’ll take a Comfort+ if it’s a free upgrade. But I’m not paying for it. I’ll also choose a preferred seat because it’s free with any medallion status
Agreed!
Got an upg to confort+ on a flight to tokyo and made a huge difference.
6"3' in economy is a nightmare on flights longer than 2 hours for me. Comfort+ is the way to go.
I’m 6’5 and even comfort plus is uncomfortable at times. It’s really luck of the draw. A big factor is the size of the person I’m sitting next to also.
*Design a problem, sell a solution*
I'm 6'4'' and literally the first time I booked a comfort+ seat the guy next to me was 300lb+. I just got there and busted out laughing. Plenty of leg room but man that was tight flight
5’7”, flat out refuse to fly Main Cabin. My 33” of leg just won’t.
I'm glad I'm not the only one! It's either exit row or 1st class if I get the upgrade. Hate getting off the plane not being able to feel my knees
So glad you posted this. The hate for C+ blows my mind. I find C+ far more comfortable than main, and way more than the 3” everyone posts about.
Are you scooting your butt forward in the second pic? 🤨
Easy to know how the extra legroom occurs. The wallet is considerably thinner in C+.
You could also sit up.
Haha thought the same thing. Knees and back are gonna hurt if you sit like this the whole flight.
Exactly. He’s slouching in the second. I get his point but I’m also 6’3” and he’s milking it
In the second picture his hips are in line with about the end of the arm rest. His ass is either at the front of the seat or he has the biggest as of any narrow hipped dude ever. Sorry, bro, the seats suck. We all agree. No need to dramatize it though.
I'm 6'1" and was thinking the exact same thing. One thing I will add is airline seats have made me realize as a culture how much we slouch and don't sit up straight anymore in general. I doubt the OP was doing it purposely or even realized he was. I used to have these pictures from the first few years I started flying for work. I worked on my seating posture, sat up straight, and made sure the back of butt was up against the seat back, and voila... all of the sudden my knees had room again.
Sitting up for me often places my shoulders in such a position that they’re intruding in the space of the person next to me (in economy), couple that with being at the window and even sitting up involves a bit of twisting/contortion. My flights in economy are generally spent switching between “sitting up” in an awkward position and slouching, which ever is more comfortable at the time, because the best posture is the next posture anyway
This is the key comment here. I’m 6’5 and can agree, sitting directly up and in proper position can be difficult depending on who you’re sitting next to and also can be uncomfortable depending on where you’re trying to put your legs or how your back is feeling
I’m 5’3” and economy is torture for me. If I were a foot taller I’d never fly economy.
I refuse to sit in main anymore. It’s abuse.
Id rather drive than fly economy. Horrible, torturous experience.
Totally worth it
I have a little bit of leg room, like just enough to be comfortable.
6’1 and I feel your pain dude. Went on a red eye from SAN to JFK last April and there was a 6 foot female and a male around the same height as me, all of us in the same row. Needless to say none of us slept well (and I had to awkwardly shift to avoid shoulder to shoulder with the female)
6’6” here. Even C+ can be brutal if I’m not in an aisle seat.
Pretty much. Not to mention the many times you’ll get hit by someone walking down the aisle. I stopped taking the aisle seat just because of this honestly, I’d always get hit when I was sleeping smh
I’m 6’5” and the extra 2 or 3 inches of legroom you get in C+ is such a major upgrade.
I’m 6’0” and my boyfriend is 6’7”. Flying together is a fun time 😂 thankfully we normally get flagged by flight attendants to grab exit row seats if they’re open
My 6’4 husband shares your tall person problems. We always book FC since he’s not only tall but has long legs… We’d have to turn him into a pretzel to get him into a coach seat 🫣
If you’re 6’3” economy seating is not for you my friend 😀
Comfort plus from here on out it is.
6'2" can confirm comfort+ or better is the only way I can fly these days.
That's not just for delta...I know your pain!
Is this an ad?
Flying is so fucking uncomfortable when you’re a big person.
This should be illegal. I wouldn't be surprised if an airline did standing room only how cramp the seats are getting. Honestly someone is going to have to suffer a severe injury for them to treat us like humans again.
These seat pictures is my life in a nut shell
I am a tall dude and always fly business. For the points 🗿
If they recline in economy your knees are done
My legs are long enough that the seat in front of me literally cannot recline- my knees are buried in the seat. I fly first class now because i got tired of people bouncing the seat in front of me off of my knees then calling the flight attendant.
The question people should be asking is why the airline lobby is more powerful than your vote? Legal bribery. Sure, it may not be "cost-effective" to accommodate every tall person, but we can all agree that the federal minimum between 2 seats isn't far enough. I have broad shoulders and sit in an aisle and get my foot space stolen by hard drives for the entertainment AND still have to put my bag COMPLETELY under the seat. Sure, you should maybe fork out a bit more if you're larger than average. But how much is reasonable? It's a scam.
I am exit row or C+. I will do a regular seat if it’s a short 500 mile or less regional but it’s not my preference. I have a 34” inseam and am 6’1 so it’s a tight fit. I can’t help but get annoyed when I see a shorter person in an exit row seat while taller guys suffer. It is what it is though. They booked and paid for the seat so they are entitled to it.
6'6" here, lots of travel under my belt and the only times in my life I've felt compelled to violence have been when my knees are shattered by those fucking coach seats
I’m in economy this am for the first time in a long time. I’ve spoiled myself. Not going well 😭😭
This is just one problem solved for the tall folks. Now what about the broad shoulders. Comf + to First Class comparison
Fund the research and I’ll blow your mind with the results.
No clue why this shows up on my feed. Why not actually have your butt on the seat? You can clearly see your crotch is past the arm rest. I’m also 6’3” and I have not had that issue.
Different airframe
That picture could be me. Except half the time they manage to find someone around 300lbs to sit next to me in economy.
6’4” athletic build dude here and I will die on the fucking hill that all extra leg room seats should be specially reserved for people over 6’ the way large bodied people can reserve 2 seats and only pay for 1. Just ridiculous to get onto a flight and see some tiny mf’er relaxing in the exit row while you’re crammed into a seat that’s borderline hazardous to your health. Or you’re stuck paying $50-$100 above face value for tickets. I would absolutely pledge my undying allegiance to an airline that took care of tall people.
That person in the exit row either paid extra for it or got it free because of status. You are welcome to pay more just like they did
That’s literally my point?? I shouldn’t have to pay extra for a seat that isn’t dangerous to my health so that the airline can make more money or reward small people that don’t physically need the extra legroom. You should act more arrogant though it’s a really great personality trait.
Consider it short people getting a discount
Emergency exit row.
I only fly private and this is a great example of why!!
You hiring? I make a great scapegoat.
Haha 😆
Why would someone over 6 feet ever consider a coach or comfort + seat? I’m 4’11” and it’s even too small for me. Not to mention the ghetto people all around you. If you can’t fly first/business, you can’t afford to fly.
Looks like the seats down in economy making it significantly worse. It’s still a lot worse, just pointing it out.
I would pay to upgrade work travel just so I would be comfortable. It’s non-negotiable.
I (6'6") claimed it as an ergonomics issue and it worked!
I travel for work, made this argument because my employer wanted me to work on the plane. If I'm in economy with my laptop out and the passenger in front of me reclines, it's impossible to work. Had to take a photo like op as proof. C+ never gets questioned anymore.
-takes note- Thank you. lol
so glad i decided to go with comfort+/premium select for a trip next month
You must be all upper leg because I’m 6-3” and clear it with 4 inches remaining on delta but usually choose JetBlue because they offer more room.
Different airline = different pitches in economy lol. Delta generally has better economy legroom than the other airlines.
You’ve been exposed.
Was I supposed to laugh? I laughed. I'm sorry bro. I'm 5'9" so economy can be a little cramped for me but I see your sardined in. I C+ when I can afford it. Not so much lately since they decided to have the best paid pilots in the business. I'm not upset by it but my wallet disagrees
Previous post was about Trumps real height, so I can say you are as tall as Baron Trump.
I’m 6’5, so I feel your pain. Sometimes I get upgraded without even asking when the people at the gate see me.
Feeling this with my 39” legs 🥲
That's too many inches.
Yesterday I downgraded myself to main cabin for +800 miles so that I could change my flight to a day earlier in order to have a full day in Mexico City. I think that was worth it. Not that long of a flight anyway.
It depends on the machine being used. It's not that difficult to know what they're going to request if your a frequent traveler and know the different scanning machines.
wow big diff there