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So lower the seat back or not?
That is the question.
The answer to that, by the way, is really not universal - because it all depends on which culture you came from.
At least this is according to a new international survey recently presented on the American news website CNBC.
The survey examined the attitude of men and women from different cultures to a variety of behaviors on airplanes - from taking off shoes to not using headphones.
The survey was conducted by the research company YouGov in 18 different destinations in the world and it shows, among other things, that Europeans tend to be more disturbed than others by certain behaviors on the plane, which are sometimes considered controversial.
In contrast, those who had the greatest tolerance for these behaviors were the residents of the United Arab Emirates.
For example, the respondents from Europe were the least tolerant of drunkenness on the flight, not using headphones and other passengers' hygiene problems.
Most of the European respondents also considered lowering the seat back as inappropriate behavior (60 percent claimed that this behavior is not "unacceptable to some extent" or "completely unacceptable").
By the way, it should be noted that the population of Europe is considered the tallest in the world, so the issue of leaning back and legroom is more critical for them.
In contrast, only 32 percent of the residents of the United Arab Emirates who participated in the survey claimed that leaning back is unacceptable to them - a figure that is much lower than the global average that emerges from the survey: 52 percent.
60% of Europeans claimed that this behavior was inappropriate.
Lowering the seat in flight (Photo: ShutterStock)
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On top of that, the residents of the Union show more tolerance for crying babies on the plane (only 19 percent claimed that this is unacceptable to them).
However, there is one thing that bothers the residents of the Union the most: almost 40 percent of those surveyed claimed that public displays of affection (such as kissing) bother them.
This is compared to 21 percent of Europeans.
One way or another, it seems that the overwhelming agreement among the vast majority of respondents concerns the matter of renting a flight, which is considered the least acceptable behavior: 77 percent of respondents in North America and 78 percent of respondents in Europe claimed this.
When looking at the division between women and men, it appears that women view drunkenness on a plane more severely than men (81 percent versus 70 percent).
And in general, women were less tolerant than men of all the behaviors tested in the survey, with the exception of one: crying babies.
It was found that only 21 percent of the women claimed that in their eyes this is unacceptable behavior.
The survey also shows that compared to the global average, Americans are more likely to see actions such as taking off their shoes on a flight or things related to hygiene matters as unacceptable.
On the other hand, they are more disturbed than others by crying babies and noisy children.
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Crying babies on a flight is unacceptable among only 21% of women (Photo: ShutterStock)
Unacceptable behaviors in flight (in percentages, by origin)
Drunkenness:
Europeans (78), Americans (77) United Arab Emirates (57) Asia and the Pacific (73).
Personal care (hair combing, nail clipping):
Europeans (70), Americans (60) UAE (37) Asia Pacific (46).
Recliner passengers:
Europeans (62), Americans (61) UAE (33) Asia Pacific (43).
Loud children (from age 4. not infants):
Europeans (53), Americans (56) UAE (32) Asia and the Pacific (49).
Shoelaces:
Europeans (52), Americans (56) UAE (38) Asia Pacific (49).
Chatty travelers: Europeans (38), Americans (36) UAE (32) Asia Pacific (43).
Public displays of affection (such as kissing):
Europeans (21), Americans (26) United Arab Emirates (39) Asia and the Pacific (39).
Babies cry:
Europeans (20), Americans (26) United Arab Emirates (19) Asia and the Pacific (27).
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