Here we have come to the end of registration, customs, boarding and other security checks.
Takeoff is imminent, we are, not without difficulty, installed in our place.
We then let ourselves be invaded by this sweet feeling specific to departures on vacation.
Finally, we try.
This was without taking into account an element that was difficult to avoid: the other passengers in economy class.
Rude and noisy, some almost manage to make us regret having left his home... Anthology.
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Passengers who take off their shoes
This long-haul flight is proceeding normally, we are savoring this magical vacation on the other side of the world, half asleep, when, and particularly during a night trip, a nauseating odor stings our nostrils.
The origin?
Our dear neighbor has just taken off his shoes.
Discomfort quickly turns to disgust when the bastard puts his feet up on the backrest in front of him, proudly displaying his torn socks.
And some push the vice so far as to reach the toilets barefoot... There are things that it is better not to think about.
The neighbor who monopolizes the armrest
The long wait in the departure lounge is over.
We sink into chair 28B when our elbow hits an obstacle.
Our flight companion's arm on the armrest.
If our neighbor is located in a central square, so be it.
Decorum dictates that the one in the middle can keep all or part of the armrests.
But this is not the case here, so no question of letting it go.
Reclaiming the rectangular platform is a constant battle.
Square centimeter by square centimeter, it is necessary to position first an end of the elbow, then of the forearm.
After several tens of minutes, or even hours depending on the adversary, we can finally consider closing our eyes.
That's when the urge to go to the bathroom arises… Leaving your seat is like waving the white flag.
Unless you kindly ask the neighbor to give us some room when we return.
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The crying of children
It's hard not to cast a tender gaze on the innocent blond heads who admire, for the first time, the clouds through the window.
But it is inevitable: sooner or later, the toddler turns into a little monster.
Heartbreaking tears and high-pitched cries turn the trip into a nightmare.
They also give food for thought on one of life's greatest mysteries: how do parents manage to remain impassive?
A respect mixed with fascination seizes us in front of these treasures of patience.
Unless it's resignation...
Seat tappers
It is without a doubt the golden palm of the most horrifying behavior during a plane trip.
Each blow resounds throughout the body and is repeated with echoes that make the irritation grow.
Much to our dismay, tappers come in endless variations.
There is the excited one who taps non-stop on the touch screen embedded in the backrest.
There's the child (him again) kicking the seat erratically.
There is the boor who, getting up from his seat, leans on the surrounding seats, making them bend.
There is the glutton, finally, who keeps unfolding and then folding the removable tablet.
Applause on landing
Let it be said, giving a pilot a standing ovation after a landing amounts to considering that landing a plane without incident is a feat: by definition, an action that cannot be easily reproduced.
Think about it, to applaud a landing is to estimate that there is a good chance that your next flight will end up in a crash.
That makes you want to give the good captain even a smile, doesn't it?
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The impatient ones who get up as soon as they land...
The plane has just come to a standstill, the cabin crew have asked to stay in their seats and yet, almost everyone is busy.
Passengers stand in front of their seats with their legs bent and their heads bent, leaning against the ceiling.
All these little people seem to forget a detail: the doors are always closed and being the first to take your bag from the luggage rack will not speed up the maneuvers of the ground staff.
... and which do not respect the output order
Logical continuation of the impatient waiting preceding the opening of the doors, the exit of the plane centralizes the greatest number of insults with the decorum.
Smart guys, positioned in the central aisle, pass in front of the passengers in front of them.
In a civilized world, the people closest to the exit leave their seats, row by row, in calm and serenity.
Certain facts are sometimes lost in flight, we must believe.
But revenge comes a little later, in front of the conveyor belt distributing checked baggage.
Our suitcase appears, as a just return of things, before that of the gatecrasher.
The holidays can begin.
