{"id":16485,"date":"2015-11-10T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com\/stories\/?p=16485"},"modified":"2021-10-28T16:33:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T16:33:05","slug":"expedia-2015-airplane-etiquette-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com\/stories\/expedia-2015-airplane-etiquette-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Expedia 2015 Airplane Etiquette Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our behinds are telling us something about flying in today\u2019s age: We\u2019re tired of being kicked in the rears.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">This was the key finding from Expedia\u2019s 2015 Airplane Etiquette Study, from which data overwhelmingly indicated that \u201cRear Seat Kickers\u201d are the most aggravating co-passengers at 35,000 feet. When asked to choose from a list of annoying behaviors, 61 percent of 1,019 study respondents cited butt-kickers as the worst of the worst.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u201cInattentive Parents,\u201d parents who exhibit little or no control over their children, ranked a close second with 59 percent; while the \u201cAromatic Passenger,\u201d that passenger who exhibits poor hygiene or is in some other way giving off a strong scent, was the third least-liked fellow traveler, garnering 50 percent of the vote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Interestingly\u2014and sadly, if you ask me\u2014these same three passengers led the charge for worst in the <a href=\"https:\/\/viewfinder.expedia.com\/features\/expedia-airplane-etiquette-study-2014\">2014 Airplane Etiquette Study<\/a>. That means passengers haven\u2019t changed their bad behaviors much in 12 months, or that our tolerance for certain egregious behaviors hasn\u2019t changed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Other lousy airplane etiquette made the cut, too. About 45 percent of respondents cited \u201cThe Boozer\u201d as the most irritating seatmate; while 43 percent said \u201cChatty Cathy,\u201d the overly talkative seatmate, was the worst. Other high-ranking caricatures: \u201cThe Amorous,\u201d \u201cThe Undresser,\u201d and the \u201cMad Bladder.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">The study was conducted online for Expedia by GfK, a market research company. For a list of all on-board etiquette violators for 2015, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/viewfinder.expedia.com\/news\/kicking-and-screaming-expedia-study-of-airplane-etiquette-finds-rear-seat-kickers-are-america-s-most-infuriating-co-passengers\">official news release<\/a>, or click o<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">n the fun infographic below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"infographic-container\"><span class=\"Title\">Infographic<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"infographic-content\"><a href=\"\/images\/default-source\/user-sarah-waffle-gavin\/expedia-scrolling-[size_1000x2028].jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/default-source\/user-sarah-waffle-gavin\/expedia-scrolling-[size_1000x2028].jpg\" id=\"infographic-22073ca7-50ee-63e1-bbde-ff000073f150\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"full-size\">\n<p>View Full Size<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><strong>Seeking quiet<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>After tabulating data on our study findings, we\u2019ve managed to see a number of pretty obvious trends worth noting.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">First, it\u2019s clear that respondents showed a market preference for peace and quiet in midair. Three-quarters of the people who participated in the study said \u201csmall talk is fine,\u201d but noted they prefer to keep to themselves for most of the flight. About 16 percent of respondents admitted they use flights as an \u201copportunity to meet and talk to new people,\u201d while 66 percent said they \u201cdread\u201d sitting next to folks who want to talk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Family travelers bore the brunt of some of these sentiments. More than half of our study respondents\u201453 percent overall\u2014said they find themselves annoyed by parents traveling with loud children, and more than one-third (37 percent) said they actually would pay extra to be seated in a designated quiet zone if the airline offered one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">As the mother of four kids who travels with them frequently, these particular data points bummed me out. Sure, some kids have trouble behaving at 35,000 feet, but others\u2014mine, for instance\u2014hold it together better than many grown-ups!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><strong>Rows over reclining<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Reclining seats are a hot-button issue, too.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Nearly one-third (33 percent) of respondents said they would either prefer to have reclining seats banned entirely, or at least have reclining restricted to set times during short-haul flights. That said, only 31 percent of respondents said they refuse to recline their own seats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Of those who do recline, 30 percent do so when they play to sleep, while 13 percent recline when the passenger in front of them does it (we like to call this domino-style).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">As last year\u2019s brouhaha over the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2014\/08\/27\/travel\/knee-defender-travel-gadget\/\">Knee-Defender<\/a>\u00a0taught us, reclining can bring out the absolute worst in people. One in four study respondents (26 percent) said they would recline their seat punitively if the passenger behind them was aggressive or rude (hello, passive-aggressive). Perhaps more disturbingly, 10 percent said they would recline even if the passenger behind them was noticeably pregnant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Viewfinder Tip: Slightly more than 1 percent of respondents to the 2015 Airplane Etiquette Study report membership in the Mile High Club, meaning they\u2019ve been intimate on a plane.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><strong>Shameful shaming<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Finally, results from the Expedia 2015 Airplane Etiquette Study indicate that\u2014thankfully, IMHO\u2014passenger shaming is not nearly as prevalent as some would have us think.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">In the event a fellow passenger misbehaved noticeably, 49 percent of respondents would sit quietly and attempt to ignore them, while 21 percent would confront the offender directly and 10 percent would surreptitiously record them using a phone\u2019s camera or video camera. Only 3 percent of respondents would publish the misbehavior across social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">This data tells me that current campaigns such as one intended to shame passengers for violating carry-on baggage policies are nothing but hot air. It also indicates that despite how irritated some passengers may get, you still can find civility at 35,000 feet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><strong>Other findings<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Which brings me to the last important point: By and large, most passengers are positive and pretty nice. A whopping 75 percent of our study respondents said they feel that \u201cfor the most part, fellow passengers are considerate.\u201d Just over 50 percent said they felt that air travel was \u201cfun and exciting.\u201d More than 40 percent have helped strangers with their luggage. And more than 70 percent wait patiently until they reach their assigned seat before stowing luggage in the overhead bin.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">For me, the takeaways from the Expedia 2015 Airplane Etiquette Study are clear: Some travelers may exhibit bad behaviors on planes, but the majority of passengers knows what good etiquette is all about.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">This means there\u2019s hope for all of us. And our behinds.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ranking America\u2019s most infuriating co-passengers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1786,1775,1777,1778,1780,1787,1774,1781,1776],"tags":[],"authors":[2235],"class_list":["post-16485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-company","category-fall","category-family","category-features","category-inspiration","category-news","category-occasions-and-seasons","category-travel-tips","category-type-of-vacation","authors-sarah-waffle-gavin","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Expedia 2015 Airplane Etiquette Study | Expedia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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