Keep your knees and feet to yourself. That’s the overarching message from Expedia’s latest etiquette survey which identified the rear seat-back kicker as the most annoying type of flier.
It’s bad news for long-legged travellers who fly economy and those who sit in front of them. A full 64% of respondents cited the rear seat kicker as the most offensive in-flight “etiquette violator”.
Pollsters also asked respondents to weigh in on the controversial subject of seat reclining, and found that 37% of Americans would choose to ban it altogether or restrict the practice on short-haul flights.
More than half (53%) of travellers said they recline their seats, while about a quarter (23%) said they refrain because they deem it “improper etiquette”.
The poll surveyed 1,005 Americans on their biggest in-flight pet peeves.
Here are the results:
1. The Rear Seat Kicker
2. Inattentive Parents
3. The Aromatic Passenger
4. The Audio Insensitive
5. The Boozer
6. Chatty Cathy
7. The Queue Jumper
8. Seat-Back Guy
9. The Armrest Hog
10. Pungent Foodies
11. The Undresser
12. The Amorous
13. The Mad Bladder
14. The Single and Ready to Mingle
