Considering the poor quality of the work the cabin clean up crews do these days, how do you know the next flight your on you’re not sitting on the death seat, aka the shitter seat.
Seems it should help reduce the number of parries required to win the armrest battle.
So if you die mid-flight and the plane continues to its destination, I’m guessing the airline won’t spring for the body’s return trip?
“I don’t care if she’s dead, her tray must be in the upright and locked position for landing.”
Why would they?
The one time I had this happen in a flight I was on, the airplane continued to destination, the pasengers disembarked then the deceased was removed.
Due to limited space the best strategy if someone dies in their seat is to leave them there, covered and tied down. As I understand it a volunteer may be called for to switch seats if those immediately around can’t handle it.
OTOH I believe a death in the exit rows may necessitate that the individual be relocated, after all s/he can no longer comply with crew instructions and help open the exits…
I used to fly a lot years ago - I detest flying, esp. after 9/11 and the accompanying b.s. so I avoid it now - and this was not a problem I even considered! It never even entered my head! :eek:
Most exciting medical emergency I ever witnessed on a plane was an old woman who was clearly flying for the 1st time and threw up all over herself, the floor, the aisle, everywhere. :rolleyes: If she’d just died instead, there would have been much less stink and mess.
Still, I can’t imagine getting on a plane with my husband and exiting the same plane as a widow.
What radio show was that? My information came directly from the guy. He and his wife were partners with my wife, my daughter, and me in a trivia quiz on a cruise we took last year. He also flew a lot of charter flights around Europe - he never mentioned doing trans-Atlantic flights. He might have made it up, sure, but he didn’t seem the type.
Not if he was in the aisle seat.
Hmm, sit next to a corpse or a small child?
It’s good PR and it allows them to skirt the issue of a refund? How much does it cost to ship a corpse by air?
Plane, or trébuchet?
Someone recently tried to board a dead relative onto a flight from Liverpool to Germany, by putting them in sunglasses and a wheelchair and pretending they were asleep.
Cheapskates, why I die I want to be flown to Brazil or somewhere else I’ve never been before.
Sorry, that wasn’t very clear. I quoted you to counter your statement that options 2 to 4 wouldn’t be possible or practical. I think it depends on the aircraft type.
The radio show I referred to was the one the OP listened to, the Hamish and Andy Show.
Who are we kidding…
[airline executive]
We arrived safely and on time, <insert airline> did not authorize or participate in the early debarkation of Mrs. Smiths spirit requiring additional services to deal with the body she left behind.
[/airline executive]
Not a plane, but one of my grandmothers died on a train. Sadly, she was travelling from California to Texas to visit us. I think she died somewhere in Arizona. Had a sudden heart attack and was gone before she even hit the floor, they said. I was only 8 years old at the time and never knew the logistics of the situation. I’m guessing there would be more options on a train than a plane.
If the body does not fit under the seat or in the overhead compartment you will be charge for checked baggage.
Doubly apt if the person had ever been called an “old bag” while alive.
Do not the recently dead crap themselves?
If it’s a US airline, I bet everybody gets their seat price jacked up and told that the extra charge is for NOT sitting next to the corpse.