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There’s perhaps something to be said about noses being up in the air and flying first class.

It seems that the more money and position a passenger has on a flight, the more absurd their antics and in-flight requests become.

Just in economy class, flight attendants have a lot to deal with; from customers begging for more peanuts or booze, to spilling on each other, complaining about the crying baby over the way, refusing to wear masks or seat belts, and just generally being annoying and impossible.

Unlike me. I would like everyone in the airport and aeroplane to acknowledge how low-maintenance I am – I even drank my water and packed my computer conveniently before check-in. So easy, much flow.

Nevertheless, according to stories being shared online via DMARGE, the biggest babies on board don’t seem to be the ones screaming for coke back in coach but those sipping flutes up in first.

One flight attendant tells the story of a passenger calling for the crew to sing happy birthday to her boyfriend over the intercom while another young couple offered cash to swing at a nude beach once they land.

As a female crew member, you have to accept, to some extent, that being hit on is part and parcel of the job:

It is not uncommon for travellers to disembark having “felt a connection” with female crew members, passing hotel keys, cash and handwritten notes on napkins back to hostesses – trying to ensure that the plane won’t be the only thing getting serviced once they get to the gate…

But sometimes, a passenger goes too far and the crew have to take extreme measures to keep them in check:

One man even struggled on a Frontier Airlines flight to follow directions to keep his hands to himself, needing instead to be taped to his seat for time out in a naughty corner after groping two female staff.

Other first-class passengers don’t just roll their eyes at the requests they make, but ask for eyes too:

Air dispatcher Maia Medena recounted one particularly memorable flight on Quora, where an older passenger had disturbed the cabin with muttered requests to ensure “his eye” was on board. His seemingly crazed antics set off quite the scene onboard before it was revealed the man was on-route to receive a corneal transplant, and was indeed checking to see if the donor organ had made it onto the flight as cargo.

Fair enough, though strange.

Other cautionary tales shared by veteran attendants include pouring a cup of water for a falcon mascot and a woman who’d resorted to breastfeeding her cat after a request for milk to feed her companion animal was denied.

The internet is indeed full of these stories of outrageous in-flight behaviour.

Clearly, money does not buy class, hey?

[source:dmarge]