According to research conducted by the flight comparison site, www.us.jetcost.com here are results of a survey conducted about inappropriate passenger behavior on airplanes.
Photo by Cynthia Dial
Details: 398 US cabin crew
members were polled about out-of-bounds actions they had experienced
while working on planes. All those polled were American citizens, at least 21 years old and had
worked as part of a cabin crew for at least 6 months. Answers revealed the
following stats:
- Two in three (67%) had
witnessed passengers being aggressive or violent to one another
- Almost half (48%) of cabin crew
members had been propositioned by passengers
- 38% of cabin crew members had
been insulted by passengers
- One in ten (10%) had
experienced passengers violence first hand, of these three quarters (75%)
sustained an injury as a result
“It’s not
appropriate or acceptable to behave disrespectfully to others and to those in uniform, and being thousands of feet in the air doesn’t change this fact. Cabin crew members
have a right to go about their daily work without these impositions. This
behavior is serious and unlawful; it should be treated with zero tolerance.
When you are in a confined space with others it is ever more important to
behave in the right way and treat both other passengers and workers around you
with consideration.”
