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"he was first in line at baggage claim, but sadly his bag showed up last"

"“he was first in line at baggage claim, but sadly his bag showed up ~~last~~ next week.. in London.. Ontario.”
Although he was traveling with only a carry-on, it too was checked in due to airline policy

The real reason is your legs are uncomfortable

Was about to say this myself before I saw your comment. I'm 6ft 1 in (185 cm) and I stand up as soon as we land because after 2 hours of having my knees jammed up against the seat in front, I want relief. I can only imagine how much worse it is for taller people. For shorter people who do this I will also give the benefit of the doubt because most seats on planes are not the most comfortable.
- I am 5'4, every plane seat is extra legroom for me.
Or my bony ass hurts. Seriously, I look like a frog standing up. I don't have a butt, it's just more back.
- Stop skipping butt day
- I'm constantly shifting around in the seat because my ass hurts.

There are a few acceptable times to immediately get up and rush when the plane lands

You have a connecting flight that is already boarding

You really really have to shit

The person next to you is extremely annoying and if you are near them for one more God damn second you might snap.

+1 You're 6'3 and blood stopped circulating in your leg somewhere over Dusseldorf.
- Yes but now you get to stand there hunched under the overhead bins
- I guess at that low height you can still stand upright
A second reasonable case is when entering US feom abroad. Passport check at Ohare is slooooooow, so I always make an effort to get there before most others. I usually don't care about exiting plane early, but I do care about maximizing the time spent drinking beer in a lounge, compared to standing in line.

I often fly from Europe to Houston via Chicago, and how early I get out of the transatlantic flight can mean up to 90 minutes less queuing.
- Guessing you’re not American. Having Global Entry makes O’Hare a breeze. Usually through passport control in 2-3 minutes.
Yeah, when I have a tight connecting flight, I just stand up and push past everyone else. Airlines like United will often get on the intercom and encourage people to let folks with connections go forward. No need to be pushy in these scenarios. Delta never seemed to care though, despite requesting that the stewardess make an announcement to ask people to let us through, and so I take matters in to my own hands.

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As a 6’ person, standing up is the only way to immediately relieve the excruciating pain in my legs from being jammed into a tiny seat for 3 hours. I’ll let everyone in front of me go first, and help people get their bag out. Me standing doesn’t harm you at all. Deal with it.

Edit: quit telling me how it doesn’t hurt your legs or some shit. We are not the same

It amazes me that people don't get this. As a guy who flew two to three times a week. There was nothing better than standing up as soon as I was able to. Because Jesus fucking Christ, my knees were screaming at me so loud I was about to cry.
- Exactly. And what harm does it do?
  
  “Oh no I can’t see the front of the plane”.
- Why didn't you just stand up during the flight?
As another 6' person, you're clogging the aisle and making it take longer for people to gather their overhead luggage. Two more minutes isn't going to kill either of us. And maybe spring for aisle seats next time so you can stretch out a bit if it's that big a problem for you.
another benefit to being 5'6". Is this what Trump meant by being "tired of winning?"

(I'm kidding, sending love to my tall kings out there)
I'm 6'2" and I've never had a problem. Sure my knees almost touch the seat in front of me, but that's it.
- Must be nice to be you and not me, unfortunately I’m not so lucky. 6’ is a generalization. Did you consider the possibility that we’ve flown on different airlines with varying seat sizes?
Ok, fine, but that doesn’t explain the 5’1’’ who also stand up and immediately begin to ask tall people (probably like you) to get carry-on luggage down so it can be uncomfortably held in some weird Twister-pose interlocked with all the other idiots who can’t understand that they’ll be facing four other queues before they are home.

YOU might have a solid reason to race to the starting line. But come on: Most don’t!
- Why does anyone need a "good reason"?
If standing up for a few minutes at the end helps, why not stand up for a few minutes during?
Why not stand up during the flight?
- Why does it matter?
Entitled is the wrong word. Ignorant is the right word
It's the people that push to get their bags out asap. You also get the morons that can't sit down when the seat belt sign is on at take off.

Are you not allowed to stand up during flights where you're from? 15 minutes take off/landing & taxiying isn't torture.
Sitting for three whole hours? Jesus some people really have it rough.
- It's more like sitting for 3 hours with your legs crammed into somebody else's back
- Some* people have bad backs or joint problems, you acorn
- Some people are a bit taller. Think of it more like three hours perching on a toddlers stool with sharp plastic corners digging into your knees. Think of it as three hours hunched over from the “head rest” digging into your back. Think of it as three hours with your arms pulled tight into your lap so you’re not elbowing your neighbor. Think of it as three hours sitting twisted so everyone’s shoulders fit together like jigsaws since seats aren’t wide enough for shoulder to shoulder
- Found the short person

I'm just standing up because I want to stretch my legs.

Ok but on many (most?) flights you could have done that while at cruising altitude. Why wait until just after you land?

Edit: I was not aware this was a controversial question.
- The staff generally frown at the idea of pacing up, and down the plane.
- Every opinion is controversial, this is the internet
- Why do you care? Just let them stand when they want.
I'm about to pee my pants, let me off asap....

You laugh, but shaving off 1.7 seconds is enough for a dedicated speedrunner to set up a new world record of Getting the fuck off the fucking airplane in the category full capacity, window seat

You hide in the first-class bathroom before they tell everyone to buckle for landing. If the crew pushes that you get out, play diarrhea sounds and say you are in pain.

As all the people saying they stand up to stretch their legs imply- we shouldn't be mad at the jerks who get up to get off the plane first, we should be mad at the airlines for packing planes so full that there's not a reasonable amount of leg room unless you pay a premium for it.

I have noticed that people in first class are often still sitting there when I leave in coach. And I don't jump up to be the first off the plane.

I find it comical to watch all the people in a hurry to stand in a line for 5 mins before the door even opens. Even for long west-east coast flights I can manage to sit for a few more minutes.

It's the same with boarding. I just wait till most of the line is done so I don't have to fight to get to my seat.
- The main reason against waiting to board is that they'll gate-check your carry-on bag on full flights.

To be fair to some, I'd wanna stand just out of the fact that sitting on airplanes can be uncomfortable especially for long flights.

My knees get really sore and stiff sitting bent for a long time, I need to stand up when I can. I'm not in a rush to get off the plane 95% of the time (unless late for a tight connection obviously) but I can see how it'd look like that.

1.7 seconds seems generous imo. In my experience you gain nothing as despite standing up you still end up waiting for the rows ahead of you to leave first. Maybe that's a UK thing as we love to queue.

Nope, it's a US thing too.

They say "Please remain seated until the aircraft has come to a complete stop" for a reason.

Fun fact, it is technically illegal for a plane to taxi unless all passengers are seated and strapped in.
Mandatory Carlin https://youtu.be/vdPy5Ikn7dw?si=wHp4lMpU8mg4Av7b

I just get off last... So much less stressful.

If you wait long enough, they will even come carry you out...it's a bit stressful though.
- Just say hello to your friend Jack and they'll get you off right away.

I feel personally attacked

Good
That's just your neck pain from having to awkwardly hunch over until it's actually time to deplane.

Not when he has to wait for baggage claim

Or immigration
I one-bag, and shave my minutes off by skipping baggage claims.

I'm usually out of the airport before the pack-mules leave, hauling their baggage.
- This is the way, fuck the carousel*
  
  (If you're able, sometimes a trip legit needs more gear but I truly feel less often than people usually pack whole-ass suitcases)

As usual in posts about this, I'll ask - what's the huge fuss with people caring about this? Who is it hurting? Regardless of any impatience they may or may not have, it's just nice to stand up after sitting for several hours. And if they're ready to go, that's less time for the people behind them to wait.

Personally I don't really care about the act of standing up but if I'm in the aisle seat its not that fun at the end of a long flight to have somebody's arse about two inches from your face whilst waiting for disembarking to start.
It's just one of those instances where people's self-importance over others is on full display, so it's aggravating.
- In what was is it a sign of "self-importance"? It's just standing up. Unless they're pushing their way past people or getting otherwise aggressive about it, it means nothing other than they would rather stand. Hell, they could be doing it so as to not hold people up deboarding after them.
- could be self importance. could be that you have another flight or bus to catch, so it won't do to just hang out until everyone leaves.
Some people just went to stretch their legs and stand up. It's simple.
But they're doing it differently than me ಠ⁠︵⁠ಠ

I stand up because staying seated for 2 hours is uncomfortable (and probably unhealthy), fight me.

you can stand up and walk during flight though
You could wait just 2 minutes more or stand up but not enter the aisle and just stay where your seat is
- Waiting 2 minutes is possible. Standing up in an airplane seat, unless you're very short, is not. You can see that just from the picture in the post.
  
  That said, it's usually a lot more like 15 minutes. But I still don't stand up.
- That's what I do usually, the aisle is already full of Italians.

This is brilliant timing. I read this sitting at the gate for a short hall flight. There was still a lot of time before the flight and they announced "can Anna something please come to the desk", and about 40 people (I counted as had so much time still) stood up and rushed to queue up and then had to stand up for another 30 minutes until it actually started boarding...

It was a cheap airline so overhead space can be difficult but I really don't get the people who rush to sit down in the tight horrible seats (designated seating btw) waiting for everyone else to sit.

We arrived and then the picture happened of course...

It was a cheap airline so overhead space can be difficult

You answered your own question. I can't remember the last flight I had that didn't announce that they were going to need to check some people's carry-ons. As someone that purposefully avoids letting the TSA manhandle my luggage, I'm going to do what I can to avoid that.
- For a while now here in Europe, they charge more for bags that don't fit under the seat and let you check in one bag for free you used to be able to take on the flight so unless most people are paying extra for that, which I wouldn't believe would be the case if they're flying these cheap airlines, I don't think that is the issue

People standing up is fine for me. What I hate is when these people move into the aisle before the plane has stopped moving and then crowd the aisle in such a way that deplaning in a controlled and orderly fashion is no longer possible.

I do this for a couple reasons.

I want to stand up after sitting for so long. Airplane seats suck ass.
If you don't stand in the aisle there are an unbelievable number of people with no social awareness who won't wait for the rows in front of them to empty out before exiting the plane.

I had a discussion with someone in another thread like this that had the opposite comprehension issue and could not understand why people in their row were frustrated with them just sitting there while the entire plane deboarded, because they were waiting for the aisle to be clear 🤦‍♂️

I've done this once or twice. Sometimes nature calls at very inconvenient times.

I stay seated until i can get up and leave without queueing. Usually I walk past the whole plane while going to the exit because they are lost, on the phone, waiting for friend, being retarded.

I'm convinced the only people that complain about this shit are tiny little 4'2" assholes who cant fathom that normal sized humans being crammed into a tuna can of a seat isnt just uncomfortable, its downright painful... So painful in fact that I will literally jump out of my seat the microsecond I am able to, just to end the constant incurring pain.

I'm above average height, and after I get off a plane I have to go take a big dose of tylenol and spend half the day laying in bed for the pain and misery to go away.

and thats with paying extra for aisle seat so I can stretch oneleg out every 30 minutes when no ones walking by.

You know you can like get out of the seat during the flight?
- No shit, really?
  
  I guess that magically erases all the fucking negatives of being crammed in, then!
  
  Thank god for you and your wise insight! How many people have suffered without this precious, divine knowledge?
Go to the bathroom every hour even if you don't have to.
- I'd rather be pained and miserable, than be pained, miserable, and covered in other peoples... fluids.
Ok ok chill you could have made your point with like 30% less angst

Never understood those folks. Like why? Just wait until everyone is out and you can have an easy path out

Because the seats on aircraft are fucking torture devices, and the sooner I can stand up the less pain and discomfort I'm in.
- As long as you're not running to the door, you're excluded from my comment. 😂
I stand up when we land sometimes to stretch my legs, not to hurry out. Generally I sit back down after a minute or two, because they feel better.
- Got it. You're excluded.
I've always assumed that they eventually realize they've misjudged the time to stand up, but most decide to commit like they meant to do it instead of sitting back down.
I'm a large man at 6' 2" with large shoulders. I am crammed into the small economy seats trying not to spill over into the seat next to me (most often occupied by my wife) or the aisle. God forbid the person in front of me lean back their seat. I've tried wear knee pads to save my knees. At the end of any flight over two hours, I just need to stretch my legs. I get up, but I'm not trying to get off the plane. I'm just trying to de-acordian myself.
- Thank you for making some sense of it for me. You're excluded, my friend. You have a valid excuse. Those who want to just run out of the door aren't, though. Lol
I typically try and get front row on flights, or at least the row next to an actual exit and I only take hand luggage. If I can get my hand luggage and get off first I get to passport control and get out much quicker than people who wait and end up at the back of the passport queue, and even further ahead of those that do baggage claim.

I can easy save 30 minutes if not more doing this. Obviously its not going to work every flight but it works more often than not. It's particularly worthwhile if you catching a taxi at the other end as you can short cut the queue at smaller airports.

However I don't see the point if you have way down the plane and/or have checked bags, other than leg cramps.

If it's only a 2-hour flight, there's probably a better way to get there.

As somebody who flights today a 2h flight....

checks map again

13h hours car drive (without stops so probably more)

checks public transport

11h 30 in train with at least 4 or more trains changes....

Nope.... Still faster by plane, well unless they cancel it or similar ..
- Flight is airport to airport. You neither live or reside at either airport. Measure door to door for a more accurate comparison, I don't fly from my driveway to my destinations back garden when I get a plane. I have to gget to the airport on a train, check in, go through security, wait for delays, wait at baggage collection and get a cab on the other side.
  
  It's not going to change the outcome but if you're going to use numbers to measure a difference, try to consider all the facts.
It's much cheaper for an average person to fly from Slovakia to London than to go through, like 3 countries by train/car and in the tunnel/on a ferry.
- If money is your only consideration when travelling 700miles (about how far 2h flight usually is) then I don't consider you a reasonable and functional member of society, especially if you're travelling with others.
  
  Please consider your effect on the environment when travelling, cars can take a lot more than one person.
  
  London to Marseille is a 2h flight (probably 5-6h if you include door to door airport travel and waiting) but driving takes just under 12h. If you say you can't afford the cost of the ferry, then consider why are you getting a plane in the first place?
  
  Small compromises can be made to make the world a better place, so remember you have options.
Not in the U.S, generally
There is indeed in most of the world, in the form of intercity and high speed rail. There used to be the former in a way bigger proportion of North America than there is now.
Oslo-Trondheim is either 7 hour drive or a 45 min flight. Not everyone are blessed with flat countries and fast trains.
- Terrible comparison. Door to door with up to four people and baggage it's a 7h drive, that 45min flght is not door to door..
  
  My nearest airport is 30 mins to the train station, 15mins walk to the lobby 60mins in check-in, 60mins contingency waiting at the gate, then 45mins flight which is probably delayed 15 mins. Then another 15 mins waiting to get off the plane, then 20mins waiting for baggage and another 60mins to get to your destination.
  
  Yes it's probably still faster, but don't try to compare a flight to a drive in the way you just did lol
  
  Also thanks for fucking our environment to save yourself 2-3h
Or at least, there really should be
If I find out my mother is dying and I want to make it there before she dies, I'd rather take a two-hour flight than a seven-hour drive.

So no, not always.
- So, just take the flight in the rare case that it's an emergency, and otherwise check if there's a better option

fuck planes

There are also some phobias involved here. It's very common to be afraid of close and tiny spaces and heights, even literally afraid to fly, which is translated to be inside something that flies. A lot of people travels for business and have asshole bosses, so I can't blame them for being in the rush to get some place in time.

Almost like speedrunning cabinet near bed, which speedrunners hit with legs, so they can skip waking-up animation.

As soon as it lands? Wouldn't you get flung forward by the deceleration?

Forward and up, probably killing you when you break your neck on the ceiling.

Also rushing onto the elevator or train before people can get off can save 0 seconds on your commute to work. $lifehack

I'm going to keep standing anyway. Have fun sitting there.

I will gladly look like an ass and stand up first. Fuck planes bro

That'll show 'em
- Gonna wait at the baggage carousel SO FAST

As god is my witness I do not understand why anyone complains about this. There are many good reasons to stand up and try to get off the plane quickly, and it hurts almost nobody (unless you get in someone else's way, but that won't happen unless the other person gets up early as well).

"man shaves 1.7 sheconds off 2-hour flight by shtanding up as shoon as plane lands"

I fly quite frequently and you get up so you can start gathering your stuff and get ready as fast as possible. I usually offer the person next to me a chance to get up and if they don't, I do.

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