Why do some passengers stand as soon as the plane lands?

Jan 19, 2023
2 years ago
Garrett ***********
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Not sure why I laughed so hard at this ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜‚
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The discussion revolves around the behavior of passengers who stand up when a plane lands, possibly to retrieve bags and expedite disembarkation. Many contributors express mixed feelings, ranging from amusement to irritation. Comments highlight cultural differences in such behavior, especially noting tendencies among certain nationalities. Some passengers argue that early standing can save a few moments in the immigration line, while others criticize the lack of patience shown by those who rush to stand even before the plane has stopped.
David *****
Maybe he was tired of sitting on his ass
Meryll **********
shave maybe a good 15-30 minutes at times. i rarely put bags on the overhead bin and when people start to stand up in the plane, i race to the front past the people who are slowpokes and those who need to to get their overhead bads. one time, i was first person in the immigration counter before all the people start building up long lines behind me. so NO don't stand up right when the plane lands, but i take the aisle seat and when it's ok to stand up, i smoothly go towards the door early
Nick ***********
@Meryll *********
yes... I needed to do all of this as I'd already pre-booked my bus ticket to Pattaya with not much time to spare from landing to bus leaving so I would have wasted 120b if I didn't run past all the people in front of me on the plane... So glad I pre-booked as well as it was a 3 hour wait for the bus if I had not of done this.
Denis *****
๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ˜… it is pet hate of mine esp when they push past other ppl, grab their big bag and hit you on the back of the head
Hans ******************
I cant stand the dicks that do this.
Laison **********
When you got to go you have to go
Paul *******
If you've ever been on a flight to or from China, Bangladesh or India, this is normal behavior. Everyone stands up before the plane has even docked at the gate, LOL.
Paul *******
Yep, indeed!
David *******
@Paul ******
the chinese are scrambling down the aisle as soon as its on tarmac funny seeing the stewardeses trying to stop them
Dave ********
He also pushed to be at the front of the departure gate so that he could be sitting down five minutes before everyone else
Magnus ***********
For me it's harder to understand why people want to get on the plane early. After all, getting off early and get first in the queue can save time but getting on early never leads to saved time, all arrives the same time anyway.
Garrett ***********
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@Magnus **********
Overhead storage. Nothing worse than having to put your bags up 3-4 rows behind you, ensuring you're the last person off the plane when it lands.
Terry ********
Never understood why people do this...unless they have a train to catch and want to get through immigration early.
Paul *******
@Richard *******
blah blah blah. I still maintain that it's a fact that Indians and Chinese tend to get up before they're supposed to and this happens on nearly every flight to those countries and within those countries.

It doesn't happen on a regular basis within SE Asia or in western countries.
Paul *******
@Richard *******
it is particular nationalities. I've never seen a planeload of Caucasians in say Australia all get up before the plane has docked at the gate. Yet on nearly every flight to or from China or within the country, I have noticed this. It's similar in India and Bangladesh.

You're being politically correct because you're probably a liberal but facts trump emotions. Just because the occasional white person (probably someone from Eastern Europe or Russia) might stand up before the seat belt sign is turned off, doesn't mean it's a habit that is common among westerners.

On the contrary. Like I said, certain nationalities are like this. It's part of their culture.
Richard ********
@Paul ******
I am not a fooking liberal or politically correct, I was born in a small western NSW mining town over 60 years ago and have been involved with construction and mining ever since travelling the world regularly in my job.

I am simply sharing my many years of travel experience with hipo critical imbeciles like yourselves.

I now live in south east Asia and yes they do tend to get up early, like when the plane has stopped and yes the seat belt light is on, but I still say most caucasians (politically correct whiteish people) do this also.

But it's not the case that all east, middle and western asians get up while the plane is still taxiing into the gate, and yes I have seen this in asian travel but not often in 35 plus years of travelling abroad to all parts of the world. Most of them have not flown in a plane and don't fully understand the process.

Now stick that where the sun don't shine and enjoy the rest of your day.
Terry ********
Paul *******
@Terry *******
no they're not. I've never seen a plane load of Caucasians (westerners) or even Thais and Laotians stand up before the seat belt sign has been turned off. The odd individual might do this but not most of the flight on every single flight as is the case on flights to or from or within countries such as China and India.
Richard ********
@Paul ******
you are joking right, it's not particular race, it's people in a particular frame of mind that do this.

And yes I am caucasian and I have done this often from Sydney to Melb and return when working, but not these days.
Terry ********
@Richard *******
thank you Richard
Paul *******
Mostly Indians, Bengalis and Chinese do this. Something about their impatient culture I'd say.
Terry ********
@Paul ******
Maybe they are more impatient but need to be in such overpopulated countries. In my experience, Most Caucasians, Thais, Laos, & Arabs are just as bad.
Victor ***********
I often wonder why some folks will stand up in front of their seat all hunched over for 10 minutes as everyone deplanes. sheesh...
David *******
If youve ever landed on plane full of chinese there up b4 the rear wheels have hit yhe Tarmac
Paul *******
That's correct. Chinese, followed by Indians and Bangladeshis act this way. Half the plane stands up while the plane is still moving!
Danny *******
@David ******
It's a global problem not a Chinese one.
David *******
@Danny ******
so why thr comment

Unless you only fly with chinese passengers
Danny *******
@David ******
I don't always, you mentioned the Chinese. I'm simply saying it's not just a Chinese problem but a global one.
David *******
@Danny ******
bรฒring me
Danny *******
@David ******
Sounds like a personal problem.
David *******
@Danny ******
obviously never experianced it
Danny *******
@David ******
Experience it every time I fly.
Bryan ********
If you have checked bags thereโ€™s absolutely no advantage as bags come out usually at random. I sit for as long as I can and breeze off. Youโ€™ll then see the same idiots standing right in front of the carousel so nobody else can see the bags coming and have to squeeze through if you do see your bag.
Terary **********
I usually get a window seat so 1.7 second guy is never me. However, I much prefer 1.7 second guy over the guy that goes through the metal detector 5 times because they just can't figure out - take of all of your Jewry
Rajat *******
I'm guilty and now EMBARASSED of it .... :-D
Thomas **********
I am doing the same - likely stupid - also do not like to wait - guess something engrained about moving forward - then comes possibly customers, the luggage, the paying for parking and on it goes
Antoine ********
In another thread it's a 10-hour flight ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚
Sam *******
Because you can get your belongings ready more easily and be first to reach the locker, maybe?
Have *******
Sam Twist and then what happens
Peter ****************
@Garrett **********
;

I laught because of the typo. Not for the 1.7 seconds. Think, seeing the answers nobody noticed ?
Peter ****************
@Garrett **********
? Oh ? I am no native English speaker but thought "Shaves" is what you do with a razor. "Saves" it should be I guess ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ Even on google translate.
Peter ****************
Shaves instead of saves
@Garrett **********
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Garrett ***********
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@Peter ***************
Shaves is perfectly correct
Garrett ***********
@Peter ***************
February, I saw it.
Chris ****
People are weird about flying. And yes this made me laugh.
Sheen ************
Better than being trapped behind muppets who seem totally unable to disembark without holding up everyone else on the plane while they dick about
Danny *******
@Sheen ***********
so what do you do with that extra 1.7 seconds?
John *******
@Danny ******
Iโ€™m guessing โ€˜smokeโ€™. ๐Ÿ˜Š
Mike ********
Relevant message, now that tourism is kicking back up.
David *******
But he added time by lining up to board 20 minutes before they started boarding
Danny *******
@David ******
So he could be one of the first on and put his bag in the first overhead he came to allowing him to pick it up at the last minute on the way off, and saving him having to lug it down the aisle to his seat like everyone else. ๐Ÿ™„
David *******
@Danny ******
yeah that's so hard...
Ricky ******
When I flew back from Phuket to Dubai last year, as soon as the plane hit the tarmac the guy next to me stood up and wanted to get his bag out of the locker๐Ÿคฃ
Nishant ************
@Ricky *****
He might have been an Indian, bangladeshi or chinese lol
Daniele ***********
Maybe that was enough to queue at immigration before the rest of the plane and saved 2 hours
Dorian ********
guilty, ocd
Yi ************
I had to say that 1.7 seconds was exactly what I needed to catch my next flight .
Justin *********
Actual footage of me using those extra 1.7 seconds to get to my favorite khao soi place before they sell out.
Charles ********
Some people just want to stand because they are tired of sitting...
Danny *******
@Charles *******
They could have stood up probably 30 minutes before the landing decent started. I fly back and forth between Washington and Thailand a few times a years and stand up plenty, but not on landing.
Richard *********
I have just a little under 1M actual flight miles. Used to be Platinum every year on Northwest (now Delta). I flew so much that I was alway upgraded to first class on all domestic flights. I always booked isle seats because I preferred them on the flight and I like to stand up as soon as we land because I have been sitting so long. To those on here with the 1.5 seconds earlier to get off the plane to be polite I will just say you are less than smart. To all go good people have a great day, to all the not nice people well, eat my shorts
Garrett ***********
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@Ric****
Agreed if you're sitting in the isle you should stand up and get out of the way.
Ian *****
Need to get up and run forwards as well as plane just about stop. Save another few seconds .
Jared **********
Better then the people who clap
Paul *******
David Hattan it's certainly common for Swiss, Germans, Austrians and other surrounding countries to clap. Certainly was on all my trips to/from Europe until the most recent one.
David ********
@Paul ******
sitting right now with a German national, he insists the only time he's seen Germans clap was on a private charter flight. Austrians and swiss the same, no clapping.
Paul *******
David Hattan mainland Europe. I've never flown into the UK. Europe is quite different from the UK of course. They drive on the opposite side of the road. Their ones look more like your 7s and they cross their 7s. So it's not a stretch to see how Europeans would clap while British people don't.
David ********
@Paul ******
possibly Russian and Eastern Europeans. As I said initially, it's not common for Western Europeans to clap

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David ********
Paul *******
David Hattan I've been on many flights bound to or from Europe from Thailand, Singapore and the USA and most of the time, passengers would clap. This didn't happen on my most recent flights a few months ago but it was common a decade ago. Interesting about the Philippines, didn't know that but haven't been there either.
David ********
@Paul ******
where is Europe?
Paul *******
David Hattan And Europeans. Or any nationality if the flight has been particularly turbulent or unusual in any way.
David ********
@Paul ******
never been on a UK flight where people have felt the need to clap. never been on a flight filled predominantly with Western Europeans where they have felt the need to clap. Been on several flights to and from the Philippines where passengers have felt the urge to clap.
Paul *******
Why? People who clap once the flight lands are much less annoying than those who stand up too early not to mention they don't present a safety risk.
David ********
@Jared *********
Filipino love to clap
Garrett ***********
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Danny *******
Make anyone who stands up be last to leave. Problem solved.
Garrett ***********
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@Danny ******
I stand up ๐Ÿ˜‘
Danny *******
@Garrett **********
As soon as it lands? Before it comes to a stop and the seatbelt sign goes off? Why?
Garrett ***********
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@Danny ******
In this life, if you're not first you're last.
Danny *******
@Garrett **********
Not true. I fly a lot and I stand when the plane starts to unload. People always let me in line as we get off.
Garrett ***********
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@Danny ******
I was kidding, lol. Honestly I'm just tired of sitting on the plane. Can't remember the last flight I took that was under 8 hours.
Danny *******
What I find so annoying is the guy/gal who jumps up, grabs their overhead bags and rushes forward as far as they can. Now, they are right next to my seat and I can't get up if I wanted to.
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