When passenger behavior crosses the line (and no one says anything)

Those who have been attending for a long time TFC you know, those who met me I hope appreciated it: I try to be a polite person, I try to respect others, I consider myself a "Lucky boy, because I was given a dream.", and for this I can't stand the rudeness, the obliviousness, and the disrespect.

I receive dozens of messages every day reporting to me Dirt on board, INOP cabin parts and dirty bathrooms. I am a great believer in the "broken window theory", the one put into practice by Rudy Giuliani When, in the early 1990s, he had literally saved NYC From the abyss of the 1970s/80s.

Over the years I have done several stories on social media e more than one article to tell how often the issues we passengers experience are caused by us passengers.

Of course, companies put their own spin on it with light-colored interiors and hard-to-wash fabrics, but 8 times out of 10 the fault lies with the traveler, not the company.

Today I want to tell my last two absurd experiences I've come across: one aboard an ITA flight and the other aboard an Etihad flight.. But I have literally lost count of the situations I have experienced over the years.

In recent days, on a flight national, a passenger beautifully used The bulkhead of the A220/300 as its own personal footrest, from the moment she sat in her chair. 1F. I watched the flight attendants pass by more than once and don't say anything. Then the announcements were made and nothing: she motionless and the assistants indifferent.

At this point I have Politely asked the passenger to remove her feet from the bulkhead and as a response I received a "Does it bother you?". At that point I looked into the face of the cabin leader, I expected from him an action to support and instead nothing. Nothing until, in the moments pre-takeoff, asked (finally) the passenger to take a more appropriate position.

Needless to say, once they take off, the feet are back on the bulkhead and the attendants carefully avoided redressing, again, the passenger.

Far be it from me to attack "only" ITA's menefrecklessness., I move to Middle East and recount what happened on board a flight EY. Behind me was sitting a special passenger: I have no idea whether it was An airline flight attendant on personal travel or of A friend with a "Friends and Family" card.. The girl has slept the whole flight, quietly with her shoes on the seat, without any of the attendants saying anything to her.

I just don't understand how we can behave in certain ways and when I just can't turn the other way (and those who should say nothing), I politely speak my mind.