The Golden Age of Air Travel from the 1930's to the 1960's was a special time, even luxurious, with a sense of privilege and glamour.
Now, commercial air travel is more like public transit and our nasty travel behavior has become all too familiar. Our lack of decorum ranges from eating smelly food, bothering fellow passengers with inappropriate behavior and even physical confrontations with other travelers.
A social media company has commissioned a survey to gauge how nasty our travel habits have become and the report card for Washington state is not good.
Overall, the poor behavior breaks down to these complaints or admissions travelers confess they are guilty of;
So where do Washington state travelers rank in terms of the best or worst behaved?
The rankings by Solitaire Bliss, an online gaming provider has Washington travelers ranked at #7, among the worst on the naughty travel habit list. Our most serious offense? Asking to cut in lines at TSA or for boarding.
Here are the pet peeves most travelers find irritating on public transportation, particularly in the skies.
Note–screaming babies did not make the survey lists and hopefully most air travelers realize how powerless parents can be in that situation.
We have all experienced most everything revealed in the survey and it would be nice to think that we have not been "that guy"
To read more about the litany of nasty travel habits making so friendly skies not so friendly, find the results HERE
Gallery Credit: David Drew
