#TravelTuesday Tip: Underseat Storage

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We all know by now that your personal item is supposed to go under the seat in front of you and your larger item goes in the bins overhead. If you’re one of the few people who don’t have a personal item (or breaks the rules and puts it overhead to give yourself extra legroom) keep in mind, that someone is sitting on top of your legs.

It seems to be forgotten that when you put your feet under someones chair that someone is in fact sitting in that chair.

Kicking off your shoes revealing a smell (that affects the whole cabin), kicking your feet around, extending your legs as far as possible so that your feet come out on the other side of the seat are all unacceptable.

I’ve noticed a lot of passengers lately doing the last item I’ve mentioned. When you extend your legs 100% under the seat in front of you, and if you’re about 5’11 and over, more than likely your feet will be touching the person ahead of you.

Be aware of what you’re doing and most of all, respect your fellow traveler.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Arnie-Lewis-Tharp/529896406 Arnie Lewis Tharp

    Dear lord, years ago late at night in the dark (thankfully…) from Pocatello to Idaho Falls, I had a nice looking younger guy take off not only his shoes, but his socks as well.  And proceeded to clip them.  Snap, snap, clip, clip…..all during our 20 minute flight over the farm fields of Eastern Idaho.

    • http://twitter.com/makfan Michael Mathews

      Eeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww.

    • http://upupandagay.com Bobby Laurie

      That’s just… GROSS. 

  • Eliza

     As a 6’1″ woman I have to admit I need those precious inches of under-seat legroom. I travel with my children frequently so sitting in bulkhead rows aren’t allowed.

    I’m leggy, and can’t even prop my legs into a normal sitting position if the person in front has their seat reclined.

    I don’t take my shoes off and I don’t kick my feet clear through to the person-in-front’s legroom, but when I’m on a 14+ hour flight from LAX to SYD, you bet I’m stretching as best as I can.

  • http://mhaithaca.livejournal.com/ MHA

    The aluminum bar that’s under the seat in front of me, designed to stop laptop bags from launching themselves twenty rows forward to the bulkhead when the thrust reversers come on, is my sign that I’ve run out of space to extend my feet, and I don’t go past it. But come on, don’t treat me like a child “breaking the rules” by putting my one and only carry-on item, my laptop bag, in the overhead compartment so I have someplace for my legs to go. I need that space, or I’ll be the next person ejected from a flight because I have nowhere to put my feet but in the aisle.

    • http://upupandagay.com Bobby Laurie

      I’ve never asked a passenger to take their bags out of the bin and put them under a seat. But, if other passengers are starting to check bags because of a surplus of smaller items in the bins, I will make various announcements asking other to please cooperate.

  • http://divalentdaddy.com Kenny

     Never take your shoes off on an airplane.  If there’s a problem with the plane do you want to be running around shoeless?  Remember the movie Die Hard.

    • http://upupandagay.com Bobby Laurie

      I’d always want to be prepared as well! 

    • Bobby

      I agree with you! I’d want to be ready for anything.