A woman is giving a whole new meaning to standing room only.
A video posted to TikTok shows the anonymous plane passenger forgoing her seat on the aircraft, instead choosing to stand in the aisle with a blanket wrapped around her waist.
‘Lady stood on my flight for the entire seven-hour duration watching her movie,’ Dr Richard Duong, who posts under the username @envisionaries, wrote on the video.
The seven-second video shows the blonde woman standing while the plane is still has its lights on.
It then cuts to the plane in the dark, showing her still standing and watching the screen.
In the comments, Duong clarified the woman would sit when the seatbelt sign came on.
Users were largely sympathetic to the woman, many hypothesizing she could be suffering from a medical condition.
‘I have fibromyalgia and I would have to stand for most of the flight otherwise I’m in agony,’ a user commented.
‘As someone with a broken tailbone, understood,’ another sympathized.
A video posted to TikTok shows the anonymous plane passenger forgoing her seat on the aircraft, instead choosing to stand in the aisle with a blanket wrapped around her waist
‘She could have a clotting disorder. I have to stand and stretch a lot because of this,’ shared another.
Duong responded, writing: ‘Or maybe she just likes to stand.. not everything needs to be medical.’
He also responded to people claiming she wasn’t doing any harm by standing, but pointed out she was in a walkway.
‘People tryna get to bathroom/staff trying to get food/drinks out,’ he wrote. ‘But she was living her best life.’
A YouGov survey released in May revealed what Americans really think about which in-flight behaviors are acceptable – and which most certainly are not.
According to the survey, most Americans agree a major faux pas included letting your children run rampant down the aisles, getting drunk on board, and leaving your seat during mid-air turbulence.
Most people agreed – 86 per cent of those polled – that letting your children play in the aisle is unacceptable, while 82 per cent said getting drunk crosses the line.
The same proportion of those polled said leaving your seat during turbulence is irritating, while 81 per cent agreed watching a movie without headphones is a serious faux pas.
Users were largely sympathetic to the woman, many hypothesizing she could be suffering from a medical condition
Most people – 79 per cent – also said that leaving trash in the seatback pocket when they exit the plane is unacceptable, while 74 per cent condemned using both armrests when someone is sitting next to you.
Some 68 per cent said eating strong-smelling food is a pet peeve, and 66 per cent said not paying attention during the safety demonstration is a no-go.
The survey of more than 1,000 people conducted in May this year also revealed the etiquettes which split opinions down the middle – with as many US residents saying they’re acceptable as those who condemn them as a pet peeve.
These include making a phone call, bringing a small dog on board, unbuckling your seatbelt when the light isn’t on, and leaving the overhead light on when the cabin lights are switched off.
Other behaviors, meanwhile, are widely regarded as being acceptable by most of the people polled.
They include using a laptop on the tray table, waking up a seatmate to use the bathroom, and pushing the flight attendant call button to ask for refreshments.
Opinions on plane etiquette are driven by how often someone flies, according to YouGov, with frequent fliers being less tolerant of certain actions.
People who said they fly commercially at least once a year are more likely to say it’s unacceptable to make a phone call while in the air and to put small items in the overhead compartment on a full flight.
YouGov surveyed 1,152 US adults in May using a mix of people from across all demographics.