The seats are assigned. People have been standing in line for 15 minutes now. Why on earth would anyone want to stand there, when they could just sit and wait until the line clears?

I understand wanting to get off a plane ASAP, but boarding? You just end up sitting on the plane, waiting for everyone else to get on.

  • smbEnglish
    21·
    2 months ago

    I see only one reason, why i would want to be early at the seat. its bcs if i am not, my backpack might be placed above but multiple seats away by the crew, where it is then uneasy for me to have an eye on it whilst easy for theives to take and open them, especially on long flights there would be plenty of opportunity like when everyone is sleeping.

    but for this case i use locks on the backpack anyway, so that anyone who wants to open it, either opens it where nothing of value is in it thus no lock, or at least has a much harder time than when trying the very same with other bags…

    also on longer flights i usually did not have that problem, but that could also have been just luck

    • Raiderkev@lemmy.world
      52·
      2 months ago

      Thieves aren’t buying multiple hundred dollar tickets to bip your laptop from your bag man.

      • smbEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago
        1. i am sure you won’t pay for it if my laptop disappears this way (if yes, lets make a contract with a lifetime “fee” of 0$ i pay you whilst you pay for everything that got stolen from me in a plane)
        2. ppl with kleptomania do travel too
        3. how could you know? you are not talking about you and your colleagues or such?
        4. such statistics were made by those who benefit from planes looking more safe.
        5. “work and travel” vs “steal and travel”, which is more likely be done by a thiev?
        6. not all theives “need” to steal, some just do so because they can, others maybe because its family tradition.
        7. sometimes it could be more important that nobody could possibly put something into(!) your bag (and remove it later) to let you get it through customs for them, those arguably “would” buy such tickets to do so, as it’s probably part of their income, but i guess thats only a problem when flying in or out of countries with big illegal drug imports.
        8. <something i forgot>
        • Raiderkev@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 months ago

          I’ve literally never had anything stolen from an overhead bin, and I’ve never given the slightest of fucks about monitoring my bags unless I was traveling to like a 3rd world country, and even then, it’s overkill to worry. It’s a captive audience, and the dumbest place to steal. The airline has everyone’s name/info. It’s certainly possible, for someone to, but definitely not likely.