Don’t forget Tagalog. ;)

“Most of Europe” might be overstating it. As Kadilak says it depends where in Europe you are.

Indeed. Chinese characters aren’t even an alphabet, for that matter.

HAHAHA!Not even close but I am chortling at the thought.

Pilot.

This comment doesn’t have enough stars.

Fair dinkum.

In comic book form, something like this...

More stories, more stories please!

There’s being sensitive and there’s smell that pervades several seat rows. If you get the occasional whiff, whatever. But I’ve had instances where it was horrific. And it wasn’t just me. I asked the rest of the crew...

I’m certainly not suggesting someone swim upstream and hold up proceedings.

You can easily go to the lav without blocking boarding. Go “with the flow” to the toilets at the back. Once done with your business, wait until boarding is almost complete. Then make your way back to your seat.

I imagine the process involves:

Fair dinkum.

That’s an interesting wrinkle I’ve never thought about. :)

As I mentioned before, if I go to the toilet during boarding I make sure I don’t hold up boarding.

No kidding. Those carts are monstrously heavy when loaded. It is a physicall more demanding job than it looks. Heavy lifting and lots of bending down to get stuff in a cramped galley. Then there’s the fact that you have to be presentable and service minded the whole time.

If you are flying “staff” the policy, at least at my airline, is that you specifically should not draw attention to yourself.

They do indeed brag, which is why company policy says something like “do not draw attention to the fact that you are on a discounted fare.”