Major airline shames its passengers for aisle jumping habit and travelers wont stand for it

The joke about air travel didn’t land with passengers.Southwest Airlines has issued an official verdict on whether or not passengers should stand up immediately after their plane touches down — and the internet is fuming.On June 30, the Dallas-based airline posted the following message to their 269,000 followers on Threads that declared…“You won’t get off the plane faster by standing up .001 seconds after the seatbelt sign turns off ”The post poked fun at “aisle jumping,” the practice of hopping up immediately after the plane hits the runway, even before the flight attendants have time to open the door to the aircraft.But even though the airline’s 18 clapping emojis indicated a basic level of sarcasm, many keyboard warriors thought the Fortune 500 company’s “joke” didn’t fly.Among the plane-spoken responses in the comments section:“I HAVE TO PEE AND IM AFRAID OF PLANE BATHROOMS”“I have a connecting flight that I am goingtobelate to”“We are overpriced and bad at what we do”The debate comes as airline fares threaten to spike because of rising fuel costs and deranged passenger behavior is broadcast on TikTok and Instagram Reels at sky-high levels.

Meanwhile, basic economy seats have been shrinking to the size of Rose’s broken door in “Titanic,” making it nearly impossible for the average traveler to comfortably fit on their perch without paying an astronomical upgrade fee.Southwest has no official policy against standing when the plane lands, as long as it happens after the pilot has announced that it’s safe to do so.But travel experts like Ben Schlappig of the airline news site One Mile at a Time have a more defined take on the issue.“We can (and should) differentiate between the value in getting up when people several rows before you are deplaning,” he writes.

“Rather than getting up when the door hasn’t even been opened, and you’re 30 rows from the front of the aircraft.” Fellow avia...