Turkey is fine impatient passengers who rise too early on airplanes to counteract the significant increase in passengers who disrespect “the satisfaction and exit priority” of the rest. A matter of label… and security.
It is a controversial theme when it comes to air travel: when the plane reaches the boarding door, whichUal is the right time To get up and start the landing process?
In Türkiye, passengers who get up from their places before the plane has stopped circulating on the track or who fill the corridor Before being the turn of your line landing, it will be fined, according to one issued earlier this month by the Director General of Turkish Civil Aviation, Kemal Yuk.
In the directive, the crews of the airplanes that land in Türkiye are “warn passengers that do not respect the priority of landing passengers ahead or around you ” will be reported to authority, and that “it will be Applied a fineaccording to applicable legal regulations ”.
Fine behaviors include Wrap the belts security, get up, open the compartments superior and occupy the corridor while the plane is still circulating, as well as get up or go to the corridor Before the turn of the line to leave, says the directive, which is already in force.
Kemal Yükkek emphasizes the directive There was a significant increase in the reports of this behavior, which “puts the safety of passengers at risk and luggage and disrespects satisfaction and exit priority”From other passengers.
According to, impatient passengers can effectively cause significant delays in the process of landing commercial aircraft.
According to the regulations of the Federal Administration of North American Aviation (FAA), The cabin crew has to alert the pilot If a passenger get up while the plane is still moving to the landing site.
“It is a security issue“, He explained Jennifer Johnsonflight attendant of an airline and founder of, in a post in 2019.
According to experts in “Board label“, Passengers should expect the queues in front of you leave before entering the hallway – Except if it is necessary to pass through travelers who have a connection flight from.
No problem, however, in stand and stretch your legs after the sign of squeezing the seat belt was turned off, provided that the passenger is in your place, stay out of the corridor and keep alert to the passengers around you.
In 2019, the US International Air Transport Association classified the disturbing passengers like “a significant problem”pointing to the occurrence of one incident for every 1,053 registered flights em 2017.
The US had a peak incidents in 2021when travelers conflicted with the flight crews because of the obligation to wear masks.
The number of incidents decreased in the following years, but FAA reported almost 900 reports of undisciplined behavior In the first nine months of 2024 – more than those reported throughout 2018.
