Flying Out of Montana? 5 Things You Really Don’t Want to Do at 30,000 Feet

Sometimes you don’t plan a trip, you just go.

That was me, grabbing a last-minute flight out of Billings last Friday to get to Palm Springs for the weekend to check on my grandma, who winters out there and has been dealing with some tough health stuff.

It was one of those trips where I wasn't thinking about logistics or cost, just trying to get to my grandma as fast as possible. And apparently, I picked quite the weekend to go, because I didn’t even realize until I landed that it was Coachella weekend. Suddenly, the outrageous price of my plane ticket and the rental car situation made a whole lot more sense.

The getting to the gate and on the plane part went smoothly. No delays, no chaos, nothing dramatic....until we took off on my connecting flight to Salt Lake City. That’s when my seatmate reached into their bag and pulled out a full-on extra ripe smelling tuna fish sandwich, like we were at a Sunday afternoon picnic. And in that exact moment, I realized something: we, as humans, are sometimes way too comfortable on airplanes.

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So, in the spirit of public service, here are five things you should absolutely never do on a flight… told with love, but also… common sense.