Tourists who neglect personal hygiene can be disembarked from the plane – at least this rule has been adopted by some overseas companies. In particular, such an item is included in the contract of carriage of American Airlines and other US airlines, it gives staff permission to disembark passengers who smell very much. And there were precedents – yes, in 2010 Air Canada Jazz dropped off a passenger after his neighbors complained about the smell.
“Nothing spoils the impression of flying, as if you were trapped in the middle seat next to someone who stinks,” – adds in his article about the problems with “stinking” passengers The Sun. As confirmed by flight attendant Sarah Steiger, in the extreme case, the “stinker” will really be asked to “exit” – and the airline can give the tourist a voucher for a hotel or waiting room – so that the passenger can take a shower.
Earlier, the DIP wrote about another similar situation. Read the details in the article “The flight attendant told how and where flight attendants try to fart.”
However, there are less rigid ways to deal with “smelly” – if the smell of the passenger does not “cut the eyes” of the whole cabin, in general, not the fact that he will be dropped off. The flight attendant added that in general, the crew members understand that the tourist could have a “very, very long route”, in addition, the stress often increases the smell.
“Usually, if you give a person with an odor five to ten minutes to” acclimatize” – he picked up his hand luggage, took off his jacket and sat down – the smell often subsides,” – says the flight attendant. If that doesn’t help, there is another method. “I advise the cabin crew to act together so that such a passenger moves as little as possible. As a flight attendant, I would try something like, “Do you want to be covered with a blanket, sir? Don’t move! I’ll put you straight! Right on the chin… Do you need anything from the suitcase? Please, let me lift it!” she commented, not without humor. And added for tourists: “I’m generally nice and so on, but if you ever find that flight attendants are suspiciously actively helping you? Perhaps you should ask yourself, wasn’t your flight very long?”