1. Don’t ring the FA call button unless it’s an emergency…really.
2. Don’t ask to put YOUR suitcase in the 2’x5′ closet….what if 150 people asked the same question?
3. When you ask for coffee, tell us how you like it. (Note to my people in the North East, “regular” just means “not de–caf” in the rest of the country.)
4. Leave your shoes, and socks on….for the entire flight.
5. Don’t use the tray table as a, foot stool, head rest, coloring book, diaper changing station, or my favorite for clipping your toe, or finger nails……I have seen all of these more than you’d like to know.
6. Turn your electronic devices off when you are supposed to. Don’t say, “I AM!” in a very rude tone, when I tell you your device needs to be off and it’s already 10 minutes after the door closed.This is the tactic of a five year old: )
7. If it is bothering you that the passenger’s seat in front of you is back, ask them politely to sit up, and accept their answer either way, they have the right to have their seat back. Don’t ring your call light and expect me to read your lips and ask them for you…..be a grown up.
8. Speaking of acting like a grown up, don’t tattle tale on people if their seat is back during taxi, or their i-pod is on….we’ll catch it, and if we don’t? Well, it’s not your job…relax.
9. Don’t get on an airplane and expect to find, diapers, vegetarian meals, kosher meals, any meals for that matter, personal bottles of water, playing cards, babysitters, crayons, toys, gum, mellow yellow, or Tab……all things that have been requested on my flights.
10. Last, but not least, don’t wait until every other passenger is off the plane to stand up and start collecting your belongings, especially when it is late. Sometimes we have as little as 8 hours before we need to be back on the aircraft.

Oh, and have a pleasant flight; )