--- title: 'Passenger Shaming' Using Social Media to Ridicule Rude Flyers description: Sitting behind a reclined seat doesn't seem too bad compared to these incidents. canonical: https://time.com/3398623/passenger-shaming/ author: Jack Linshi article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-18T18:29:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:17.693Z og:title: 'Passenger Shaming' Photos on Facebook and Instagram Ridicule Rude Flyers og:description: Sitting behind a reclined seat doesn't seem too bad compared to these incidents. og:url: https://time.com/3398623/passenger-shaming/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Passenger Shaming' Photos on Facebook and Instagram Ridicule Rude Flyers twitter:description: Sitting behind a reclined seat doesn't seem too bad compared to these incidents. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 'Passenger Shaming' Photos on Facebook and Instagram Ridicule Rude Flyers > Sponsored content. 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Photos emailed include conspicuous PDA, feet on tray tables and over seats, fallen wigs, partial nudity and other incidents that are likely more distracting than [the Knee Defender.](http://time.com/3181577/knee-defender-flight-united-airlines/) Here’s what’s already been collected: [http://instagram.com/p/tA0-xgy6lJ/?modal=true](http://instagram.com/p/tA0-xgy6lJ/?modal=true) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3398623/passenger-shaming/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3398623/passenger-shaming/"},"headline":"'Passenger Shaming' Photos on Facebook and Instagram Ridicule Rude Flyers","datePublished":"2014-09-18T18:29:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:17.693Z","description":"Sitting behind a reclined seat doesn't seem too bad compared to these incidents","url":"https://time.com/3398623/passenger-shaming/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3398623/passenger-shaming/","name":"'Passenger Shaming' Photos on Facebook and Instagram Ridicule Rude Flyers"}}]}] ```