Person Asks If They're A Jerk For Saying "No" When The Police Asked If Woman Was Their Fiancée Before Escorting Her Off The Plane

Air travel is the fastest way to get from point A to point B. It's also safe and relatively comfortable, although the latter depends a lot on the number of dollars you're willing to spend on it.

But flying can also be a hassle, even for hardened travelers. Just think of all the canceled flights, endless check-in and security lines, and mountains of lost luggage that dominated the headlines during the pandemic.

Which is why it's a good idea to do everything we can to make the processes as smooth and easy as we can. This woman, however, did the complete opposite. In fact, she became such a huge problem for herself that the cops got involved, and her fiancé pretended not to know her.

Although after the ordeal, they did start having doubts if that was the correct call. So they made a post on the subreddit 'Am I the [Jerk]?' asking its members to share their unbiased opinion. Continue scrolling to read what they wrote and let us know your own verdict in the comments.

This story is a vivid example of what the federal secretary of the Flight Attendants' Association of Australia Teri O'Toole has been talking about. According to her, many passengers get angry with airline workers because they are the physical representation of the organization.

"There's a power imbalance between them and the passenger and they're often the ones that become the punching bag for whatever complaint the passenger might have against the airline," O'Toole said.

"That needs to change. When I go into a shop or a medical clinic there are signs everywhere that say 'please do not abuse our staff', and filming someone without their permission in their workplace is abuse. There needs to be an announcement as part of the safety demonstration saying the crew are there to save your lives, you need to respect them, do not abuse them. Yet as far as most airlines are concerned, it seems like the welfare of crew is secondary to the happiness of passengers."

The people that checked this woman didn't make the rules. They're simply there to enforce them. And she had every opportunity to learn about them in advance.

Nobody wants to travel with such primadonnas. Unfortunately, it's often impossible to avoid them. However, American flight attendant Allie Malis has found that the morning is the most chill time of the day for flying.

"That's my trick," she said. "I don't know if I should actually be telling everyone. Otherwise, they're going to take all my morning flights."

Malis' logic is weather is less likely to disrupt flying first thing, even if there were delays the day before, as the system has usually reset overnight.

When it comes to holiday travel, Malis — who is also the government affairs representative at the Association of Professional Flight Attendants, a union representing American Airlines air crew — suggests leaving some buffer time if you're able to.

For instance, flying on the day before Christmas Eve, rather than on the 24th, gives you a bit of leeway and other folks should be a little less stressed as well.