Flight attendant reveals three common plane habits she says should 'be illegal'

When you're isolated in a tin can 30,000 feet above ground surrounded by fellow holidaymakers, it's important to maintain some etiquette.

Over on TikTok, a flight attendant named Cher Killough has took it upon herself to share three common habits that air passengers demonstrate whilst travelling - and they're ones you might want to kick into touch if you're a guilty reader.

Before you start theorising, no, it's got nothing to do with booze consumption (phew!).

Killough, who's worked in the business for five years, identified man-spreading; wearing a strong fragrance, and taking off your shoes and socks as these definite do-nots.

She even goes as far as suggesting they deserve to be made illegal.

On the man-spread issue, she said in a clip: "Specifically man-spreading when you're in a middle seat but any time of seat should be unacceptable.

"When I've been a passenger I have had that numerous times where men will spread their knees all the way into my seat section, or the other person on the other side of me. It's just unacceptable."

Then came her analysis of perfume-spraying, which is quite understandably a thing on flights as many flyers like to pay the duty free catalogue a visit.

"I don't care if [the smell] is good or bad," the TikToker noted. "No one wants to smell whatever fragrance you decided to wear today. Whether it's body odour or perfume or cologne."

According to Killough, that's because the cabin is "already an environment where people are prone to getting nauseous", so dealing with extra fragrances "is just not a good mix."

Which brings us to the flight attendant's third and final bugbear: exposed human feet.

Rightly so, Killough explained there's not a single moment of the journey when it's acceptable to unleash your toes upon the rest of the travellers and onboard staff.

"You seriously deserve to go to jail if you have your bare toes out when you go to the bathroom," she shared. "I see this all the time, and it should be against the law. I don't want to see your toes at all."

In less smelly news, travel experts have issued an airport luggage warning to anyone with a tag on their suitcase, and it could save you massive headaches in the future.

For a definitive breakdown of what to include on your tag - courtesy of Mike Harvey, managing director at 1st Move International - follow this helpful link.