<p>Ok so I have a question. Sunday I flew from Paris to Atlanta and then on to home. On my international segment, I got to my seat and could immediately smell vomit. We were already late boarding and people were running around like crazy people. My son was with me and he sat down and then I sat down, put my laptop in the seat pocket and proceed to get my pillow and blanket situated and seat belt on. The smell was really, really bad and I started to internally freak out a little and wondered if I could handle a 8.5 hour flight in that situation. Then I saw it. There was fresh vomit between the two seats in front of me, but more like facing me, than deeply in-between. I was 100% livid because I had NO idea why they would board a flight with a plane in that condition. Then to make matters worse, I stand to go tell a flight attendant and I remove my laptop case to put it on my seat (so it would not be in the way of the attendant when I got back) and my case has vomit all over the bottom it and I discover that my seat pocket is filled…YUCK. I literally almost loose it right there and the flight attendants scramble to do what they can, but after it is all said and done, 1. there is still vomit present, and 2. it still smells. They tell us the flight is full and we can’t move but we can be put on another flight (I am thinking what are you going to do with everyone else?) The only issue from the gate agents prospective is that the only other flight out is over sold and tomorrows don’t look great either. </p>
<p>After sitting there in vomitville for 30 minutes, they finally move some passengers to first class and move us five rows forward. This I can deal with although the plane smells so bad. I arrive home, in one piece but have been so ill for the last four days, this is the first day I have had the strength to type anything. My husband has filed a complaint with the airline, but what else can be done?</p>
<p>I don’t know what else can be done…but they should have moved YOU all to first class, cleaned your laptop case for you, and done everything they could ON THE SPOT to sanitize the area.</p>
<p>Disgusting. I’d have been livid.</p>
<p>If you puke on a plane - dispose of the bag - don’t leave it in the seat pocket.</p>
<p>I’ll be ill for the rest of the day after reading this.</p>
<p>Gross. They should have put you in first class. Not much you could do at that point. They must have Febreeze or something for the smell but by that time you’ve had enough and it just hangs there…</p>
<p>Maybe there wasn’t a bag…with the turnover of planes they probably don’t check seat pockets for the “necessaries”. Obviously…otherwise they would’ve known.</p>
<p>People are gross.
I worked at a state beach as a bookkeeper, but everyone pitched in to take care of the grounds.
I was checking the changing stalls for the shower area & someone had taken a big dump.
The restrooms were just a short bit away. </p>
<p>I haven’t seen air sickness bags in seat pockets in a long time. I feel bad for you, OP, but imagine that poor person getting suddenly sick enough to vomit and no place to, um, put it.</p>
<p>One time one of my kids threw up on a plane. There were no bags… so my ex-H cupped his hands and CAUGHT IT. I rang for the stewardess, who said admiringly, “I have never seen a DAD do that!”. They helped him clean it up…</p>
<p>I can’t see how they have time to do stuff like replace bags between flights or check the pockets, the turnaround is so darned fast. OP, do you have a Twitter account? I have heard tell of airlines jumping on Tweeted complaints very quickly and doing what they need to in order to satisfy the customer…</p>
<p>This was an Air France flight but booked via Delta. I didn’t even know that leg was Air France. On my way to Paris it was a Delta Flight. So do I even have the right to file with the DOT with it being and international airline?</p>
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