Yaw_String. As a fully qualified, multi thousand hour passenger ;-) allow me to agree wholeheartedly. It often strikes me that the cabin crew are so outnumbered by the pax that as soon as things go beyond a certain point, control can never be recovered. eg if more than a given number start standing-up and removing bags while still taxing to the stand, the cc will never get them to get back in their seats, I have seen that happen many times. It also strikes me that the modern passenger is more aggressive and more ready to assert their right to make their own decisions in a situation they don't know that they don't understand. Any help the cabin crew can get from the front must be valuable.