Originally Posted by
kenparry
There are also stories of Russian airliners being treated like buses - when all the seats are filled, the remaining passengers stand in the aisle and just hang on.
GB Airways used to do that on the Viscount from Tangier to Gib.(Usually kids standing in front of a parent)
I had to stand when I travelled on the flight deck of a BEA Viscount Inverness - Sumburgh and 4 weeks later Kirkwall - Glasgow 'cos there was no jump seat. In both cases, the captain told me to stand behind his seat for takeoffs and landings.