I've given this some thought and decided that it is because anybody who had family/friends/lovers takes the very sensible decision to stay at home and celebrate - this leaves the miserable bastards to travel with us.
Having just fought my way back from a saturday ski GVA with the now traditional delays/broken baggage belts etc. etc. I'm also struck by how pax grumpiness appears to be destination related. What is it about ski pax that makes so many of them such total w*****s? Why is this more so out of LGW than anywhere else? What happens to people on a VDA that turns them into such deeply selfish, ego-centric and rude humans. Surely they can't behave like that ALL the time - they'd have been arrested by now.
Today I went toe to toe in the cabin with a vile man who objected to a reasonable, politely phrased and clearly explained safety request made by one of our more polite stewardesses - yet again, Cabin Crew appear to be viewed as not requiring the same level of courtesy as other human beings. This pax wasn't going to back off until I threatened him and his family with offload in GVA (that seemed to cramp his style a bit) - He made me lose my cool - something that I pride myself on never doing!.
So, out of curiosity - what's your most disliked route? Which destination really brings them out of the woodwork?
[This message has been edited by TightSlot (edited 07 January 2001).]