According to a new survey, it’s one of their biggest fears. Relatable.
On TikTok , intrepid traveller have been hopping on the " rawdogging flight of stairs " drift or voluntarily go through an entire flight without any variety of entertainment . That stand for no speech sound , no television set , no medicine , no record book , and even no nap — basically , nothing but looking ahead and lots and gobs of waiting . It ’s a strength biz , and whoever endures a raw flight the longest win ( here aresome point to deliver the goods at it ) .
Sometimes , however , it ’s not you who travel along the movement , but the trend that follows you . If rawdogging a flight was n’t already a miserable experience when it ’s voluntary , imagine what it must feel like to be forced to do it .
To many Americans , that ’s one of their biggest care when aviate . agree to a new study byFaye Travel Insurance , which surveyed 2,000 Gen Z and millennian travelers , finding yourself with no other option than rawdogging a flight scares many Americans . More specifically , it looks like American traveller are terrified of their phones dying .
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A banging 12 % of Americans rate their telephone dying when flying as their biggest awe . In other words , they are terrified of being ineffectual to turn on their sound and , therefore , having nothing to do during their flight . “Most traveler require their seats — no matter the tier up of slate they bought — to have plugs for their electronics , " Lauren Gumport , VP of communications & marque strategy at Faye Travel Insurance , told Thrillist . " It ’s become a basic anticipation nowadays , intend it ’s no wonder when their earphone dies they ’ll become annoyed — it houses downloaded books , euphony and movies . No phone can have in mind a completely boring flight without any entertainment . "
A warm look on TikTok will quickly back up the statistic . " My admirer ’s phone pall on the plane and there ’s no outlets to charge your earpiece so he ’s left to his thoughts for two minute , " read the legend of a TikTok that amassed more than 1.3 million views . " Scary experience for him and us . "
In another TikTok , a traveler play the part of someone freak out because their phone did , in fact , pass on the carpenter’s plane . " Flew Spirit for the first time yesterday and there were n’t phone mercantile establishment on the plane , " reads the overtext in the telecasting . as luck would have it , it was n’t too big of a deal , though . " My earpiece die out on the flight of stairs and give thanks God it was only an hour flight of stairs , " the video caption reassures .
If you ’re extremely worried about your earpiece dying on a flight of steps , check your phone has a full charge before you get on the plane is a unspoiled use . Before you draw out your USB cable and join your phone to the airport ’s charging station , hear us out : prefer for a portable battery charger or else ! As Thrillist previously report , theFBI is warning about " succus - jacking " through public rouse stations , including the ones you find in airports . That intend that using them puts you at gamey risk of your telephone being supervise and hacked . Think twice next time your headphone dies at the airport !
