Frequent flyer reveals the one food you should 'never eat' on a plane

The age-old debate of what is acceptable when traveling on a plane continues.

One topic that springs to mind is seat reclining during a flight.

While some argue that being able to sit back and relax during their journey is paramount, others are less enthusiastic about having someone's seat in their face.

In fact, one person seemingly reclined their seat back so much that it ended up breaking another passenger's laptop.

To deter people from reclining so much, someone suggested that you turn your air conditioning on full blast so it's on their head — a suggestion that left many people divided.

Traveling etiquette is often a topic of conversation (Getty Stock)

But away from reclining seats is the important matter of dining while on a plane.

At the end the day, you're in a pretty confined space for a long period of time while flying, so surely it's only fair that this is taken into consideration when eating, right?

Well, this TikToker sure seemed to think so and wasn't pleased when a fellow passenger whipped out a tuna melt to chow down on.

He raged: "Because why are we eating a TUNA MELT on a flight?!?"

The social media user, who goes by @zaviertorrence on TikTok, even went as far as saying that someone should be 'incarcerated for 10 days' for eating such food on a plane.

People were quick to share their opinions on the matter. One person commented on the clip: "I have a 10 hour flight coming up…you expect people not to eat during a flight???"

"Oh I’m eating with no care if you like it or not," wrote another.

A third added: "I'm flying to Europe soon. yes I'm eating on that long flight."

Others argued that while they would still eat on during a flight, they certainly wouldn't choose to dine on a tuna melt.

"Food is fine strong scented food is a CRIME WHAT DO YOU MEAN A TUNA MELT," someone said.

"Hell yeah I'm eating. Just not a tuna melt," echoed another TikTok user.

The TikToker suggested that people should be jailed for eating a tuna melt (zaviertorrence/TikTok)

A different person penned: "It’s office rules. Only eat food that is not fragrant, so no fish, no fried items etc. How do we not know this?"

Experts at Netflights have since said similar, and urged that people don't take particularly smelly food on a plane.

"As the viral TikTok shares, being in an enclosed space can lead to bad odours circling the plane, with nowhere to escape," they said.

"Passengers have argued online about being frustrated with other passengers when they bring potent-smelling foods onto the flight.

"Common offensive foods include; eggs, tuna, McDonald's, Monster Munch crisps and flight attendants even say broccoli is one of the worst!"

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