Taking photos and videos through an aeroplane window is a common travel ritual, whether someone is flying for the first time or the hundredth.
However, an X user sparked backlash after questioning why lower income passengers seemingly enjoy recording plane landings.
Questioned why lower income people record landings
In the post, the user uploaded a photo showing a passenger holding a phone near the plane window.
Why do lower income people love to record airplane landings so much?” the user wrote.
Netizens pointed out they were both in economy
Many X users criticised the original poster for making assumptions about a stranger based on a harmless activity.
One response pointed out that the poster appeared to be sitting behind the passenger in the same economy cabin.
“Why are you seated behind the lower income person on the plane?” the user asked.
Another joked that the poster’s private jet must have been undergoing servicing.
Others shared photos from business class and private planes while criticising the attempt to look down on another passenger.
‘Flying is still a special experience’
Several users explained that recording a landing had nothing to do with a person’s income.
One said that despite having taken many flights, they still found it amazing to be high up in the sky.
Another wrote that flying remained a special experience for some people and that not everything had to become ordinary before it could be enjoyed.
Others also questioned why the poster secretly photographed a stranger instead of simply allowing them to enjoy the view.
