There’s no shortage of viral videos captured on planes showing people behaving badly, but it seems this phenomenon could be coming to an end soon.
A major airline is thought to have quietly added a new rule for passengers flying with them and it’s all to do with filming on board.
Australian airline Qantas added a new clause to its conditions of carriage, which says: ‘Seek consent before filming or photographing Qantas Group staff, contractors or other customers.’
This change won’t prevent people from taking photos and videos of themselves and their friends and family, but they’ll need permission to film anyone else on the plane.
This new condition is said to have been added on November 8, according to stuff.co.nz.
But Qantas isn’t the only major airline to have introduced a policy like this. In the UK, Ryanair has a similar one listed in their General terms and conditions of carriage, which prohibits people from taking pictures of staff on the plane and in the airport.
It reads: ‘Recording or photographing our personnel, whether at the airport or onboard the plane, without their consent is strictly prohibited. Only recordings or photographs personal to You may be permitted.’
Virgin Atlantic also previously banned the taking of photographs of staff, crew, or passengers as set out in their conditions of carriage, while several others, like British Airways and Jet2, don’t specify rules about photography but do say passengers cannot behave in a way which makes others uncomfortable.
In the US a number of airlines are also thought to do the same, including American Airlines which regularly flies to the UK. Others with photography and filming rules include United, Delta, and Southwest.
Metro.co.uk has contacted Qantas for comment on the new rule.
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