Photo of woman sleeping on the floor of passenger plane goes viral

A photograph of two plane passenger's sleeping arrangements has caused widespread revulsion after it was shared to the popular Instagram account Passenger Shaming.

The photo shows a man lying across the seats while his female companion is sprawled on the floor below.

The photo was captioned with: "QUESTION: Would you ever lay on the floor of an airplane? (but in other news, dude seems awfully chivalrous!)"

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QUESTION: Would you ever lay on the floor of an airplane? #mondaymood ✈️😂🛏 (but in other news, dude seems awfully chivalrous!) 🙏🏼

A post shared by Passenger Shaming (@passengershaming) on Jul 29, 2019 at 7:50am PDT

Chivalry wasn't on the mind of most commenters, with the overwhelming theme being disgust that anyone would choose to sleep on the floor of a plane.

One person warned: "As a Senior Cabin Crew I tell you: Please, Please, Pleaseeee!!! for the love of God DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT even walk bare feet on an airplane floor, Even more, do not Dare laying down on it If you love yourself!!"

Another was more direct: "Yuck no!"

Even the man's choice of sleeping on the seats faced scrutiny, with one person saying: "Not even on the seat. You know how many strangers pass gas on those. Eewww!!"

Another wrote: "If I'm dying and they need to do some form of CPR, possible. Other than that, if I'm dying, I would rather jump out the emergency door, or just die."

Some frequent fliers could understand the choice, with one person noting: "When you are 20 hours into the 25-hour flight from Australia to the UK, the floor looks very comfortable!!!"

This desperation was echoed by another commenter who suggested the sleeping position was acceptable, with a small addition: "Those 14 plus hour flights have you doing things you'd never thought you'd do. I empathize. Granted I'd at least put down a blanket."