“How are you not shy to do this?”: Pilates instructor demonstrates her long-haul flight “hack”

After a 10-hour economy flight left her dealing with tailbone pain, Pilates instructor and content creator McKailey Fast (@mckaileyfast) filmed herself stretching her legs up the wall of the plane—and TikTok took notice.

The brief clip, shot on a flight from Paris to California, shows Fast trying to relieve discomfort in a cramped window seat, prompting a flood of reactions about airplane etiquette and what it really takes to make economy class tolerable.

“When the 10+ hours...