Due to the lack of in-flight entertainment, passengers are "raw-dogging" the entire flight.

When on a lengthy flight, how do you pass the time? Which do you prefer: using your phone to browse, reading a book, viewing a movie on an airplane, or listening to a podcast? There's a new trend that surfaced recently that takes all these possibilities away. Greetings from "rawdogging," but not in the sense you may expect. This strange trend started with young males who choose to forego any in-flight entertainment and spend the entire journey staring out the window or lost in thought on the internet. An entire plane was forced to "rawdog" throughout an 11-hour flight, according to a recent YouTuber, after the entertainment screens cut down.

The most that travelers could do was swipe their screens to a map that displayed the amount of time left on the flight. About four hours into the trip, the YouTuber reported experiencing a "total blackout" despite attempts to reset the screens. The bright reading light being used by a nearby passenger kept him awake at night.

He described hours five and six as the "please wait" portion of the experience, showing numerous passengers in his film staring at blank displays with a "please wait" message. For a few hours following the reset, the screens showed nothing but the airline's logo. As he tried to fall asleep, he saw that his neighbor's reading light was "brighter than the sun".

Some travelers could not help but roughhouse their voyage, but there were other things to do. Since the YouTuber and his spouse had downloaded movies and brought literature, they were spared from rawdogging with everyone else. They "watched four episodes of House of the Dragon and then a slew of movies," he said in a comment.

"I bring books on my flights because of this. or writing journals. Additionally, I had a small light that I could attach to my belongings that was much dimmer than the airline reading lights," a user commented. 

"Never rely on the airlines to fulfill your needs in accordance with their own terms of service or on schedule. They are not liable until you sue or complain afterwards. It ain't getting fixed or compensated while in route. In fact it might get you "labelled" and banned from future flights," another user wrote.