Hide in the bathroom or steal a hat!

Word of advice...wash your hair, dry it at least 30 minutes with a blow dryer and then flat iron the crap out of it!! People are so nasty. My grandma use to say it's not a sin to catch it but it's a sin to keep it!!! This guy is clearly sinning! LOL! And what's worse is lice can live up to two days on inanimate objects, so everyone who flies and sits in his chair is at risk. Tis the season for lice!!!

Tie your hair up in a tight bun on top of your head, put your own hat or beanie over it, and avoid looking at him. Wash your hair with lice shampoo when you get to your accommodation. That is, if you can't change seats. You should tell the attendant anyway, they would want to know. Don't be scared, it doesn't matter if the guy overhears, he shouldn't get on a plane with lice anyway. FYL.

That's nasty

Write a discreet note while in the bathroom, "the guy in seat XX has lice crawling all over his head" then give it to a member of staff.

it could be worse, my brother sat next to a blind special needs guy with bad breath who faced him the whole 9 hour flight. no offence to all special needs people.

Hope you can move seats. I'm afraid of catching lice now but I had it a few times when I was younger.

I would have alerted the staff on the plane. Granted, parasites like lice are treated as infectious diseases on planes, usually with an immediate landing at the nearest airport, quarantine, and a full check before being releasd. Maybe you would have just been better off sneaking to a different seat.

Nope. No. no no no no. no. Nope. I would probably hide in the bathroom the whole flight.

I would've demanded a seat change, that asshole shouldn't be traveling with infectious diseases/parasites. I can see that being one of the few times I might cause enough of a fuss to be dragged off the plane by the air marshals if they wouldn't comply.