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Top 10 Secrets Flight Attendants Don’t Want You to Know


these tidbits aren’t in the pre-flight
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don’t want you to know before we begin
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going over the lesser-known facts about
air travel that the airlines and their
employees don’t exactly broadcast number
10 you can ask for more food we all know
that most airplane food isn’t going to
be winning any awards for culinary
excellence or even a basic taste however
some long flights can leave you feeling
ready and willing to eat just about
anything what you may not know is that
because the food is pre-made it spoils
soon after and anything left over is
going to be thrown away after the flight
meaning that if you’re feeling
especially hungry you can ask for some
more it will prevent the food from going
to waste and fill your belly at the same
time so win win number nine fragile
containers get tossed around like the
rest transporting any kind of cargo on
planes can be tough but it can be
especially tough when what you’re
bringing is easily broken all our
expectations are that if we label our
container as fragile that it will be
strapped down or stored safely to
prevent jostling the reality is that it
gets thrown around like everything else
in the cargo bay labeling a container as
fragile only indicates to human handlers
that the item should be handled with
care the plane has no such ability in
the end all we can do is pack it with
soft surroundings and hope for the best
number eight don’t drink the water
popular wisdom suggests not drinking the
water when visiting a foreign country
but the same holds true for the plane
you may take to get there the water
tanks on airplanes often build up
residue and have a higher than average
percentage of bacteria compared to the
standard levels found in most drinking
water while few cases of people getting
sick from airline water have been proven
it’s still probably better to err on the
side of caution and avoid water and
anything made from it like tea or coffee
unless it comes from a bottle number 7
complimentary items are reused flight
attendants usually dole out free or
inexpensive items to use while on board
these include pillows blankets and some
kind of headphones one of the reasons
they’re so willing to give them away
the items are often recycled from
previous flights which means they’re not
always cleaned thoroughly even the items
that come prepackaged have often been
used by prior passengers so the next
time you’re offered something you might
want to think twice about who may have
used it before you and whether or not
you want to stick it in your ears
number 6 changing trade tables you may
want to leave your tray tables in their
full and upright position after this
though typically used for their intended
purpose there are those who use travel
tables for a more unconventional
activity changing diapers well it would
naturally be more sanitary to change
diapers elsewhere some parents or
guardians prefer convenience over
courtesy though there are no doubt
occasional emergencies this habit has
likely contributed to trade tables
having eight times more bacteria than
the bathroom flush buttons gross number
five pilots downplay any problems if
you’ve ever gotten the feeling that your
pilot isn’t being entirely truthful over
the loudspeaker you may be right pilots
often lie about any problems they
encounter or else repackage the issue
and less alarming language this is done
to prevent passengers from panicking
about something as it’s better that they
stay calm than for them to worry about
something they can’t do anything to fix
having a bunch of people freaking out in
a metal box up in the sky isn’t good for
anyone number four flight durations are
inflated if aviation technology has
increased in efficiency and speed then
why of flight times increased to simple
padding airlines overestimate how long
flights will take to give themselves
more leeway if any unexpected delays
crop up but this also means that they’ll
extend the time they take intentionally
in order to stay on time instead of
ahead of time while all that time spent
taxiing on the runway is frequently the
result of a high volume of planes
it can also be because airlines are
trying to stick to their schedule no
matter how inconvenient it is for the
passengers number three keep your shoes
on we can understand the urge to kick
back and relax on flights they take ages
so why not settle in and get comfortable
well because airplanes are absolutely
filthy chances are someone threw up at
least once where you want to put your
feet now granted the airlines do clean
their planes so the grime and gunk may
not be visible but it’s definitely there
also these cleanings are usually
cosmetic since please
they’re only cleaned thoroughly about
once a month and with how many people
that use them during that period it’s
best not to get too comfortable
number two oxygen masks don’t last long
though a merciful few of us ever need to
use them let alone see them the thought
of oxygen masks being there is a
somewhat comforting one should something
go wrong what the pre-flight
instructions don’t tell you though is
that the amount of oxygen on board most
flights will only last fifteen minutes
at most while this may seem like a small
amount you can breathe easy as this is
usually enough time for the pilot to
bring the plane to a lower altitude
where additional oxygen isn’t necessary
number one flights often have grizzly
cargo given that it’s mostly stowed
below our feet we never know what kind
of cargo is coming along for the ride
with us as it turns out it can be rather
more but a lot of the time
flights are often used to transport dead
bodies as people often die away from
home necessitating transport for burial
plans are also used to transport human
organs for transplants since it’s often
cheaper and faster than shipping them
overland so while it may be unsettling
knowing there’s a dead body or body
parts on your flight try to think about
instead how they’re going to be where
they’re needed do you agree with our
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