Uncover 40 Shocking Plane Secrets Airlines Don’t Want You to Know!
…not saying this happens all the time, because most crews are true professionals and can put their job ahead of their paycheck, but it happens enough to give you the goosebumps. Throw in some seriously low pay (sub $20K a year for many first year pilots) and you’ve got a subtle incentive to overlook safety issues.
Bring an unopened bag of or box of chocolates for the flight crew, especially long flights…they’ll treat you like a king for the whole flight.
This will get buried, but there are cracks all over the turbine blades. Crack growth is a pretty well-characterized science, and part of the point of inspections every X flights is to make sure the cracks haven’t grown to a point where they’re actually concerning. They’ll take a look at them, measure them, and if they think they still have say… 2000 hours until failure, they’ll send the plane back out and check it in a few hundred hours of use.
The air inside the jet engine of an airplane is hotter than the melting point of any component of the engine.
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The components in the hot section of the engine have cooling systems which bleed off air from the compressor and direct it through holes in the part surface, creating a film of cool air that protects them from the high temperature of the combustion gases.
Not airline secret but airport. You know that 1st class line at security? Yeah, thats an airline thing not TSA. Economy passenger? TSA doesn’t care. Step right up.
– When you experience a hard landing in bad weather it wasn’t because of a lack of pilot skills but it is in fact intentional.
If the runway is covered in water the airplane has to touch down hard in order to puncture the water layer and prevent aqua planing.
– Mobile electronic devices won’t really bring an airplane down but they can be really annoying to pilots. Just imagine sitting in the flightdeck descending to your destination and hearing the interference of a 100+ cellphones picking up a signal. I have missed a clearance or 2 that way.
– The air you breathe on an airplane is actually compressed air taken from the engines. A large portion (25% to 50%) is blown in the flightdeck, the rest is for the passengers. The air leaves the airplane via a small hole in the back of the fuselage.
– The captain has almost limitless authority when the doors are closed. He is allowed to arrest people, write fines
– At most airlines the only difference between the captain and the co-pilot is their rank. They divide the workload fairly and switch the roles of pilot flying and pilot non-flying each flight.
Pilot here. Late to the party as usual. But, sometimes the passengers may be having a nice quiet flight in the back while the pilots are upfront dodging thunderstorms and yelling their heads off.
We transport live transplants, like hearts and lungs. I particularly like the live transplants because we get to cut to the front of the line for takeoff and we get all the short cuts to our destination.
Tip for those who get motion sickness: try not to move your head around. Pilots move their eyes instead of their heads to look at the instruments in the flight deck. Also try to sit in a seat over the wing. This area of the plane doesn’t rotate as much during climbs and decents.
Flight attendants can’t do pilot’s job, but pilots can’t do flight attendant’s jobs for sure. We aren’t hired for our people skills.
Don’t take off your shoes to go to the bathroom. People pee on the floor all the time.
Pilot here.
We only get paid when the doors are closed and the push back has commenced. If we’re delayed or sitting with the door open, we’re just as annoyed as you are.
At altitude we’re constantly in contact with air traffic control and change to different “center frequencies” (or control for other than US locations)
We’re also doing fuel checks to make sure the fuel burn isn’t abnormal, dodging weather, and probably complaining about scheduling.
Will probley get buried but i am an aircraft fueler.
One thing i can not stress enough is how your pets are treated.
While your airline will take the best possible actions, some things cannot be avoided, like the noise on the ramp.
I can not stand out there without ear protection, and imagine your pet sitting out there on the ramp waiting to be loaded onto the plane being exposed to the same amount of noise i am.
Please people, think twice before flying your pets.
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Edit: Ahhhh so much karma, was not expecting this.
So many questions too, so ill try and just hit some main points.
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