Uncover 40 Shocking Plane Secrets Airlines Don’t Want You to Know!
You can bring mini bottles of liquor through TSA. If you want to save some dough but still booze a mile high, bring a few along.
Flight attendant.
Pilots don’t fix the plane. They fly it. If it’s major, they call maintenance. Stop asking the pilots to just fix the plane. Sometimes it takes awhile. I’m sorry. Deal with it.
My day is long. So long. Please be nice. I see hundreds of people in a day. If I’m abrupt with you in any way, I apologize. I’m trying to 1) expedite the boarding process so we can leave on time 2) I’m running on very little sleep and I’m cranky 3) I’ve dealt with too many jerks and/or delays that day and my spirit is utterly crushed. You’ll rarely see me upset, but many other FAs are jerks. I am sorry. They don’t love their job like I do.
We only get paid when the main cabin door is closed. I make less than 20K a year. This is common.
I know that you know how to put on a seatbelt. I still have to do a safety demo. It’s a liability issue.
Don’t treat me like a waitress. I’m not. I get paid less and my hours are longer, and the job involves MUCH more than serving you a drink and some peanuts.
I personally don’t care if you use your electronic devices. HOWEVER, don’t be talking on your phone during taxi. If I can’t see your phone I don’t care if you’re playing angry birds. We’re not going to crash. Many airlines have changed their rules but mine has not and I have to enforce the rules.
People vent their frustrations about flying to me. It’s hard being complained at knowing you caused none of the problems. Believe me, it’s in our best interest to keep you happy. Why would we want otherwise? The FAA makes the rules, not your flight crew. We’re just the crew. Every decision comes from above. Remember that.
BE NICE.
On some 747s (Air France and possibly others) the upper deck economy class seats have a little extra room (and storage) on the Window seats. They have a tiny bit more legroom too iirc. Air France used to block these off for picking seats ahead of time unless you have a higher tier card. If you check in a bit early you can get them.
It’s so probably been mentioned but seatguru.com is *the* resource for checking seats for whatever steel you’re flying on.
Edit: Additionally, if you order any kind of special meal, you get your meal first. Diabetic meals, low salt, kosher, vegetarian, whatever.
Arm Rests – aisle and window seat : Run your hand along the underside of the armrest, just shy of the joint you’ll feel a button. Push it, and it will lift up. Adds a ton of room to the window seat and makes getting out of the aisle a helluva lot easier. :).
Aluminium, unlike steel, doesn’t have a lower stress limit for fatigue cracking. In layman’s terms this means that whenever you apply load to it, it cracks. Planes are designed so that under normal loads the cracks are microscopic, but they’ll always be there and they grow with repeated stress cycles i.e. Every time the plane is flown the cracks grow. Maintenance crews are responsible for knowing where they are on each individual plane and tracking their growth.
(Source is my Mechanical Engineering professor from college days).
I’m a flight attendant. Not really any secrets that haven’t already been said… But when we are in the aisles serving drinks, you should *reaaalllyy* try to wait until we are out of the aisles to get up and go to the lav or whatever. Also, if we are in our jumpseats because of the turbulence I would suggest you be in your seats as well.
10 year airline customer service professional checking in…here are a few tips:
1. The “FAA regulation” on carry-on bags is actually an airline specific choice. They set their own requirements and commit it to policy, and they are then held accountable through audits (FAA, TSA, internal) for compliance.
2. Customer service agents will bend over backwards to help you when you take the time to be respectful and courteous. I cannot tell you how many times I have broken a rule or made an exception for someone just because they were nice about it.
3. If you want to bring booze onboard, just ask the flight attendant to pour for you. This is so they have control of your consumption, and can cut you off if you start to get lispy. The altitude affects your blood oxygen levels and you will get drunker faster thank you are used to at sea level…the rule is “one on the ground equals two in the air”.
4. We are required by law to offer up to $1300.00 in a check if we involuntarily deny you boarding due to an overbooked flight. The offer for volunteers will always continue to go up. It is based on the fare you paid, and the amount of time it takes us to get you to your destination as opposed to when you would have arrived had you been able to take the flight you had purchased.
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