Uncover 40 Shocking Plane Secrets Airlines Don’t Want You to Know!
-If you ask us not to turn on the chemtrails this flight we are legally obligated to comply
>(Yes it’s a joke, no one has asked, but if you do, I bet the pilots would get a kick out of it. Also, they are called Contrails)
-We’re not customer service, we don’t know where your flight is leaving out of, or how to help your problem, we’ll try to help, but will usually try to direct you to a gate agent or actual customer service who can help you. We’re not trying to be rude, we just really can’t help you.
-Another person may be sitting upfront with the pilots in what’s called the jumpseat. It could be a pilot commuting to or from work, a check airmen observing, or an FAA jumpseater observing to make sure we are following regulations
-Pilots and their families get flight benefits (same for Flight Attendants), we can fly for free(or discounted). We list on a standby list, and only after all paying passengers are onboard, standby passengers may be boarded.
-It’s hours of boredom interrupted by moments of sheer terror
-When a fatal aircraft accident happens, all pilots mourn. Pilots are a close knit group, we may hate each other’s guts at times, but never wish the worst.
-The view from the cockpit is amazing. Sunsets, Sunrises, lightning storms at night, flying over mountains and landscapes never gets old.
-The Captain (Pilot) and First Officer (Co-Pilot) are both fully capable of flying the aircraft. Each pilot is designated a role, either Pilot Flying (PF) or Pilot Monitoring (PM). PF is the one actually flying, PM is monitoring what the PF is doing, to back him/her up. Usually crews switch roles every flight or every two flights, so captain is PF for first 2 flights, then FO is PF for next two flights. Yes the FO actually does fly the plane.
Pilot here, most of the time the passengers are not given the full answer on why a flight is delayed or cancelled. Airlines will typically blame cancellations on unrelated events (weather) instead of mechanical issues so they don’t have to pay for hotel rooms/meals etc…
Also, chemtrails are not real. For those of you who believe they are real, give your head a shake.
1. One split second of instinct combined with piloting skill decides if you land on the runway or on the side of it. Most of the runways are 45 metres wide and on a gusty summer afternoon or during thunderstorms I take god’s name more than pope himself.
2. A smooth landing is not necessarily a good landing. One can make a smooth landing and it will feel good for passengers but it could be a risky landing if the pilot decides to use extra runway. Never shout at your pilot for a bad landing unless he crash lands. And if he crash lands and you can shout at him, understand that you are alive because of him.
Bonus Fact: Many a times aircrafts coming in to land go back up in the air. This is a scary experience for many as engines, after being relatively quiet for a while, roar back to life and aircraft is pulled back up. This is called a go-around. This happens because either the runway is not clear, weather is something that can’t be negotiated properly for landing or the pilot is not at the right place and right configuration. Go-Around is something that is emphasized by all the senior trainers and authorities as it is better to go back up in the air than to be in a precarious position while forcing in to land. So whenever your pilot does a go-around, be happy that he is a safe pilot.
I worked with a pilot that was really old. He couldn’t stay awake in flight. The first officer kept having to poke him and wake him up. We kept feeding him black coffee but it didnt help much. I asked him if he was retiring soon but he said he couldn’t afford it because our airline has no pension program and the pay scale is pathetic.
Pretty scary.
We sat in a backed up (Queue) for hours in Denver one time. The weather had the airport socked in, nobody was going anywhere until this giant supercell cleared the end of the runway.
During that time suddenly there appeared a mechanic at the front of the cabin on the PA holding up a two foot long piece of metal he had pulled from one of the tires. He explained if the plane hadn’t been sitting waiting he might have never spotted it. It could have come flying out during take off roll and penetrated the planes wing, igniting fuel, or whatever…
…everyone cheered him, what a hero, he possibly saved our lives.
To this day I have no idea why they let him come on board and tell us this.
Ex airline employee here. Often we’d have someone on board with terrible body odor. You can set the temperature in one end of the cabin hotter and it localized the smell to one part of the plane. If you see coffee filter bags hanging anywhere its because someone smells somewhere on the plane.
FAs often talk about the “hot guy in 23B” or whatever seat he’s in.
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