Comfortable flight: the secrets of flight attendants
'16.04.2017'
Source: Rusbase
No one knows more about the inner workings of flights than flight attendants. - informs Rusbase. However, after talking with experienced flight attendants, you can learn a few little-known facts. If you want to know everything about adequate maintenance on board, or you do not know why you may not be allowed on a plane, go here.
You cannot physically open the door during the flight.
Annette Long, who worked as a flight attendant for 13 for years, said that although it is impossible to open the door of the liner in flight, the very attempt to do so could still cause problems. As practice shows, passengers who tried to "get out" of the aircraft during the flight, upon landing, find themselves in handcuffs. In some cases, the crew even requests an emergency landing at the nearest airport to disembark such passengers.
“I’m not deciding that,” Long said. - I only pass information to the saws and the chief steward. And they make the decision whether to land in order to push someone off the board. "
“Pilots usually say: if this is your problem, then this is my problem. And they support us 100%, ”added Long.
So do not try to get out of the plane in the air - it threatens you with handcuffs and disembarking at the nearest airport.
He who sits at the window - can freeze
If you want to admire a beautiful view near the window, wear a sweater, because the temperature overboard can drop to minus 60 — 65 ° C, which leads to cooling of the fuselage.
Airplanes are not as clean as you think.
Microbiologists have found that on the tables, which carry food in the aircraft, there is almost the most dangerous bacteria.
According to As one flight attendant writes on Reddit, people flying with small children constantly changed diapers on the tables, but not every table was washed after that. Plus, says Long, they prefer to wipe everything down with wet wipes. But when it happens that way in the 35th, then, I can assure you, the napkin has already gone over many carts and tables. "
For some time now, you may not board any gadget.
Yes, in America, the plane will not come out on the runway, if registered on board, say, Samsung Galaxy Note 7.
Such devices are forbidden on board due to the possibility of a battery exploding, and this decision was made by the US Department of Transportation for both domestic flights and flights arriving from abroad. Moreover, in recent years some states have even banned boarding with electronic cigarettes. However, declaring them, you can safely get on board - provided that you will not use them. But with smartphones that can suddenly explode a battery, everything is somewhat more complicated: the ban is absolute and valid throughout the United States.
Flight attendants are paid only for the time they are in the air
Flight attendants and stewards confirmed to us: they are paid only for flight time, and the time of take-off and, moreover, the landing of passengers is not paid. “So your working day can be 12 hours, but they pay like 6,” they explained to us. Even worse, unions rarely support those who have lost money in this way. But stewards and flight attendants who have lost their jobs and earnings do not raise a fuss about this, hoping for at least something.
Headrest cushion should be slightly deflated
If you inflate the pillow completely, it may burst in flight due to changes in atmospheric pressure. Therefore, do not inflate it to the end.
Do not drink the water that is served in the plane
In the survey "What are the strangest things that flight attendants have seen in their duties?" - Former flight attendant Heather Wilde said: what surprised her most was the people who made soup with the water served on the planes. “Guys, airlines never purify water. That is, never at all, ”she said.
“It's not for nothing that flight attendants are prohibited from drinking water in flight,” another flight attendant added to us in a comment. "No instant coffee, no tea bags."
As the Ministry of Transport found, health security requirements were not complied with on every 8 flight, and 15% of the aircraft vehicles investigated contained dangerous bacteria in the water supply system.
So, only bottled water.
Flight attendants always know that you have alcohol
“Someone,” says Long, “is taking alcohol on board. But we always know whether you have alcohol or not. We do not always let you know about this. But we just have to understand whether to serve you alcohol if you have your own. After all, the longer you fly, the more what you drink affects you. And you can drink alcohol on board, as many do out of excitement. But you shouldn't bring it with you. "
Your seatmate may die suddenly and you will have to fly next to him.
As Long argues, there are no “dead in the sky”. “Because we just don't admit it,” she clarifies.
Long herself has not encountered anything like this, but says that if a passenger died in flight, she would not show it. “Perhaps I would have wrapped it in a blanket. One must have respect for the deceased. There is no need for everyone to stare, ”she said.
It seems, however, that airlines do not have uniform rules for dealing with the sudden dead on board. According to the study According to quartz, most of the world's leading airlines instruct the crew that, in the event of the passenger’s death in flight, he should be placed on a seat with the least neighbors. In rare cases, there are special rooms on the liners where you can lay a corpse. If there is no room or chair, the dead person is simply left in place.
Want quality service - choose places in the last rows
Flight attendants say that passengers who are sitting in the back rows, it is easier to bring water, headphones or food invisible to other passengers. Because, that for many the chain reaction works, while you bring food or water to the front rows, people see and begin to want the same thing, although before that everyone was calm.
