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Dated a former Air Hostess, the story that got me was when an old woman died on the plane, just fell asleep on the long-haul overnight flight back from JFK to Manchester and never woke up. Essentially they wrapped her in spare blankets and secured extra seat belts around her to keep her in place... Nobody further down the plane knew a thing until they got asked to wait in their seats while an ambulance crew took the body off before they could disembark. TL:DR - Passengers might *not* know someone died on the flight and is still in their seat!
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Long haul flight attendant for a great airline here. Not sure if I'm allowed to name the airline so Let's just say it's the safest in the world. And if any of you watched Rain Man then u are in the know. So so so many things the public doesn't know. Where to start. Ok. I'll just break it down into categories. Safety - the people who pay attention to the safety demo have more chance of getting out alive by a huge 70%. - there is no smoking on an aircraft for several reasons. Though one of the main ones is internal fire. It takes only 90 seconds to burn thru the a/c and fill everyone's lungs with toxic lethal smoke YET it takes 8 mins to land the plan from cruising altitude. - the captain is not always the last person to get off an a/c in an emergency, it depends on the a/c type. - in an emergency- Disabled, incapacitated passengers, unaccompanied minors, babies, pregnant women, geriatric people etc will always be the very LAST people that we flight attendants will get off the a/c. And it will be only when we get everyone else off and go back thru the cabin to do a cabin check to see if these type of passengers have been left behind. So if it's a burning or sinking a/c your chances are slim. - For us to get into the cockpit (since 9/11) we have a briefing before every flight and the protocol is different for every flight. It is also different for half the crew. So one half has access one way and the other half -another. Only the captain (not even the 1st officer) knows who does what to gain access to cockpit. - Contrary to popular belief, there are no guns stored anywhere on an a/c. Not even the cockpit. (We have other things to handle a situation). - All the rafts are equipped with survival needs that could keep the raft occupants alive for 4 weeks. That's a full raft, so if it was at half capacity, its longer. Also on the raft, if anyone dies, they must be thrown over board- no exceptions i.e. Babies etc - In a successful ditching (a rarity), the a/c is designed to stay afloat for a min of 15 mins. However the aircraft is also designed to breakup on impact on land. so the chances of a successful ditching is so remote that your chances of survival are minimal. - 99% of a/c crashes occur on take off and landing. - 90% of a/c crashes are due to pilot error. - It's protocol on my airline that men are not allowed to be seated next to a UMinor There are so many more, especially in regards to safety -just think this post is getting a bit long. There are also heaps of mundane protocols like the service, boarding an a/c etc the public don't know about as well. So will reveal if anyone wants to know more. Just ask a question. I'll also edit and add as I think of them Snorkeldorf • commented on 4 posts 6 days ago
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Dated a former Air Hostess, the story that got me was when an old woman died on the plane, just fell asleep on the long-haul overnight flight back from JFK to Manchester and never woke up. Essentially they wrapped her in spare blankets and secured extra seat belts around her to keep her in place... Nobody further down the plane knew a thing until they got asked to wait in their seats while an ambulance crew took the body off before they could disembark. TL:DR - Passengers might *not* know someone died on the flight and is still in their seat!Rubimarcus reply
Long haul flight attendant for a great airline here. Not sure if I'm allowed to name the airline so Let's just say it's the safest in the world. And if any of you watched Rain Man then u are in the know. So so so many things the public doesn't know. Where to start. Ok. I'll just break it down into categories. Safety - the people who pay attention to the safety demo have more chance of getting out alive by a huge 70%. - there is no smoking on an aircraft for several reasons. Though one of the main ones is internal fire. It takes only 90 seconds to burn thru the a/c and fill everyone's lungs with toxic lethal smoke YET it takes 8 mins to land the plan from cruising altitude. - the captain is not always the last person to get off an a/c in an emergency, it depends on the a/c type. - in an emergency- Disabled, incapacitated passengers, unaccompanied minors, babies, pregnant women, geriatric people etc will always be the very LAST people that we flight attendants will get off the a/c. And it will be only when we get everyone else off and go back thru the cabin to do a cabin check to see if these type of passengers have been left behind. So if it's a burning or sinking a/c your chances are slim. - For us to get into the cockpit (since 9/11) we have a briefing before every flight and the protocol is different for every flight. It is also different for half the crew. So one half has access one way and the other half -another. Only the captain (not even the 1st officer) knows who does what to gain access to cockpit. - Contrary to popular belief, there are no guns stored anywhere on an a/c. Not even the cockpit. (We have other things to handle a situation). - All the rafts are equipped with survival needs that could keep the raft occupants alive for 4 weeks. That's a full raft, so if it was at half capacity, its longer. Also on the raft, if anyone dies, they must be thrown over board- no exceptions i.e. Babies etc - In a successful ditching (a rarity), the a/c is designed to stay afloat for a min of 15 mins. However the aircraft is also designed to breakup on impact on land. so the chances of a successful ditching is so remote that your chances of survival are minimal. - 99% of a/c crashes occur on take off and landing. - 90% of a/c crashes are due to pilot error. - It's protocol on my airline that men are not allowed to be seated next to a UMinor There are so many more, especially in regards to safety -just think this post is getting a bit long. There are also heaps of mundane protocols like the service, boarding an a/c etc the public don't know about as well. So will reveal if anyone wants to know more. Just ask a question. I'll also edit and add as I think of them Snorkeldorf • upvoted 6 items 6 days ago
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I was volunteering at a middle school and a kid comes running up to me and says "My name is King" I thought ok but his middle name was Lucifer. I was speaking with King Lucifer. Also my wife is a teacher and had students named Mi'Queen and Mi"king. What a time to be alive Snorkeldorf • upvoted 6 items 2 weeks ago
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