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Top 30 Flight Secrets That Are Never Told to Passengers

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Top 30 Flight Secrets That Are Never Told to Passengers. You might wonder if the flight attendant tells you all the safety precautions on your trip to the dream destination, but you are wrong. There is more than the unimaginable […]

Top 30 Flight Secrets That Are Never Told to Passengers. You might wonder if the flight attendant tells you all the safety precautions on your trip to the dream destination, but you are wrong. There is more than the unimaginable flight secret that is reported never told to passengers. Here are the Top 30 Flight Secrets That Are Never Told to Passengers.

 

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Oxygen masks

If the oxygen masks drop down, you only have about 15 minutes of oxygen from the point of pulling them down. However, that is more than enough time for the pilot to take us to a lower altitude where we can breathe normally.  More important—at altitude, you have 15-20 seconds before you pass out. Put yours on first, then do your kids. Passing out for a few seconds won’t harm the kids.

 

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Lavatory Water

Whatever you do, do not drink the water in the lav. It is bad enough to “wash” your hands in it. We sanitize the water tank at selected maintenance intervals; however, parasites build tolerances to these cleaners.  Check the outside of the aircraft when walking in. If the paint is in a crappy shape, the plane is in crappy shape. Skydrol means hydraulic fluid is a nasty fluid and will dissolve everything. So if the paint is missing, it’s probably from a skydrol leak. No one wants a hydraulic leak at 35,000 ft. in the air. As you can’t just pull over and stop the reservoir off.

 

 


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Airplane Lights

When an airplane’s cabin lights dim, well-conditioned air travelers instinctively know their flight has been cleared for takeoff. When a plane is landing at night, they dim the interior lights in case you need to evacuate upon landing. Your eyes are already adjusted to the darkness, so you’ll be able to see better once outside the plane.

 

 

 


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Power of a pilot

Someone we know has been an airline pilot for almost 20 years, and apparently planes get struck by lightning all the time. Also, if a passenger is causing a scene in the jetway, he can refuse to let them on and take off without them.  The captain has almost limitless authority when the doors are closed. He is allowed to arrest people, write fines, and even take the will of a dying passenger.

 

 


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Blue Seat

Blue is easier to clean and hide stains or smudges. Imperfections blend better with blue, meaning those that can’t be removed are far less noticeable. It doesn’t matter whether it’s first class or not; for the passenger’s benefit, however, blue is considered a calming color.

 

 


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Food and plane

A pilot from a large airline shared a few of his personal experiences, such as—2 pilots are served different meals and cannot share; this is done in case of food poisoning. Stealing food, even if they are going to throw it out, can get you fired instantly. You can ask your supervisor, but you cannot take food. They don’t want people messing with it.

 

Space for yourself

Armrests—aisle and window seat: Run your hand along the underside of the armrest, just shy of the joint, and 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. Another secret in aviation history.

 

Secret code

Have you ever disembarked an airplane with a funny feeling one of the cabin crew was checking you out? Cabin crew works closely together to ensure the safety of their passengers and often uses code words to communicate. Planes are very confined spaces, so this is often necessary when they need to say something without passengers hearing.

 

 

 


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Bag Lock

Lock your bags, carry-on bags included.  Look online or in a travel store for TSA-approved locks. The TSA has keys to open those locks in case they need to further inspect them. And most people don’t think to lock their carry-on, but especially now with load factors very high, more and more people are having to gate-check bags. Once you drop your bag at the end of the jetway for gate-checking, anyone from a fellow passenger to a gate agent to a ramp agent has access to your bag.

 

 


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Landing

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 aquaplaning.  “Landings are nothing more than controlled crashes.” Pilot friend quote.

 

Experienced Pilot

Just because you’re flying with a big airline doesn’t mean the pilots are experienced. You may have bought a ticket on Delta, United, or American, but chances are you’ll be flying on a subcontractor. That means the pilots have a fraction of the experience, training, and pay of the big mainline carrier. Most of the time we fly slower than normal to make more money. The only time we fly fast is if ATC tells us to or if it’s the go-home leg.

 

Electricity

Having to turn off electronics on a plane is totally useless.  Mobile electronic devices won’t really bring an airplane down, but they can be really annoying to pilots. Just imagine sitting in the flight deck descending to your destination and hearing the interference of 100+ cellphones picking up a signal. I have missed a clearance or 2 that way.

 

 

 


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Baggage 

Have you ever thought about how your checked bags are really treated? We have to fit freight and 100+ bags in a cargo pit. It has to fit how it’s going to fit… I will tell you that when we see “I heart baggage handlers” bag tags… We take special care of your shit. If it says “fragile,” it’s getting thrown harder. If it says this side up, it’s going to be upside down.

 

Security bases

Airports haven’t covered all of their security bases yet. There are actually legitimate security loopholes that, if widely known, would let average citizens get right next to airliners, runways, and taxiways. Like any system, if you know how it works, you know where the cracks are.

 

 


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Engine

Planes without engines can still glide for a really long time. A pilot told me if both engines fail, a plane can glide 6 nautical miles for every 5000 feet. So at 35,000 feet, a plane can glide about 42 miles without power. It’s why most accidents happen during landing or taking off.

 

 


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Drinking water

The drinking water used for coffee and tea is FILTHY. The drinking water that is used for making coffee, tea, etc. should NEVER be consumed. The holding tanks in these sometimes 60-year-old planes are never cleaned. They have accumulated so much greenish grime on the walls that in some places it can be inches thick.  This one is very well known by all airline employees.

 

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Bird Control

Scaring them away—A number of airports use a number of bird repellents like pyrotechnics and cannons, mostly just prior to aircraft approach, to prevent bird habituation, chemical repellents, etc. In some cases, specially trained animals like falcons, dogs, etc., have been used to scare away the birds, or they are trapped.

 

 


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Headphones

Even the headphones that come wrapped up aren’t new. Someone experienced in the airline industry used to work for a warehouse that supplied a certain airline with items. The headsets that are given to you are not new, despite being wrapped up. They are taken off the flight, “cleaned,” and then packaged again.

 

 


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Ashtrays in lavatories

Do you know the real reason there are still ashtrays in the lavatories? Here’s one: ashtrays in the lavatories are mandatory equipment even though the FAA banned smoking on flights years ago. The reasoning is that if people do decide to smoke, they want them to have a place other than the trash can to throw the butt.

 

 


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Hooks on the wings

In most planes, to use an emergency exit slide, passengers have to step onto a smooth and slippery wing. To make this easier, a special hook was designed: a safety rope is led through it, with one end attached to the door and the other hooked to the wing at the base of the slide. Holding on to the rope, passengers can safely evacuate.

 

An axe in the cockpit

According to many countries’ laws, such as the USA’s, an ax is a piece of emergency equipment and must be stored in the cockpit. An ax can help contain a fire, open a stuck door, or even hack a new one—there are markings on the fuselage that show the best place to make an emergency exit.

 

 


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A hole in the windows

Airplane windows have 3 pieces of glass: the outer one keeps the pressure at bay, the inner one deals with damage from inside, and the middle one, in which the hole is made, regulates the airflow. The aperture helps balance the pressure difference and prevents moisture from condensing between the glass panels.

 

 


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An auxiliary power unit

When boarding the plane, we always hear a noise even though the engines aren’t working yet. It is caused by an APU that provides power for the systems while the engines are out. It also starts the engines. Such a power unit is also helpful in poorly equipped terminals where proper maintenance is unavailable.

 

 


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Air Marshal Service

Air marshals fly incognito and can quiet down a troublemaker or even disarm a terrorist. The USA, France, Canada, and other countries have their own Air Marshal Services, and there’s even a movie about their work. If the plane is being hijacked when the pilot lands, they will leave the wing flaps up that slow the plane down.

 

 


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Crew rest compartments

Some airplanes have small hidden rooms for the cabin crew where they can relax during lengthy flights. These CRCs aren’t especially comfortable: you can only crawl in there, but you can lie down for a while and rest. Also, 1/2 of pilots sleep while flying, and 1/3 of the time they wake up to find their partner asleep.

 

 


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Emergency Door Handles

These handles are made first and foremost for the flight attendants’ lives to hold in case of panic onboard so they aren’t pushed off the plane by passengers rushing to the exits. Make sure to observe this secret next time you take your flight.

 

 


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Air conditioning system

Have you ever wondered where the air we breathe onboard comes from? It’s actually being bled from a compressor stage of each engine turbine. This is perhaps what served to fuel a superstition that airplane air is dirty. However, no need to worry: the air is filtered and cooled first, and the filters, in fact, retain up to 95% of bacteria.

 

 


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A Cooper vane

This device appeared on aircraft after an unsolved crime perpetrated by some Dan Cooper: he hijacked a passenger airplane, received a ransom, and escaped with a parachute. Since then, all Boeing and Airbus planes have been equipped with a Cooper vane: a device that doesn’t let the doors open mid-flight.

 

 


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The black triangle

You probably noticed those small black triangles onboard some airplanes. As an Airbus A320 captain says, they mark the places where the wings can be best seen from. A visual examination may be required if pilots have doubts regarding the positions of the flaps and indicators that are out of order. Fortunately, this is a rare case.

 

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Unlock the lavatory door

Last but not least, a flight secret that will blow your mind is if your child accidentally locks themselves in the airplane bathroom, to unlock the door from the outside, lift the “LAVATORY” sign and slide the knob into the unlocked position.

Which one shocked you the most? Have you ever noticed any of these secrets? Let us know in the comments below.

 

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