An air hostess has revealed some of her craziest experiences with passengers while 35,000ft high in the sky. Kali Harlow, who has been working as a flight attendant for the last four years, shares snaps of her lavish life on her Instagram account @blondieinwanderland.
However, she said her job and social media can sometimes collide when passengers look her up online with some even chancing their luck and asking her out on a date. Kali told the Daily Star: “I have had passengers look me up after a flight, it definitely happens. I’ve only had maybe one or two try to ask me out from doing so…”
The flight attendant also said some kind-hearted passengers show their appreciation towards the staff after a flight, normally in the form of a gift. Kali said: “We do receive gifts from passengers and it’s the most thoughtful thing in the world to me every-time.
“Many people think passengers do this to get better treatment and honestly 8/10 times when I try to offer a passenger something they turn it down. It’s nice to feel appreciated, even if it’s just a piece of chocolate it can make a bad day better.”
The stewardess also opened up about some of the passengers' behaviours she finds particularly 'annoying' including the fact people assume air hostesses 'control' everything. She said: “The most annoying thing that passengers do is they blame the flight attendants for things that are out of our control.
“This happens because we are simply the face of the company and the easiest target to take their frustrations out on, us and the gate agents.
"They blame us because we have to go back to the gate, they blame us because their bag doesn’t fit, they blame us because they spilled their coffee on them outside of the terminal even though we were on the plane not even around them (yes this has happened to me) and they blame us because it’s a blizzard outside... the list goes on.
“As much as passengers think that we do and have control over everything, we don’t.” She explained cabin crew are 'simply there and trained to help you in case of an emergency' and to 'help make your travel experience a little more enjoyable'.
She also warned any angry passengers that just because cabin crew appear relaxed when dealing with problems, that doesn't mean they aren't annoyed on the inside. She said: “More than likely we are also just as frustrated, but you can’t tell because we have a smile on our face.”
Kali advised that if you want to get cabin crew to like you it's all about 'the small things'. She said: “As far as treating your flight attendants on the plane, it’s like my mother used to tell me when I was younger — leave a place better than you found it.”
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