Cabin crew members have shared five unwritten rules for passengers to follow while on board - some may be obvious and others less so.
After gaining 16 years of experience as a flight attendant, Deanna Castro has shared some aircraft etiquette guidelines that she thinks should be followed at all times. Some may be common sense, whereas others may be useful to know.
Speaking to InsideHook she offered the inside scoop and listed five things she recommended passengers should avoid doing.
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Here are five things passengers should avoid doing on their next flight abroad:
Don't cause congestion
Always step into your row to let passengers pass if you're trying to get your bag into the overhead storage, says Deanna. While it was fine to spend more time getting ready, try to never block the walkways and cause congestion.
She said: “When boarding, it’s polite to step into your row and allow other passengers to pass behind you. It’s okay to take a few extra minutes to get ready, but please step into the aisle and wait for a lull in traffic."
As well as ensuring your not holding up the passengers trying to get on board, she said it was also imperative for safety.
She continued: “When you are dangling body parts into the aisle, flight attendants can trip and get hurt. Not only that, but you could get hurt — especially from a cart.”
Keep your sick bag to yourself
It might seem obvious, but Deanna says passengers should never pass a full sick bag to members of the cabin crew. Instead, they should put it under their seat.
She said: "Place it under your seat. We can give you an extra bag to wrap it up in, but please don’t push that hot steaming bag of vomit into a flight attendant’s hands."
Don't lean on the window
Some parts of the plane were dirtier than others, according to cabin crew member Tommy Cimato. For this reason, he urges passengers to avoid leaning their head on the window.
He explained: "Do not fall asleep or lean your head on the window. You are not the only one that has done that and you don't know how many people or children have wiped their hands or other things all over the window.”
Don't wear shorts
Tommy encouraged passengers to never opt to wear shorts while travelling. As they will be unaware of which parts of the plane are cleaned, or not, he recommended sticking to trousers to stay on the safe side.
He said: “Don’t or try not to wear shorts when you're on an airplane. It's the same thing as the window – you never know how clean it's going to be, so if you have pants, you're going to have less germs.”
Don't press the toilet flush
Tommy referred to the toilet flush as 'pretty gross' and urged travellers never to touch it. They insist that people should always flush - but never actually touch the button with their bare hands.
He said: “Do not ever touch the flush button with your bare hands. It's honestly just super unsanitary and pretty gross, so when you flush, use a napkin or tissue that's in the lavatory.”
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