Apart from the captain and the co-pilot, the flight attendants are of major importance for the smooth running of the flight: comforting for the nervous, first aid, informative about the safety of the passengers or serving drinks and refreshments. The multi functional role of these air workers is not to be neglected. And sometimes, passengers can make their life very difficult. Here’s a compilation of the worst and bizarre questions they have been asked!
1/ Some fresh air
What do you say when someone asks “Can you please open my window, it is too hot in here”
2/ Drive slower
“Excuse me, can you speak to the captain about flying slower, as there is too much turbulence in the plane!”
3/ Nanny onboard
“Could you change the nappy of my baby please?”
4/ Multi-usage objects
Betty is an American air hostess who has seen everything! She tells of the strange use of some objects: “tweezers to remove a thorn from the buttocks of one of the passengers, pen to clean the ears, screwdriver to disassemble his seat or a clever invention made of ‘a cup, a straw, a lid and a knife to make a catheter”…
5/ Nasty smells
A British Airways airplane had to turn around because of intense smelly toilets that it was a safety and health problem for the passengers, only half of the air was being recycled in the airplane. This plane landed at an airport and the company paid for a night in the hotel for its passengers before they left again the following day!
