Flight Attendants Reveal the Worst Passenger Red Flags!
5/26/202647 min
Are flight attendants judging you? (Maybe, just a little). In reality, we are focused on your safety and on-watch for potential threats or issues that might arise onboard.
In this episode, we’re reacting to passenger red flags and how we “calmly” deal with them—from coping with rude remarks to managing a large group of rowdy adults. Trust us, a day in the life of a flight attendant is never short of drama and wild sights! A simple gesture of appreciation can completely change our day.
Join our Threads community! Oh, and here is Rich’s favorite song on his travel playlist: Flaws by Bastille.
Episode Highlights:
[0:00] Welcome to Episode #34!
[1:07] Are flight attendants judging us?
[1:41] Ask the Audience!
[2:05] Rich’s flight updates (Wait, WHAT??)
[4:51] Drew is in passenger mode
[5:52]🚩#1: Intentionally slow boarders
[6:45]🚩#2: Tight connections
[8:30]🚩#3: Your bag WILL NOT fit there, Ma’am
[9:21]🚩#4: “I know my seat”
[9:53]🚩#5: Water, please…
[11:21]🚩# 6: Ignoring the crew’s greetings
[13:17]🚩#7: Blaming us for a missed connections
[13:51]🚩#8: Telling us to smile more
15:10]🚩#9: You need time apart…for like 7 minutes
[16:06]🚩#10: Use the bathroom before boarding
[17:45]🚩#11: A loud and rowdy group of adults
[18:36]🚩#12: Handing us trash as they board
[19:33]🚩#13: Pilot cards (not all airlines have them)
[21:10]🚩#14: Nope, we’re not doing that
[21:31]🚩#15: Moving other people’s bags
[22:13]🚩#16: Hey Captain, don’t tap the fuselage
[23:30]🚩#17: “They” will take care of it
[24:23]🚩#18: Well, that’s rude.
[25:29]🚩#19: Alcohol first, really?
[26:27]🚩#20: Call button isn’t a toy
[29:03]🚩#21: Complaining about literally anything
[29:47]🚩#22: Enormous backpacks are not cute
[30:59]🚩#23: Status fliers & getting away with rules
[32:56]🚩#24: Aggressive questions
[34:19]🚩#25: Nonsense for free stuff
[35:51]🚩#26: Thinking that they’re funny
[37:15]🌟Fan comment: Why are people so feral?
[39:20] Let’s play Cross-Checked!
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Transcript preview
First 90 secondsDrew· Host0:00
If your relationship cannot survive a three-hour flight apart from each other- Any, any length flight ... go to therapy.
Rich· Host0:05
Yeah. See, boarding is already too much. This is too much.
Drew· Host0:08
Yeah.
Rich· Host0:08
Now I gotta worry about people's superstitions and their trash?
Drew· Host0:11
[laughs] If anyone tells you to ask a flight attendant, it's because they don't wanna tell you no, and if a flight attendant tells you to ask anyone else, it's because their workday is over and they're tired of dealing with it.
Rich· Host0:22
[laughs] I don't even care if you're flying at 8:00 AM and you want a Bud Light. Like, I don't know what kind of day you had, I don't know what you're going through right now, but asking for it immediately upon boarding, I just think immediately you're gonna be a problem.
Drew· Host0:34
Uh-huh.
Rich· Host0:35
Like, you just asked me at the absolute worst- [laughs] ... possible time if there's Wi-Fi. [upbeat music] So everybody knows by now that boarding is the most chaotic part of a flight attendant's job. We have safety compliance checks that we need to do. We're worried about bag space. We're worried about so many different things that are happening in these moments, but especially the thing that we're looking for the most are the red flags. [laughs] And there are a lot of them when- Mm-hmm ... it comes to boarding an airplane. So when you think, "Oh, these flight attendants are being so nice and greeting us at the door," well, the truth is we are judging you and we are judging you hardcore. All jokes aside, what we're really looking for is safety issues. We're looking for potential threats, potential issues that could arise,