Passenger Green Flags: 16 Ways to Win Flight Attendants Over
5/19/202644 min
We need more good passengers on our flights! While people often think flight attendants are hard to approach, it’s actually incredibly simple. In reality, it’s the most basic acts of politeness and common courtesy that keep us flight attendants happy and grateful.
In this episode, we’re throwing some well-deserved love and appreciation to all the lovely passengers out there. If you're already that model passenger, or just looking to become a certified “flight attendant favorite,”—this is definitely a must-watch!
Watch us talk about the passenger green flags we love, share our own flight updates, and read through a wild galley gossip segment.
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First 90 secondsRich· Host0:00
Hello. Welcome aboard. Trash. Like, my mother would've smacked me across the face if someone in the service industry- Spoke to me and I didn't speak back ... spoke to me and I said nothing back. They're like, "Oh, can you take this?" And it's, like, a banana peel or something random, and I'm like, "This is the wrong use of the call bell. I'm sorry." Row 27, you're beautiful.
Drew· Host0:19
[laughs] Yeah.
Rich· Host0:19
I love what you're doing. I love when passengers get involved- [laughs] ... in, like, other passenger drama. [upbeat music] You know how people are always striving to be, like, the best passenger in the TSA line? Like, they wanna get their bins just right. They want to impress TSA. They want to take all the right articles [laughs] of clothing off, get their liquids out, and, and all that sort of stuff. Well, I really need people to start doing that for flight attendants. [laughs] I want people to want to be good passengers on the plane, too.
Drew· Host1:00
Same.
Rich· Host1:00
And I just don't think people are trying hard enough.
Drew· Host1:02
I don't think they are either.
Rich· Host1:03
They're really not.
Drew· Host1:04
They really- So today's episode, we are gonna dive into all of the things that passengers do that make us love you.
Rich· Host1:10
We love our passengers, the good ones anyway. Um, and I feel like there's so many times where we're just ranting and raving about passengers and all the things they do wrong, so today we're gonna talk about all the things you do right. [laughs] But first, Andrew, how is flying going lately?
Drew· Host1:26
Um, you know, honestly, I've had a really good