Illustration of aircraft taking off from airport.
( Source Liputan6.com )
For some people,
making the flight becomes commonplace. But there are also people who are
reluctant to make flights for various reasons, such as fear of heights, worry
about the plane crashed, and so forth.
Speaking of an
accident, technically a person is actually safer on a flight than in an
ordinary car.
Quoted from
Therichest.com on Wednesday (8/3/2017), a Reddit user opened a forum of exchange
with pilots and cabin crew to unlock the secrets of a flight rarely known to
audiences.
Here are some pilot
confessions that might make someone reluctant and think again before flying:
1. Semena-Mena Treatment of Luggage
When entering the
plane, passengers expect their luggage to be treated well.
Apparently not always
the case. In general, luggage officers do not care about the way passengers'
luggage goes into the aircraft's cargo space.
They had to keep more
than 100 suitcases in the room, but also had to be packed in order to be solid.
The words
"Fragile, Handle With Care" are also not very impactful. Likewise
with a suitcase that should not be inverted with the patch "This Side
Up". There was no guarantee that the suitcase was never reversed.
A little bit of
advice, like writing on a suitcase, "I love the luggage service
clerk" to get better treatment.
2. Dirty Headset
than in an ordinary car, but one can be reluctant
Think again if you
want to watch the impressions during the flight or anything that involves the
headsets that are shared by the cabin crew.
In commercial
flights, the headsets that were distributed to passengers for entertainment
during the flight were never cleared, although later distributed again in neat
packages.
In fact, the headset
is lowered after flight completion, then "cleaned" in a way that is
not clearly known, then repacked.
3. Dirty Water in Toilets
(photo: news.com.au)
Should not drink
water from an aircraft toilet shower.
In fact, the extreme
again, do not wash hands using tap water in the toilet plane.
The water tank is
indeed cleaned as part of a fixed treatment, but there are some parasites that
then become immune to germicidal cleaning agents.
Pay attention to
these instructions: when entering the plane, observe well the outside of the
plane. If the paint is dull, it becomes a clue about the state of the plane.
Skydrol's hydraulic
fluid slips away everything. If there is paint peeling, most likely due to
Skydrol leak.
Imagine if a leak
occurs while flying high in the sky.
4. Blanket and Unclean Pillow
Like headsets, blankets and pillows are also not cleaned, just folded back and repacked for later put in containers while waiting for the next flight.
So, passengers
actually put their heads on the same pillow that passengers used before.
Similarly, blankets are likely to blanket the previous passengers.
A former Southwest
flight cabin crew admitted that the 'fresh' cushions she saw only existed
during the initial flight in the home town of flight. The other crew said the
same thing about the blankets.
5. Pilot Asleep During Flight
asleep while sitting in front of the control plane.
( Source Liputan6.com )About half the number of pilots claimed to have fallen asleep
and a third claimed to have caught his partner sleeping soundly.
Flights rely on autopilot systems.
Actually it was not a big deal, but, among the 500 pilots in a poll, about 43 percent admitted that their ability was interrupted at least once in the last 6 months due to fatigue.
Actually it was not a big deal, but, among the 500 pilots in a poll, about 43 percent admitted that their ability was interrupted at least once in the last 6 months due to fatigue.
About 84 percent said
their ability was interrupted more than once in the past 6 months.
Moreover, about half
of the respondents said that pilot fatigue became the greatest threat of
aviation safety, about 3 times greater than other risks.
6. Toilet Doors Can Be Opened From Outer
(Source therichest.com)
As long as you use
the toilet during flight, others may break through if they intend.
Of course flight
toilets can indeed be locked from the inside, but can be opened from the
outside.
Behind the words
"No Smoking" there is a key mechanism. If the writing board is
suspended and the key is shifted, the door can be opened without any problems.
It may be useful to
overcome if any child is locked up
7. No Drinking Water
Technically speaking, it is actually safer to be in flight
than in an ordinary car, but one can be reluctant to board a plane.
(Source therichest.com)
Do not try to make
tea, coffee, or anything else in the flight because the drinking water in the
plane is not clean.
The shelter tanks
have never been cleaned and some airplanes exist that are over 60 years old.
Daki in the tank can be as thick as a few centimeters.
If the water does not
come from bottles, do not drink. Dirty sewers and portable drinking water
channels are very close and sometimes taken care of by one same officer at a
time.
Although not always
the case, not infrequently there are people who get sick after the flight only
because germs that are not realized have entered the body as long as the
passenger was in the plane.
8. Turbulence
The corners of a box collect pressure and can lead to
failure due to structural fatigue ( Source Liputan6.com )
Maybe this is not too
dampening the spirit to do the flight, but comfortable to know, except for
those who are easily anxious or the first time to do the penerbaban.
More turbulent air is
caused by rising temperatures at ground level. During the day, the air is
hotter than in the morning, making it more likely to experience flight shocks.
Heavy rain is also more likely to occur during the day.
If possible, choose
the chair as soon as possible. The most shaken area on the plane is at the
rear.
9. No Baby Security Guarantee
Take note of the following before taking the baby on a plane
Probably not too
worried about taking a child on a short-haul flight, but think again when
carrying him on a long flight.
Or, take no risk at
all, whether the flight is near or far.
Flight with baby can
be very dangerous. There are various things that can happen, such as pounding,
loss of speed, or the like so that the parent loses his child's grip and he can
be thrown.
10. Treatment of Pets
Technically speaking, it is actually safer to be in flight
than in an ordinary car, but one can be reluctant
to board a plane. (Source therichest.com)
The airlines are
doing their best for passengers, but not so with the pets they bring with them.
True, comfort is also
sought for pet animals during flight, but the effort is more limited and can
only be taken for granted, such as noise on the runway.
Aviation fuel fenders
are also required to use earplugs on the runway. So, imagine the ears of a dog
that is much more sensitive than humans and must hear all the noise.
11. No Pattern Cleaned
Technically speaking, it is actually safer to be in flight
than in an ordinary car, but one can be reluctant to board a plane.
In addition to toilets, head devices, blankets, and pillows, it is not
A former Southwest
stewardess said he saw more dirty diapers left on placers than on food.
Thus, if we eat food
placed on a mat, we may accidentally swallow the traces of baby stools.
12. Human Body Organs in Aviation
Technically speaking, it is actually safer to be in flight
Aviation always
determines the number of passengers allowed in flight, but that number does not
include "special" passengers, ie bodies or human organs.
When boarding a
domestic flight, there is the possibility that the flight carrying bodies or
human organs.
In fact, there are
people who die when they are away from home.
Their bodies are
stored in wooden boxes during flight. To note, container number 3 on Boeing
737-300 aircraft can contain 150 bags of human organs.
13. Pilot Less Experience
In some countries,
while on a flight, there is the possibility that the pilot in charge of his
flight is a subcontractor who can be regarded as an independent contractor.
In such a pattern,
the pilots were not official airline employees while on duty.
Many airlines employ
such contractors for the sake of cost savings because subcontractors are not
paid as expensive as regular employees.
For example, Delta
Airlines in the United States (US) uses subcontracted pilots whose experience
and training are not as many major aviation pilots. So, there is no guarantee
even for major airlines.
Source:
Alexander
Lumbantobing
Liputan6.com
Therichest.com
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