455 that's the average number of flights a person takes in their life that is
literally thousands of hours on board an airplane up in the sky
but despite us spending all of this time on aircrafts why do we know so little
about them in the secrets only airlines know well today's some airline employees
have revealed some secrets few passengers know I'm Charlie and today
we're going to look at 11 secrets airlines don't want you to know but
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first is the real reason you can't smoke onboard in the year 2000 that the United
States government banned smoking on any domestic and international flights but
airlines had already began banning smoking on board since 1988 usually
companies are opposed to government regulations so why do they do this
voluntarily after all in 1988 when most US airlines banned smoking on board
people were not happy airline said they did this for health reasons they said
that it could cause a danger of a fire on the plane and bring the plane down
despite the fact that there's no actual records of that happening they also said
that it's a danger to other smokers due to secondhand smoke but let's be real in
the late 80s people didn't really care about secondhand smoke in fact the real
reason behind the ban was for cold hard cash you see the air onboard aircrafts
is constantly filtered all of this air filtration helps to keep the air very
fresh and clean but if there's lots of resins and smoke from cigarettes in the
air this means that the equipment has to work even harder this causes the air
filtration systems on board to wear out even quicker and of course that costs
the airline a lot more money they realize that people will still have to
fly even if they can't smoke onboard so surprise surprise corporations don't
care about your health but money instead next up is secret toilet button unless
you're flying in business class you won't get much privacy on an airplane
that is unless you go into the lavatory on board or so you thought
most passengers do not know this but the lavatory door can easily be opened from
the outside even if it's locked on the door there's a hidden switch this will
likely be underneath him no smoking or lavatory sign simply flip up the sign
and there's a secret switch to unlock the door airline attendants are told to
never use this in case someone's actually using the bathroom but if
someone's doing something dangerous or something they should not be doing in
there then it can be opened by star or if someone is sick or falls unconscious
inside it can be open next up is why turn off your cell phone we're used to
hearing before every flight please turn off your cell phone or switch it to
airplane mode in a poll 80% of people said they believe that's because it
could cause a critical malfunction on the plane but that's a total myth the
real reason you are asked to turn off your cell phone is because it can create
static on the radio signal this could interfere with the information pilots
are trying to hear from the dispatcher in the radio control tower
but even aircraft crew admit to ignoring this rule a lot of the time that's
because the technology aircrafts and air control towers have nowadays is way
better remember they started asking passengers to do this layer planes in
the 90s but obviously technology has come a long way and today it won't
really interfere with anything if you leave your phone on during takeoff and
landing next up we have runway numbers if you're an observant fly you may have
looked out of your window and seen something odd on the runway that is
gigantic numbers painted in white you may wonder what exactly do these
humongous numbers on the runways really mean many think it's simply labeling the
runway it's like one two three four but that's not the case
instead they indicate how many degrees that the runway is from at the magnetic
north this is rounded up to the tens to make
it simpler to write on the ground pilots can see which runway they're
landing on it from the sky and they know what grade to take inside the
plane so while these numbers may seem insignificant they're the reason you
hopefully get a smooth landing next up is door handgrips
have you ever been on a plane and had to sit near the emergency doors the
emergency door looks kind of scary and complicated but air stewardesses will
likely tell you how to operate it if you're sitting next to it but one thing
they won't mention is why there's a hand grip on the door inside the plane well
the reason for this is in case of a panic on both the aircraft in the event
of an emergency an attendant will open the emergency exit however panicked
passengers can sometimes accidentally knock them down or even push them out of
the aircraft so they grab onto these handles so they stay upright and don't
fall out of the aircraft or get pushed over by any scared passengers these
doors are often used in the event of an emergency landing either on a road a
field or on water next up we have most common reasons luggage is lost if you've
ever had your luggage lost by an airline you'll know it's about one of the most
annoying things on planet Earth it can be very hard to retrieve your luggage
especially if you're staying in a foreign country and don't know the area
well but what's even more difficult is getting a straight answer as to why it
happened from the airline most of the time they'll just lie to you and won't
tell you the actual reason but airline employees have detailed the most common
reasons for luggage being lost the most common reason is it's being held for
additional checks and then was not loaded on time this can sometimes happen
if they think you have something suspicious in your bag
sometimes a dopey employee can put the luggage on the wrong trolley and it
flies to a totally different location sometimes an airline check-in the
employee can put the wrong sticker on the luggage causing it to be sent
elsewhere sometimes the suitcase can get stuck on the conveyor belt or go in the
wrong direction this frequently happens on connecting flights sometimes ask the
trolleys being driven to the plane the suitcase falls off and no one notices
for sometimes the luggage recognition system makes an error and the label gets
lost that's why it's always good practice to put your name and contact
info somewhere else on your luggage
coming up next is luggage locks you may be worried about losing your luggage and
having someone else open it but the most common reason people put locks on their
luggage is to make sure the TSA don't go through it but what airlines won't tell
you is that locks don't protect luggage from being opened people in the TSA have
special lock picks where they can simply pick your lock and open it up and many
cheap baggage locks can simply be picked with a pen or pencil anyway sometimes
this is done to check inside your bag and it can damage the log and zipper in
the process when they're done they'll simply put your lock back on your
luggage and you'll be none the wiser
next up we have minor problems aren't fixed if you're flying in an airplane
you'll want to make sure that everything has been checked very thoroughly and
even a minor problem hopefully has been fixed by the time you take off but
that's actually not always the case many minor failures on airplanes are not
prepared immediately the list of things that have to be checked before a flight
takes off is humongous but even if there are some minor failures on this list the
plane can still take off that's because they say it doesn't affect the safety
that much and also it can be dealt with later to avoid flights being delayed
don't worry though every year there's less than 200 plane crashes but that's
with over 16 million flights every year
next up we have pilot meals airline food is not exactly great but the captain and
co-pilot still have to eat that being said they don't eat the same food when
the air stewardess has come around with the menus the captain gets to pick his
food first then the copilot has to have the alternative meal that the captain
did not pick the reason for this is in case the food is poisoned
if the captain and co-pilot both ate poisoned food and couldn't fly the plane
then the plane that would go down but if only one of them is poisoned then the
other one can take over and safely land the plane however this is not the case
on all airlines so make sure you get an airline
does this if you value safety and finally we have employee ticket prices
one major perk about being an airline employee is that you and your family
have reduced priced tickets many airlines provide their employees with
very cheap or sometimes even free tickets for them their kids and their
spouse and this is not limited to just pilots in fact all crew on board get
this perk and also many people who don't work in the planes for example checking
desk workers also get this perk so if you love to travel and want free airline
tickets then become an airline worker just be sure to let me know of any new
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