Pilots And Flight Attendants Are Sharing Their Mid-Flight Secrets And I Have A New Appreciation For Them
"Don't take off your shoes to go to the bathroom. People pee on the floor all the time.""As an Air Traffic Controller, we are constantly swearing and yelling at pilots when we’re not on the frequency, and then when we key up we use our nice guy voices.
""Planes often have broken equipment onboard, it's just the nature of the business and things break. Can't always fix it, so there is an approved list of things that may be broken, and how long they may be broken before they must be fixed. Not stuff that makes the flight unsafe, just maybe more work for the pilots. Also, the Captain can always reject an aircraft if he feels it is unsafe.
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