18 Travel Secrets from a Frequent Flyer Few People Know

are the letters sss on your boarding pass a reason to worry what's much more dangerous than turbulence should you really be the first to board the plane you're about to figure it out you might have noticed that most planes have blue seats there's no mystery here airlines opt for this color because it's considered to have a calming effect this color supposedly puts passengers at ease and helps even the most nervous flyers to relax but there's also another more practical reason stains dirt and scrapes are less visible on dark blue fabric never throw your boarding pass away in a public place it contains tons of your sensitive information including your name and frequent flyer number this in turn may allow someone else to check your future bookings change your seat or even cancel your flights [Music] so the best way to deal with the boarding pass for a flight you've already boarded is to take it home and feed it through a paper shredder by the way if you ever see the letters sss or s on your boarding pass get ready for additional security checks instead of these letters there may be a checkerboard pattern anyway if you have any of these marks your carry-on luggage can also undergo a thorough inspection why might they choose you for secondary screening some of the criteria are making a one-way reservation or paying cash for your ticket in some cases the selection is absolutely random look your gate is open and the boarding has started wait where are you running there's no need to hurry the trick experienced globetrotters use is always bored last for one thing you don't have to waste time standing in line then there are fewer people on the jet way and in the aisle and you spend less time on the plane no one is going to take your seat anyway there's one exception though if you have a bulky carry-on bag it may make more sense not to board last otherwise the chances are high that all the overhead bin space will be occupied by the time you reach your seat and then your bag may end up in another part of the plane and you'll have to wait till the other passengers disembark before you get to your luggage duh before takeoff and landing flight attendants usually flip a small switch on the bathroom door this prevents it from flying open when it's not supposed to with the same ease a flight attendant can open the door when someone is inside look they only need to lift the lavatory sign and move the knob into the unlocked position pilots don't worry about turbulence that's because they know that there is a thing way more dangerous than any turbulence it's an updraft in most cases turbulence only drops you a couple of feet down even though it might feel as if you're falling from the top of the empire state building if the turbulence is strong enough for the pilots to ask flight attendants to sit down the plane can go 10 to 20 feet down the most extreme white knuckle turbulence is super rare but an updraft is a big air mass part of a storm or some other weather phenomenon moving upwards pilots don't see updrafts on their radars at night and when a plane hits one it feels like driving over a huge speed bump at 500 miles per hour an updraft is also extremely treacherous because it can push an aircraft upward to dangerous altitudes [Music] modern planes have a special system that detects other aircraft mountains and different solid objects in their path 10 miles away from another plane and a voice in the cockpit starts chanting traffic traffic five miles closer and the same voice begins to give pilots the directions airplanes can operate with one engine even during takeoff and landing both engines failing simultaneously is almost unheard of but even then a plane wouldn't drop from the sky like a rock pilots would have up to 20 minutes to find a suitable place to land the way the cabin is pressurized has a great effect on your taste buds you lose up to 30 percent of your ability to taste sweet and salty things in other words it's not that airplane food isn't tasty you just don't feel its flavor that's also the main reason why airline catering companies add extra salt and spices to the dishes they cook but you know what may help you noise-canceling earphones for some reason that probably has a scientific explanation cutting off all that noise around can help your taste buds each of those dings you hear it during the flight has its own meaning in most airlines a boeing soon after takeoff indicates that the landing gear is getting retracted three dings in a row means more urgency than just one a high low ringtone informs crew members that their colleague needs them in another part of the plane three low chimes mean some serious turbulence ahead crew members are supposed to put away meal cards take their seats and fasten their seat belts if you're a nervous flyer pick a seat in the middle of the cabin turbulence mostly affects the front and rear parts of the cabin the middle section which is over the wings doesn't shake so much pilots and co-pilots eat different meals the reason for this precaution is very simple imagine both pilots having the same dish and getting food poisoning in this case neither of them will be able to control the plane if they still want to have the same dish and won't agree to have anything else there's a safety net pilots don't have their meals at the same time if one pilot ate the dish and still feels okay several hours later the other pilot can brave their meal as well what would you say when asked about the filthiest place on a plane nope that's not the toilet seat it's not even in the bathroom flight attendants warn that you should be particularly careful with rests seat pockets tray tables and seat belts experiments have shown that one third of all seat belts have yeast and mold on them most tray tables are covered with bacteria see pockets are extremely filthy too but head rests are the dirtiest of them all in most cases flight attendants don't have enough time to change or disinfect them in between flights [Music] if your captain announces they're finishing some paperwork it means they're busy revising the flight itinerary or waiting for the ground staff to prepare the flight log book that's a journal that contains the official record of a journey some places especially those flying long distances have secret bedrooms for crew members to catch them shut eye these bedrooms called crew rest compartments are located either at the back of the plane or behind the cockpit such a compartment can have up to 10 comfortable beds where flight attendants can have a rest plane windows are made of super strong plexiglas that can easily cope with high speeds and the window panes are shaped in a special way so that the high pressure inside the cabin pushes them against the aircraft body in other words plane windows are very unlikely to get broken [Music] once upon a time plane windows were square but the pressure built up in the corners of such windows making them ultimate weak spots this means that each square window had four weak spots this made them likely to crash under the enormous stress of high altitudes luckily making airplane windows curved solved this problem once and forever such a shape distributes the pressure and reduces the likelihood of cracks or any other damage planes regularly get struck by lightning at least once a year or once per 1000 hours of flight time these days it's totally safe the electric charge simply runs through the aircraft's aluminum shell it doesn't cause the plane any damage but did you know that airplanes not only get hit by lightning but they also trigger it when an aircraft is flying through a cloud the friction between its fuselage and the air creates static electricity sometimes it can cause lightning that's it for today so hey if you pacified your curiosity then give the video a like and share it with your friends or if you want more just click on these videos and stay on the bright side

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Length: 8min 54sec (534 seconds)

Published: Tue Jul 26 2022