Turbulence can really shake things up — in a relaxing way — on a flight, according to the latest whistle-blowing plane crew member.
La Azafata flight attendant Barbiebac — aka “Barbie” on TikTok — has revealed in a now-viral video that some flight crew actually love when a plane hits a bit of a bumpy ride.
Barbie, who hails from Argentina but is currently based in Italy, revealed that the scary moments for passengers actually give the overtaxed workers a chance to, well, take a break.
“Flight attendants love turbulence — because we can rest a little bit as we should stay seated and we cannot get up to provide the food service for example,” said the 29-year-old, who’s one of several flight attendants racking up millions of views amid Americans’ frustrations with air travel following flight cancellations, delays, and luggage issues.
“We’re used to the turbulence so we are not frightened about it,” she admitted to NeedToKnow.Online. “Sometimes, flight attendants and pilots don’t tell all the truth to the passengers.”
The flight attendant — who posts regularly to her 3.4 million followers about common myths of air travel — also revealed that the black box, used to record conversations in the cockpit, is not actually black but orange.
“For some reason, everyone thinks that the black box of an airplane is actually black, but I have to tell you that’s not true, in fact, the color is orange and there is a reason for that,” revealed the stewardess.
“The orange color is not a whim, this color has been chosen to be easy to find in the ground or in the sea in case of an accident.”
The Argentinian is not the first person to spill secrets regarding the airline industry.
Recently, one pilot of a Boeing 747 revealed where human feces goes when people flush it down the airplane toilet.
“Did you know that whenever you flush the toilet on an aircraft it actually doesn’t dump out into the population down below,” said the 29-year-old pilot. “It goes through plumbing to the rear of the aircraft in the seal compartments, where the grounds crew at the destination will remove all that waste.”
Another flight attendant revealed what the number of “dings” broadcast mid-flight means.
“If you hear just one tone, that means that a passenger is calling one of the flight attendants from their seat or they could be calling us from the lavatory,”,” explained the flight attendant. “If you hear three of those high-low chimes, that means it’s an emergency – but you never have to hear that.”
A third flight attendant revealed that the dirtiest place on the plane was not the bathroom — but the seat-back pocket.
“Did you know seat-back pockets are the dirtiest surface on the aircraft,” revealed the flight attendant. “They’re dirtier than the lavatories, they’re dirtier than the seat cushions and they’re dirtier than the tray tables.”
She continued, “It’s because they’re never cleaned. Unless somebody vomits or there’s something ooey, gooey and pus coming out of there, it doesn’t get cleaned.”