Flight attendant warns against three 'dangerous' habits influencers do on planes that drivers her 'nuts'
An ex-flight attendant has spoken out against some of the most annoying influencer trends that she's spotted on flights online.
The influencer is known on social media as Skye Taylor, and worked for Virgin Atlantic for 16 years in the past.
Taylor, who is now a full-time content creator, complained in a previous TikTok video about some things she has spotted online that she finds 'crazy' when it comes to air travel.
And honestly, you can understand why she was so infuriated by the 'unsafe behaviour' some people were showing.
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Snapping pictures near plane engines
We didn't think you needed a sign for this, but it might be needed, as Taylor explained this and several other unsafe trends that may happen on planes to the Express.
People do a lot for likes on Instagram, but standing near engines that generate tens of thousands of horse power (an average car has about 180hp), is not the smartest thing to do.
Flight attendants and other trained airline staff might snap a quick pic next to them, but the average passenger should steer clear, for their own safety.
There are markings on the floor that tell you where you should not pass, and they are there for a reason.
Placing their babies on the floor
This sounds unbelievable, but the flight attendant said: “The amount of people that show their babies sleeping on the floor is absolutely crazy.
“It is like, you certainly wouldn’t go and put your child in the footwell of a car.”
She pointed out that the aircraft, in the worst case scenario could drop '10,000ft within minutes', while your child is on the floor under metal.
Taylor suggested that there should be restrictions on sharing content like that as 'it gives people ideas', as she added: “It is just about being safety aware which a lot of people aren’t and I totally understand that because they don’t do it everyday.
“But some of it is a little common sense, which seems to be lost sometimes on social media.”
Writing on the bathroom mirror
This may sound harmless, but in the past, Taylor says that it has posed a threat to those in the air - after all, you are crammed into a metal tube in the sky.
“There was one TikTok and there was writing all over the aircraft mirror,” she explained.
“I get that normal people wouldn’t understand that, but there have been quite a lot of occasions in terrorist attacks where writing on a bathroom mirror was quite a horrible thing.”
Other complaints
The former flight attendant still feels a certain way about people complaining online about an unpleasant flight, claiming that the anger aimed at cabin crew was often caused by them adhering to safety restrictions.
She pointed out: “I saw somebody else saying the crew member refused to hold her baby while she went to the bathroom.
“But we are not allowed to hold babies any more, that is a safety thing that was changed. If we do want to hold a baby, we have to find a secure seat, strap ourselves in, and put that baby on our lap,” the Brit revealed.
The flight attendant added that in a post-COVID world, working onboard is so busy that they wouldn't even get the opportunity to do that.
She highlighted that if they say they can't do something, they 'are not being rude', as there is usually a reason - which a lot of passengers don't understand.
Taylor further urged passengers not to bring large, unsafe car seats that can partially block the aisle, which can be an issue in an evacuation.
Topics: Instagram, Parenting, Social Media, Travel, TikTok
Joshua Nair