According to Airline Passengers: 10 Things They Wish Flight Attendants Would Do

Being a flight attendant seems like a luxurious job. Many of them wear stylish uniforms and get a chance to travel the world. However, as glamorous as it looks it isn't easy. However, flying commercial is still probably easier for a flight attendant than a passenger, right?

It's no wonder why flying commercial is filled with negative air space these days. Currently, there are almost 100,000 flight attendants employed, with a global population quickly reaching 8 billion, that's roughly one flight attendant for every seventy thousand people. Seventy thousand people coming and going. With hundreds of thousands of people flying in the air at any given time, flying can be tough, but flight attendants can make it better for everyone. They make or break the experience. With hundreds of thousands of people flying at any given time, flight attendants hold the keys to return commercial flying to a prestigious experience.

10 Spend an Equal Amount of Time Situating Each Class of Passenger

Flight attendants often dote over first-class passengers when they first get on board. However, premium passengers could be brought on board ten minutes before all other zones, instead of merely being called to board first. That would allow all passengers to have their own undistracted, less negative, boarding experience.

9 Accommodate Passengers With Broken or Disabled Entertainment PTVs

There are few things as difficult as flying in the middle seat. One of those things being a broken or disabled PTV, otherwise known as "personal television." It doesn't happen often, but when it does it flight attendants should offer credit, vouchers, or other solutions, such as tablets for in-flight use.

8 Help To Avoid Passenger Jams While Boarding And Disembarking

Sometimes it's not enough to announce zones for boarding with one-minute announcements in-between. Once flight attendants can get each zone situated in their appropriate seats, while help passengers place their luggage in the overhead bins nearest to them, then they should invite the next zone.

7 Notice Which Seats Have Small Children And Provide Additional Resources Or Assistance Before It's Necessary

Traveling by plane is hard for all of us, but especially kids. It would be great if flight attendants could see where the babies and small children are located on the plane, in a positive approach introduce themselves to the parents, and even providing tiny care packets, or activity packet for the kids.

6 Pay Attention To How Much Your Passengers Are Drinking (No Matter What Class)

When it comes time for beverage service people are either asleep or awake. Some guests think of flying as their personal bar service. It would be helpful if flight attendants noted which passengers seem intoxicated before take-off or boarding, and reduced the amount of alcohol those passengers consume.

5 During Long Flights Reduce The Lights

Long flights are especially hard. Once the food and beverage service is done, once the movies and shows are all watched, the next thing left to do is sleep. Or try to sleep anyways. However, if flight attendants lower cabin lights, and requests passengers to close the shades it helps.

4 Inform Passengers When They Might See Something Cool Out The Window

Nothing makes passengers more excited than when a pilot or flight attendant announces during the flight that the plane will be flying overhead something cool. People can lean to look out the window seat. Not only does it momentarily increase joy and excitement onboard, but it just makes the flight feel extra special.

3 Ask People To Keep Their Seat Backs Up During Food Service

Economy class seats may appear to be getting smaller, but so is the amount of personal space everyone shares on a plane. One that can help make things better is if, during in-flight food or beverage service, the flight attendants asked passengers with reclined seats to move their seats back into an upright position.

2 Break Up Long Flights By Serving Water

Meals are not guaranteed on all long flights, but for flights that don't offer meal service, a beverage service in the form of drinking water would be nice. Not only would it help to make the time go by but feeling hydrated would increase everyone's mood. Passengers would feel less unappreciated.

1 Greet Everyone To Remind Them Flying Is Special

A smile makes everything better. There's a lot involved with not missing a flight. There's going through security, finding your gate, waiting, even surprise gate changes, but all the stress suddenly melts away once at the door of the plane and the flight attendant greets each passenger with a genuine smile.

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