Eagle-eyed passengers may have observed that cabin crew members occupy an odd stance during takeoff and landing.
Now a flight attendant has explained why this is the case.
Henny Lim, a crew member of Cebu Pacific, a Philippine-based airline, has turned to TikTok to explain why employees belt up and sit on their hands at certain times.
Henny explains on the platform that it is really known as the ‘bracing posture’.
She goes on to say that this position entails firmly buckling seatbelts, sitting erect, sitting on hands (arms up, thumbs tucked), with relaxed arms and feet flat on the floor.
In the video, Henny adds, “The goal is to keep the body in a rigid pose so that if there is an impact from an unplanned emergency, the body is less damaged.”
‘This keeps body movement restricted so that there is less chance of injury if there was an impact.’
But it isn’t it.
Henny further claims that during this period of sitting on their hands and maintaining a rigid stance, flight attendants would go through a’silent review,’ which prepares them for an emergency scenario at each take-off and landing.She continues: ‘This includes being aware of emergency equipment in the location, door operation, commands given and any visual clues outside of the aircraft.’
And it goes without saying that if passengers need to adopt a brace position, the crew will say.
Flight attendant reveals how they make your food on planes…
Barbara Bacilieri, who is also a content creator on TikTok (@barbiebac.ok) has shared secrets from the sky about where the food is cooked.
Airplanes don’t have proper kitchens as you may think,’ Barbara, from Argentina, reveals. ‘There is a dedicated area in the galley where we prep the food.
‘But flight attendants are not cooks, we don’t have training on this.’
All the food that you eat on the plane is cooked in big kitchens near the airport, and they are taken to the aeroplane before every flight.
‘They are stowed in trolleys, and some of them might be refrigerated.
‘The pre-cooked meals are heated during the flight, before the inflight service, in convection ovens.’
