Flight attendant reveals fascinating reason cabin crew sit on hands during take-off and landing

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.