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2015-02-01
飞行员会在飞行过程中睡觉吗？提供的免费枕头被人用过吗……搭乘飞机的你是否也会有很多这样奇奇怪怪的想法呢？事实上，还真有一位好奇的Reddit用户就有关飞行的疑问询问了航空公司的专业人员。其中，有些答案所披露的秘密可能会让人听完之后，再也不能愉快地坐飞机了。下面就是该网友发掘的一些秘密，一起来见识下吧
1.弱光是用来方便疏散乘客的，而不是用来睡觉的
当飞机在夜晚降落时，机组人员会把舱内的灯光调暗。这样当乘客下飞机时，眼睛更容易适应夜晚室外的光线强度，能够清楚地看清外面的事物。
2.可以从外面解锁厕所门
在厕所门上“禁止吸烟”的标志后面通常隐藏着解锁装置。只要你提起折片并滑动门栓，就可以从外面解锁。
3.你呼吸的是发动机里的压缩空气
飞机上你所呼吸的空气实际上是来自发动机的压缩空气。约25%-50%的压缩空气会在飞行甲板上被吹走，而剩下的空气则会提供给乘客呼吸。最后，舱内的空气都会通过机身背面的小孔排出。
4.毛毯没洗过，托盘也很脏
那些毛毯和枕头每次用完之后，只是重新叠起来放到箱子里再给下一个航班用，根本就没洗。只有搭乘早上首次航班才有可能用到干净的毛毯和枕头。另外，别把没有包装的食物直接摆放在托盘上，因为那上面可能放过小孩的脏尿布。
5.机长可以在半空中抓人
舱门关闭后，机长几乎拥有无限的权力。他可以抓人或开罚款单，甚至接受濒死乘客的遗嘱。
6.起飞后，你可以升级到头等舱
因为有些航空公司会要求提供相关报告，所以起飞后升舱并不常见。但升舱还是有可能的，比如你有孕在身或者你和航空人员熟识等。
7.飞行期间飞行员在睡觉
针对英国、挪威和瑞典的飞行员的调查发现，大约43%到54%的飞行员承认自己在开客机期间睡过觉。
8.人们会偷取救生衣
有人会偷取座位上的救生衣作为纪念品。尽管有人检查，但是这种行为屡禁不止。
9.门边的把手是为了防止乘务员在紧急疏散时被挤下飞机
门边的把手是为了在紧急疏散时保证乘务员的安全，防止他们在维持秩序时被疯狂的人流挤下飞机。
10.你可以向空姐要整瓶可口可乐
如果你十分口渴的话，你可以考虑礼貌地向空姐要一整瓶可口可乐，大部分情况下她们都会乐意提供。
11.氧气面罩只能维持15分钟
虽然氧气面罩只能维持15分钟，但飞行员足以利用这段时间将飞机降落到较低的高度，那时你便可以自由地呼吸新鲜空气了。
12.空姐可能会推迟晚餐发放，期盼你能睡着
在夜间航班上，空姐可能会为了少干点活暂缓餐饮服务，期盼乘客会熬不住睡过去。
13.不要接触飞机上的水
不要喝飞机上不是从瓶子里倒出来的水，甚至连碰都不要碰。因为用来清理卫生间大便的端口和用以装饮用水的端口之间距离非常近，有时候这两件事情还由同一个人同时在做。
14.机组人员直到你所乘飞机起飞才被支付报酬
这意味着如果你的航班晚点，那么整个机组人员也得陪着你晚点。在你所乘飞机最终起飞之前，他们也没收到一分钱。
15.飞机上的两名飞行员食用不同的食物以免中毒
不仅飞机上的两名飞行员吃的东西不一样，而且他们不能分享食物。这么做是为了防止某个飞行员食物中毒。
16.空姐不一定遵守飞机上的手机使用规定
有时候，在你听从空姐的劝告乖乖关掉手机之后，她们却在后面默默地玩起了手机。
16 Alarming Airline Secrets That Will Change How You Feel About Flying
The Huffington Post | By Suzy Strutner
Previously, we've had minor freak-outs upon learning that people habitually steal airplane lifejackets and the flight crew will refill your water bottle if you ask. But have you ever wondered if pilots stay awake the whole flight, or if anyone's touched your complimentary pillow before? [Spoiler alert: LOTS of people have.]
A curious Reddit user asked airline professionals for behind-the-scenes details about flying we might not already know. The answers (from flight attendants, pilots, engineers and frequent fliers) revealed a series of secrets you're going to wish you never knew... either because they're so useful, or because they're so utterly revolting.
We've added a few of our own world-rocking facts to the list, and we've gotta tip our hat to Viral Quake for posting some of the Reddit thread's most startling secrets. We should also mention the validity of individual Reddit comments can't be completely confirmed.
That being said, we're already thinking about flying from a whole new perspective.
Dim lights are meant to prepare you for evacuation, not sleep.
"When a plane is landing at night, they dim the interior lights incase you need to evacuate upon landing... your eyes are already adjusted to the darkness so you'll be able to see better once outside the plane." --@bonestamp
You can unlock a lavatory from the outside.
"You are able to unlock airplane lavatories from the outside. There is usually a lock mechanism concealed behind the no smoking badge on the door. Just lift the flap up and slide the bolt to unlock." --@threeway
You're breathing engine air*.
"The air you breathe on an airplane is actually compressed air taken from the engines. A large portion (25% to 50%) is blown in the flightdeck, the rest is for the passengers. The air leaves the airplane via a small hole in the back of the fuselage." --@virgadays
*Well technically, you’re breathing air from the engine’s compressors, not the engine’s exhaust. Boeing's website explains that air from the engine’s compressors helps to warm and pressurize air from outside the plane. This treated air is then circulated into the cabin for you to breathe.
Those blankets have NOT been washed. Also, there's a solid chance your tray table has poo on it.
"I worked for Southwest as a flight attendant. Those blankets and pillows? Yeah, those just get refolded and stuffed back in the bins between flights. Only fresh ones I ever saw were on an originating first flight in the morning in a provisioning city. Also, if you have ever spread your peanuts on your tray and eaten, or really just touched your tray at all, you have more than likely ingested baby poo. I saw more dirty diapers laid out on those trays than food. And those trays, yeah, never saw them cleaned or sanitized once." --@melhow44
This is partly true, says active flight attendant and HuffPost blogger Sara Keagle. Keagle told us that in her airline’s coach class, freshly washed blankets are only supplied to the first flights of the day; after that they’re just folded and re-used. She also says tray tables are cleaned only “about once a day, usually when the aircraft RONs (remains overnight).”
The captain is allowed to arrest you mid-flight*.
The captain has almost limitless authority when the doors are closed. He is allowed to arrest people, write fines and even take the will of a dying passenger." --@virgadays
*We spoke with several flight attendants, each of whom stated that while this isn't true, the captain has the ultimate authority on a plane, though he can’t actually perform an arrest. Airline expert Chris Lopinto explains that in an emergency, the pilot may call authorities to meet the plane once it lands, and they’ll arrest any unruly passengers who are onboard. “The captain…can put you in restraints for the authorities to pick up on the ground if there is a problem, but the captain can’t ‘arrest’ you in the legal sense of the word,” he says.
You can be upgraded to first class after takeoff.
"Yes, we can upgrade you to business class or first class after the airplane's doors close. No, we don't do it very often, partly because on some airlines we have to file a report explaining why we did it, partly because there has to be a meal for you and partly because the forward cabins are often full. Who do we upgrade? Not the slob who's dressed in a dirty tank top. It helps if you're extremely nice, well dressed, pregnant, very tall, good looking, one of our friends or all of the above." --Anonymous flight attendant
Pilots fall asleep while they're flying*.
"Between 43 and 54 percent of pilots surveyed in the U.K., Norway, and Sweden admitted to having fallen asleep while flying a passenger plane."
*Seasoned flight attendant Tracy Christoph says that on longer flights, pilots are assigned to take rest periods while their co-pilot mans the controls. However, about half of pilots in this recent survey said they had indeed fallen asleep “involuntarily” during a flight.
People steal the lifejackets.
"People take those life jackets, located under or between your seat, as souvenirs. It's a vile and punishable offense, and while airlines do check each seat at the start of every day, a plane could make several trips in a day, during any one of which a passenger could steal a life vest. So, I learned, it's a good idea to check if the life jacket is indeed there." --George Hobica, airline expert
There are hold-on handles in case flight attendants get shoved off the plane.
"Next time you get on a plane, take note of the handles by the door, just inside the plane. What on earth are those for? Correct, they're grab handles, but why? Well, in a panicked emergency evacuation, when the flight attendants are manning the exit door, passengers, in their mad rush to get off, have a tendency to push them out of the way, sometimes all the way down the slide. The handles are there to make sure that the flight attendants stay on the plane if that's what they need to do." --George Hobica
You can ask for the whole can of Coke.
"If you've got a thirst that's going to take more than a few tablespoons of soda to quench, consider politely asking your flight attendant for the whole can. Most of the time, they're happy to oblige." --Beth Blair, former flight attendant
Those masks only give you 15 minutes of air (kinda*).
"If the oxygen masks drop down, you only have about 15 minutes of oxygen from the point of pulling them down. However, that is more than enough time for the pilot to take us to a lower altitude where you can breathe normally." ----@jezalenko
*"Typically, as soon as the masks come down, the pilot descends to as low an altitude as possible and finds the nearest airport to land," says George Hobica. Generally speaking, getting to an altitude where you can breathe fairly normally takes between 10 and 20 minutes, depending on the plane's altitude when it depressurized.
Flight attendants sometimes withhold your dinner, hoping you'll fall asleep.
"On night flights, we sometimes hold off on meal service as long as we can so that you'll be asleep and we'll have less to do." --Anonymous flight attendant
You shouldn't even TOUCH plane water*.
"Do not EVER drink water on an aircraft that did not come from a bottle. Don't even TOUCH IT. The reason being the ports to purge lavatory sh*t and refill the aircraft with potable water are within feet from each other and sometimes serviced all at once by the same guy." --@gruntman
*While the exact water refill process probably varies by airline, the Wall Street Journal ran a test of tap water from 14 different flights in 2002 that found bacteria levels “tens, sometimes hundreds of times above U.S. government limits.”
The cabin crew doesn't get paid until you take off*.
"Our airline used to pay us when we showed up for duty at the airport. That was eons ago... Now we get paid only when the wheels leave the ground. We don't even get paid when we're taxiing! There can sometimes be hours of delay between the time we show up for work and when we're airborne. Different airlines have different policies, but it's a way for them to save money." --Anonymous flight attendant
*Airlines may have differing policies on pay: some may pay once the cabin door is closed, and some may not pay until the plane has left the ground. Captain Laura Russo told us that at her airline, United, the crew is paid once the plane “departs the gate”-- meaning that if takeoff is significantly delayed after the passengers board, flight attendants are paid for that time.
Pilots get served separate meals in case one makes them sick*.
“Two pilots are served different meals and cannot share, this is done in case of food poisoning.” --@Wrestlingisgood
*This is indeed a smart idea and might be true at some airlines, but it’s not an industry rule. Says Captain Laura Russo, “meals between pilots are often identical, and there is no stipulation otherwise.”
Your flight attendants probably aren't following cell phone rules.
"My sister is a flight attendant, she says after she tells everyone to turn off all electronics, she goes to the back and pulls our her phone and starts texting." --@dora_de_destroya
2015-02-01
飞行员会在飞行过程中睡觉吗？提供的免费枕头被人用过吗……搭乘飞机的你是否也会有很多这样奇奇怪怪的想法呢？事实上，还真有一位好奇的Reddit用户就有关飞行的疑问询问了航空公司的专业人员。其中，有些答案所披露的秘密可能会让人听完之后，再也不能愉快地坐飞机了。下面就是该网友发掘的一些秘密，一起来见识下吧
1.弱光是用来方便疏散乘客的，而不是用来睡觉的
当飞机在夜晚降落时，机组人员会把舱内的灯光调暗。这样当乘客下飞机时，眼睛更容易适应夜晚室外的光线强度，能够清楚地看清外面的事物。
2.可以从外面解锁厕所门
在厕所门上“禁止吸烟”的标志后面通常隐藏着解锁装置。只要你提起折片并滑动门栓，就可以从外面解锁。
3.你呼吸的是发动机里的压缩空气
飞机上你所呼吸的空气实际上是来自发动机的压缩空气。约25%-50%的压缩空气会在飞行甲板上被吹走，而剩下的空气则会提供给乘客呼吸。最后，舱内的空气都会通过机身背面的小孔排出。
4.毛毯没洗过，托盘也很脏
那些毛毯和枕头每次用完之后，只是重新叠起来放到箱子里再给下一个航班用，根本就没洗。只有搭乘早上首次航班才有可能用到干净的毛毯和枕头。另外，别把没有包装的食物直接摆放在托盘上，因为那上面可能放过小孩的脏尿布。
5.机长可以在半空中抓人
舱门关闭后，机长几乎拥有无限的权力。他可以抓人或开罚款单，甚至接受濒死乘客的遗嘱。
6.起飞后，你可以升级到头等舱
因为有些航空公司会要求提供相关报告，所以起飞后升舱并不常见。但升舱还是有可能的，比如你有孕在身或者你和航空人员熟识等。
7.飞行期间飞行员在睡觉
针对英国、挪威和瑞典的飞行员的调查发现，大约43%到54%的飞行员承认自己在开客机期间睡过觉。
8.人们会偷取救生衣
有人会偷取座位上的救生衣作为纪念品。尽管有人检查，但是这种行为屡禁不止。
9.门边的把手是为了防止乘务员在紧急疏散时被挤下飞机
门边的把手是为了在紧急疏散时保证乘务员的安全，防止他们在维持秩序时被疯狂的人流挤下飞机。
10.你可以向空姐要整瓶可口可乐
如果你十分口渴的话，你可以考虑礼貌地向空姐要一整瓶可口可乐，大部分情况下她们都会乐意提供。
11.氧气面罩只能维持15分钟
虽然氧气面罩只能维持15分钟，但飞行员足以利用这段时间将飞机降落到较低的高度，那时你便可以自由地呼吸新鲜空气了。
12.空姐可能会推迟晚餐发放，期盼你能睡着
在夜间航班上，空姐可能会为了少干点活暂缓餐饮服务，期盼乘客会熬不住睡过去。
13.不要接触飞机上的水
不要喝飞机上不是从瓶子里倒出来的水，甚至连碰都不要碰。因为用来清理卫生间大便的端口和用以装饮用水的端口之间距离非常近，有时候这两件事情还由同一个人同时在做。
14.机组人员直到你所乘飞机起飞才被支付报酬
这意味着如果你的航班晚点，那么整个机组人员也得陪着你晚点。在你所乘飞机最终起飞之前，他们也没收到一分钱。
15.飞机上的两名飞行员食用不同的食物以免中毒
不仅飞机上的两名飞行员吃的东西不一样，而且他们不能分享食物。这么做是为了防止某个飞行员食物中毒。
16.空姐不一定遵守飞机上的手机使用规定
有时候，在你听从空姐的劝告乖乖关掉手机之后，她们却在后面默默地玩起了手机。
16 Alarming Airline Secrets That Will Change How You Feel About Flying
The Huffington Post | By Suzy Strutner
Previously, we've had minor freak-outs upon learning that people habitually steal airplane lifejackets and the flight crew will refill your water bottle if you ask. But have you ever wondered if pilots stay awake the whole flight, or if anyone's touched your complimentary pillow before? [Spoiler alert: LOTS of people have.]
A curious Reddit user asked airline professionals for behind-the-scenes details about flying we might not already know. The answers (from flight attendants, pilots, engineers and frequent fliers) revealed a series of secrets you're going to wish you never knew... either because they're so useful, or because they're so utterly revolting.
We've added a few of our own world-rocking facts to the list, and we've gotta tip our hat to Viral Quake for posting some of the Reddit thread's most startling secrets. We should also mention the validity of individual Reddit comments can't be completely confirmed.
That being said, we're already thinking about flying from a whole new perspective.
Dim lights are meant to prepare you for evacuation, not sleep.
"When a plane is landing at night, they dim the interior lights incase you need to evacuate upon landing... your eyes are already adjusted to the darkness so you'll be able to see better once outside the plane." --@bonestamp
You can unlock a lavatory from the outside.
"You are able to unlock airplane lavatories from the outside. There is usually a lock mechanism concealed behind the no smoking badge on the door. Just lift the flap up and slide the bolt to unlock." --@threeway
You're breathing engine air*.
"The air you breathe on an airplane is actually compressed air taken from the engines. A large portion (25% to 50%) is blown in the flightdeck, the rest is for the passengers. The air leaves the airplane via a small hole in the back of the fuselage." --@virgadays
*Well technically, you’re breathing air from the engine’s compressors, not the engine’s exhaust. Boeing's website explains that air from the engine’s compressors helps to warm and pressurize air from outside the plane. This treated air is then circulated into the cabin for you to breathe.
Those blankets have NOT been washed. Also, there's a solid chance your tray table has poo on it.
"I worked for Southwest as a flight attendant. Those blankets and pillows? Yeah, those just get refolded and stuffed back in the bins between flights. Only fresh ones I ever saw were on an originating first flight in the morning in a provisioning city. Also, if you have ever spread your peanuts on your tray and eaten, or really just touched your tray at all, you have more than likely ingested baby poo. I saw more dirty diapers laid out on those trays than food. And those trays, yeah, never saw them cleaned or sanitized once." --@melhow44
This is partly true, says active flight attendant and HuffPost blogger Sara Keagle. Keagle told us that in her airline’s coach class, freshly washed blankets are only supplied to the first flights of the day; after that they’re just folded and re-used. She also says tray tables are cleaned only “about once a day, usually when the aircraft RONs (remains overnight).”
The captain is allowed to arrest you mid-flight*.
The captain has almost limitless authority when the doors are closed. He is allowed to arrest people, write fines and even take the will of a dying passenger." --@virgadays
*We spoke with several flight attendants, each of whom stated that while this isn't true, the captain has the ultimate authority on a plane, though he can’t actually perform an arrest. Airline expert Chris Lopinto explains that in an emergency, the pilot may call authorities to meet the plane once it lands, and they’ll arrest any unruly passengers who are onboard. “The captain…can put you in restraints for the authorities to pick up on the ground if there is a problem, but the captain can’t ‘arrest’ you in the legal sense of the word,” he says.
You can be upgraded to first class after takeoff.
"Yes, we can upgrade you to business class or first class after the airplane's doors close. No, we don't do it very often, partly because on some airlines we have to file a report explaining why we did it, partly because there has to be a meal for you and partly because the forward cabins are often full. Who do we upgrade? Not the slob who's dressed in a dirty tank top. It helps if you're extremely nice, well dressed, pregnant, very tall, good looking, one of our friends or all of the above." --Anonymous flight attendant
Pilots fall asleep while they're flying*.
"Between 43 and 54 percent of pilots surveyed in the U.K., Norway, and Sweden admitted to having fallen asleep while flying a passenger plane."
*Seasoned flight attendant Tracy Christoph says that on longer flights, pilots are assigned to take rest periods while their co-pilot mans the controls. However, about half of pilots in this recent survey said they had indeed fallen asleep “involuntarily” during a flight.
People steal the lifejackets.
"People take those life jackets, located under or between your seat, as souvenirs. It's a vile and punishable offense, and while airlines do check each seat at the start of every day, a plane could make several trips in a day, during any one of which a passenger could steal a life vest. So, I learned, it's a good idea to check if the life jacket is indeed there." --George Hobica, airline expert
There are hold-on handles in case flight attendants get shoved off the plane.
"Next time you get on a plane, take note of the handles by the door, just inside the plane. What on earth are those for? Correct, they're grab handles, but why? Well, in a panicked emergency evacuation, when the flight attendants are manning the exit door, passengers, in their mad rush to get off, have a tendency to push them out of the way, sometimes all the way down the slide. The handles are there to make sure that the flight attendants stay on the plane if that's what they need to do." --George Hobica
You can ask for the whole can of Coke.
"If you've got a thirst that's going to take more than a few tablespoons of soda to quench, consider politely asking your flight attendant for the whole can. Most of the time, they're happy to oblige." --Beth Blair, former flight attendant
Those masks only give you 15 minutes of air (kinda*).
"If the oxygen masks drop down, you only have about 15 minutes of oxygen from the point of pulling them down. However, that is more than enough time for the pilot to take us to a lower altitude where you can breathe normally." ----@jezalenko
*"Typically, as soon as the masks come down, the pilot descends to as low an altitude as possible and finds the nearest airport to land," says George Hobica. Generally speaking, getting to an altitude where you can breathe fairly normally takes between 10 and 20 minutes, depending on the plane's altitude when it depressurized.
Flight attendants sometimes withhold your dinner, hoping you'll fall asleep.
"On night flights, we sometimes hold off on meal service as long as we can so that you'll be asleep and we'll have less to do." --Anonymous flight attendant
You shouldn't even TOUCH plane water*.
"Do not EVER drink water on an aircraft that did not come from a bottle. Don't even TOUCH IT. The reason being the ports to purge lavatory sh*t and refill the aircraft with potable water are within feet from each other and sometimes serviced all at once by the same guy." --@gruntman
*While the exact water refill process probably varies by airline, the Wall Street Journal ran a test of tap water from 14 different flights in 2002 that found bacteria levels “tens, sometimes hundreds of times above U.S. government limits.”
The cabin crew doesn't get paid until you take off*.
"Our airline used to pay us when we showed up for duty at the airport. That was eons ago... Now we get paid only when the wheels leave the ground. We don't even get paid when we're taxiing! There can sometimes be hours of delay between the time we show up for work and when we're airborne. Different airlines have different policies, but it's a way for them to save money." --Anonymous flight attendant
*Airlines may have differing policies on pay: some may pay once the cabin door is closed, and some may not pay until the plane has left the ground. Captain Laura Russo told us that at her airline, United, the crew is paid once the plane “departs the gate”-- meaning that if takeoff is significantly delayed after the passengers board, flight attendants are paid for that time.
Pilots get served separate meals in case one makes them sick*.
“Two pilots are served different meals and cannot share, this is done in case of food poisoning.” --@Wrestlingisgood
*This is indeed a smart idea and might be true at some airlines, but it’s not an industry rule. Says Captain Laura Russo, “meals between pilots are often identical, and there is no stipulation otherwise.”
Your flight attendants probably aren't following cell phone rules.
"My sister is a flight attendant, she says after she tells everyone to turn off all electronics, she goes to the back and pulls our her phone and starts texting." --@dora_de_destroya
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