A flight attendant has shared a video showing why the answer you give as they welcome you onto the plane is a very important part of their boarding process.
By now I'm sure we're pretty much familiar with the process of flying.
You check in, go through security, and then spend a handful of hours with a really terrible iced coffee while waiting to board the plane.
But while we may be used to the mundane process, there are a lot of things that go on behind the scenes to make sure everyone's prepped and ready to have a safe flight.
Wizz Air flight attendant Iona Iachim recently opened up about a simple but effective process flight attendants have in place to figure out whether or not passengers are in the right condition to fly that day.
"Did you know that your flight attendant greets you not only out of politeness but also to check whether or not you are too drunk or sick to fly," Iachim wrote on an overlay on a video posted to TikTok.
The flight attendant's followers took to the comments to discuss the topic.
"Huh? I thought it was to see who's able to help in an emergency [...] well I never," wrote one user, while another added: "Jeeeez flight attendants on my flights must have been blind."
A third joked: "And I thought they fancied me."
And this user also added: "And to check if you're okay - I always get in crying and hyperventilating bc I'm scared of takeoff & you always help me!"
Very wholesome.
Another method used to assess this is allegedly when flight attendants ask for your boarding pass.
Shrey P, an attendant who claimed to have been a member of the crew for five different airlines, took to Quora to state that the crew "check plenty of things and it will all happen in a glance."
Some of the main points she listed included what clothes you're wearing, if you are alone or with someone, whether or not you're intoxicated etc.
Kat Kamalani (@katkamalani) also confirmed this in a video of her own explaining: "Have you ever walked on the plane and seen the flight attendants standing here greeting you, or the flight attendants walking up and down the aisle? Well, I'm about to tell you what we're really doing.
"When you walk on the plane and see our happy, smiley face, we're actually looking you up and down and trying to find our able-bodied people. So these are people who are going to help us in an emergency," she added.
Myriam Frafar, a flight attendant for German airline Condor, also emphasized Shrey's points, explaining the valid reason for the cabin crew asking for your boarding pass on the thread.
Frafar explained: "I check if they are drunk, drugged, sick, angry or afraid. That is extremely important as if I have the possibility to avoid any kind of troubles over the Atlantic, then I address it on ground. I say 'Hello, welcome on board', and I listen to how they respond."
So there we have it guys, make sure you're able to give a cheerful hello when you board a plane, for your own sake.
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