According to the most recent crew member to blow the whistle on turbulence, turbulence on a flight may be quite pleasant.
In a now-viral video, La Azafata flight attendant Barbiebac — as “Barbie” on TikTok — reveals that some flight crew actually enjoy a touch of turbulence.
The Argentine-born Barbie, who currently resides in Italy, stated that the terrifying times for passengers actually allow the overworked employees a chance to, well, take a breather.
“Flight attendants love turbulence because we can rest a little bit as we must remain seated and cannot get up to provide food service, for example,” said the 29-year-old, one of several flight attendants garnering millions of views amid Americans’ frustrations with air travel due to flight cancellations, delays, and luggage problems.
Barbie, who did not wish to share her last name for privacy reasons, revealed to NeedToKnow.Online that flight attendants and pilots do not always tell the passengers the whole facts. “They do this so as not to frighten the passengers and to avoid a possibly disastrous situation during the flight. When in the air, there is no way out, so you must limit hazards.”
The sky spy, who routinely writes to her 3.4 million followers about popular air travel fallacies, also discovered that the black box used to capture cockpit discussions is actually orange.
According to the flight attendant, whenever a plane experiences turbulence, the crew has the opportunity to take a seat and rest.
“For some reason, everyone believes that an airplane’s black box is genuinely black, but I have to tell you that’s not the case; in fact, the color is orange, and there’s a reason for that,” Barbie stated.
“The orange hue was chosen so that, in the event of an accident, it would be easy to locate on the ground or in the water.”
The Argentinian is not the first flight professional to reveal airline business secrets.
Recently, a pilot of a Boeing 747 revealed what happens to human feces when they are flushed down the toilet of an airplane.
“Did you know that when you flush the toilet on an airplane, it doesn’t actually spill out into the population below?” asked the pilot, who was 29 years old. “It travels through plumbing to the aircraft’s rear seal chambers, where the destination’s ground personnel will remove the waste.”
The flight attendant, who frequently writes about airplane myths, also disclosed that the black box used to record cockpit talks is orange, not black.
Another flight attendant explained the significance of the number of “dings” announced during flight.
“If you hear a single tone, it indicates that a passenger is summoning one of the flight attendants from their seat or from the restroom,” the flight attendant added. If you hear three of these high-low chimes, it is an emergency, but you should never hear them.
A third flight attendant disclosed that the dirtiest location on the aircraft was not the restroom, but rather the seat-back pocket.
“Did you know that seat-back pockets are the dirtiest surface on board?” the flight attendant said. They are dirtier than the restrooms, than the seat cushions, and than the tray tables.
She continued, “This is due to the fact that they are never cleaned. It is not cleansed unless someone vomits or there is anything oozy, slimy, and pus-like oozing out of it.”
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