TiredSoul

Thanks for that mental picture....I need bleach for my brain now...

METO Guido

Yep, no sense sniffing them after they been in the coffee maker. All about manners really, anyone mind if I burn this Camel?

badflaps

Bingo! No wonder I couldn't duplicate that cup at home.

Jetpowered

Damnit, you guys got me stacking Lysol wipes in my flightbag again!
I had stopped it about 20 years ago....from now on it's sanitize EVERYTHING!

hilltopflyer

Why I never drink a cup of coffee from the hotel room. Even the kuerigs, heard some bad things being out into the water container.

RI830

An AAL mechanic friend of mine told me they found a dead frog in one of the potable water tanks on a bird one time. Lord only knows how long that hopper had been in there!!

N19906

Because he forgot to do it into the ice bucket back in the hotel room.

(Yeah, one of our FA's mentioned doing that years ago. (Toenails.) I've never been able to wipe it from my mind. )

flensr

Because of "reasons", I got a call waking me up one morning saying I was late and the plane was on the ramp full of people waiting for me. I emptied my dirty laundry basket into a bag and got to the plane before anyone got too mad. Only seat left was the jumpseat, so in I go, not really paying attention to anything but the seatbelt and not stepping on... Wait. Is that really an empty pudding cup I just stepped on? And is that... yes, that's a crushed juice box under the FO seat.

During the rest of the flight (about 2.5 hours) I sat in growing horror at my surroundings, unable to avoid noticing the remains of 4-5 full meals strewn on the floor, tucked into every little crevice. Sandwich bags, chip bags, even a neat little pile of bones from what used to be either fried chicken or chicken wings.

My guess (hope) is that the plane was quick-turned from an atlantic crossing and the flying crew were just innocent victims too... except that they sat in that filth for at least 30 minutes waiting for my sorry carcass to arrive without cleaning any of it up, and they seemed oblivious to it during the flight. Decades of stereotypes confirmed in a 2.5 hour lifetime.

2 gold stars for anyone who can guess the plane type

BizJet

Urban legend I heard during my time at XJT was that a FA can'd both engines in flight. She was hanging onto the fire levers when they hit some rough air and fell forward. That must have been a fun flight for those few long seconds until they threw the handles back into place!


When I was still a bright eye'd bushy tail newhire I rode a mainline A320 JS. The crew was super nice and offered one of their meals. After finishing, I couldn't find a place to sit the tray so I decided to lay it on my jepp case. Well I forgot it was there until touchdown. At that point the entire tray, dishes and all, went flying across the cockpit making a horrendous noise.

rickair7777

That's why they give you those plastic bags....