Shades Up
Yes, the flight attendants do need you to open your window shades. Actually, Annette Long added, “According to my training, the emergency-exit shades have to be up because flight attendants are required to assess the conditions outside before they open the door. If there’s fire, deep water, or rocks outside that exit, that would make it unsafe for us to go through there, and the flight attendant would have to make that determination fairly quickly.”
Shades Up
Standby Flight Attendants
Flying a major airline from one of its hubs? Don’t fret, you won’t be delayed if a flight attendant doesn’t show. During their pre-flight check-in all the flight crew members let the airline know if they’re ready to go. If it’s a flight out of one of the airline’s hubs, they have standby flight attendants acting as reserves, ready to step in if someone doesn’t come in for their shift on time. Sometimes, these ready reserves are in the crew lounge waiting to be called and other local reserves may even stay at home. How’s that for flight secrets?
Standby Flight Attendants
