Pilots share things they will never tell passengers

For example, pilots admit that it is difficult to see the airport. “Sometimes it’s hard to find that damn airport – there’s too many lights down there!”

 

Pilot Ron Wagner said he didn’t want to explain the dangers of turbulence to passengers. The pilot, like the rest of his colleagues, advises people to stay seated throughout the flight. “Unless you want to be pressed against the ceiling, because turbulence can start at any time.”

 

Air China pilot Verix Lin says he will tell passengers about the danger of a terrorist attack on the bot. The pilot is motivated by the fact that one group of passengers will panic, and the other will try to defuse the explosive device. “Perhaps there would be a couple of passengers who were so afraid that they would try to open emergency exits during the flight.”

 

Pilot Andy Kerr prefers to remain silent about the age of the liner on which the flight will be made. I don’t mention that the plane we’re on was built in 1968.

 

Randall Cummings does not want to inform passengers about the time left to clean between flights: “Sometimes there is so little time that the cleaners just pick up the garbage, pick up the earphones with blankets and leave. Folding tables and other surfaces are not disinfected. The toilet is not always properly cleaned either.”

 

Pilot Stuart Landau admits to avoiding awkward conversations with passengers at all. “If I had made a mistake or done something stupid, the passengers would not have known about it. There are some things that are best left unsaid.”