Some of the important facts Pilots wont share with anyone ..Its really interesting.

• No, you’re not imagining things, airlines really have adjusted their flight times to give themselves a better track record of on-time arrivals.
• Most of the time, how you land is a good indicator of a pilot’s skill. So if you want to say something nice to a pilot as you’re getting off the plane, say ‘Nice landing.’ We do appreciate that.

• I’m constantly under pressure to carry less fuel than I’m comfortable with. Airlines are always looking at the bottom line, and you burn fuel carrying fuel
• At some airports with really short runways, you’re not going to have a smooth landing no matter how good we are: John Wayne Airport; Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Chicago Midway; and Reagan National.

• Sometimes the airline won’t give us lunch breaks or even time to eat. We have to delay flights just so we can get food.
• There’s no such thing as a water landing. It’s called crashing into the ocean. Pilots find it perplexing that so many people are afraid of turbulence. It’s all but impossible for turbulence to cause a crash.
• We avoid turbulence not because we’re afraid the wing is going to fall off but because it’s annoying.

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• I’ve been struck by lightning twice. Most pilots have. Airplanes are built to take it. You hear a big boom and see a big flash and that’s it. You’re not going to fall out of the sky.
• There is no safest place to sit. In one accident, the people in the back are dead; in the next, it’s the people up front.
• The smoothest place to sit is often over or near the wing. The bumpiest place to sit is in the back. A plane is like a seesaw. If you’re in the middle, you don’t move as much.

• If you’re a nervous flier, book a morning flight. The heating of the ground later causes bumpier air, and it’s much more likely to thunderstorm in the afternoon.
• We’re not trying to ruin your fun by making you take off your headphones. We just want you to be able to hear us if there’s an emergency.
• We ask you to put up the window shade so the flight attendants can see outside in an emergency, to assess if one side is better for an evacuation. It also lets light into the cabin if it goes dark and helps passengers get oriented if the plane flips or rolls over.

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• Cold on the airplane? Tell your flight attendant. We’re in a constant battle with them over the temperature. They’re moving all the time, up and down the aisles, so they are always calling and saying, ‘Turn up the air.’ But most passengers I know are freezing.

Source : Buzzfeed.

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