5 SECRETE AIRLINES DON’T WANT YOU TO KNOW

1 ELECTRONIC

When you board a plane and immediately begin watching a video that you downloaded onto your device. Then, just as you’re about to take off, the crew informs you that you must switch it off. You are not utilizing Wi-Fi or Mobile Data, thus there is no problem; you will not cause the plane to crash. Turning off your electronics has no effect on the communication channel between pilot and air traffic controller.

Airlines prefer that you turn off your gadgets so that you can focus on the safety announcements. In reality, data reveal that more than half of all cell phones are left on during take off and landing.

2 SNEAKY AIRLINE BUSINESS TACTIC

Flying millions of people around the world is a major business, and airlines will do anything to maximize their profits, even if it means sacrificing our safety. Do you think you’re getting a deal since you’re in the sky, free from national taxes, when they come around with a sky mall trolley full of spirit and perfume? Everything on that trolley is available for less money on the internet. This one is also quite sneaky.

Because airlines must pay fines if their flights are delayed, they are known to inform us that a flight will take longer than expected. This gives them a window of opportunity if something causes them to be slightly late.

3 PET

Some individuals want to take their pets on vacation so that they can load them into small cages and transport them on the airline in the luggage hold. The airlines do their best to care for pets, but there isn’t much down there for the poor animal. Airports are notoriously noisy locations, and the dogs are subjected to incredibly loud noises when being put onto the plane.

4 PILOT’S FOOD

In the classic comedy film Airplane. When everyone who ate the fish, including the pilots, becomes ill from the poisoning, mayhem and laughter erupt. To avoid this happening in real life, the pilot and ci-pilot must eat separate meals and are not permitted to share.

5 THE TRUTH ABOUT THE OXYGEN MASK

If you have turned off your electronic gadget, you will hear during the safety briefing that, in an emergency, oxygen masks will drop down.

The beautiful yellow mask will allow you to breathe normally at high altitude till cabin pressure is restored. What the airlines don’t tell you is that the masks contain 15 minutes’ worth of oxygen. What you must remember is that you have between 15 and 20 seconds from the time the mask is dropped down to put it on before passing out.