A flight attendant said that ‘nobody cares’ if you actually turn off your phone on a plane — and revealed the disgusting reason why you should never drink coffee in the air

  • A flight attendant has revealed new secrets of the trade in an anonymous interview with Vice.

  • "Betty" says nobody switches off their phones on planes, not even the staff.

  • There's also an ideal time for joining the mile high club — but there's never a good time to order coffee in the sky.

  • She added that there's only one way of scoring an upgrade, and it's all about your bargaining power.



There's something intriguing about the life of airline crew. Maybe it's the pristine uniform, the jet-setting lifestyle, or the secret codes and signs. But people in the industry often claim that the job is nowhere near as glamorous as it might appear.

Confirming this fact is a flight attendant at a "major American airline" who revealed some fantastically funny — and disgusting — truths about life in the air in an anonymous interview with Vice.

Speaking under the pseudonym "Betty," she gave an honest account of some of the unfortunate realities occurring behind the scenes.

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