*You know the saying: Don’t get it twisted? Well that may as well be a flight attendant’s motto because their job requirements or what they actually do is so much more than asking if we’d like “coffee or tea?”
Business Insider decided to delve into exactly what it is that a Flight Attendant does, and put the word out to flight attendant’s everywhere for input. Approximately 60 flight attendant’s responded and the things they shared will blow your mind.
Talk about a position being UNDERESTIMATED!
First let me say, I looked everywhere to see what a “bomb stack” is…you know, the term I mentioned in the headline? It came from a direct quote one of the flight attendants sent in (See slide #8).
“Think of anything that could possibly happen anywhere — if it happens at 37,000 feet in the air, guess who is taking care of it? We do much more than hand out cokes, but unfortunately that is what the public sees, especially if they only fly domestically.”
“I know how to build a bomb stack, and if it came down to it, I could deliver your baby.”
“We are trained to protect the flight deck at all costs.”
From what I can tell (and I welcome comments on this from folks who know) it may be a shelter to protect if a nuclear bomb or something or a devastating nature occurs. What this would actually look like 37,000 feet up is both of our guesses?
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