Flight Attendants warn passengers not to ask for this one favor on a plane.
It's safe to say that air travel has experienced significant turbulence over the last year and a half. However, flight attendants have kept their heads high throughout the pandemic's ups and downs. Flight attendants work hard to relieve their passengers' stress, whether it's delivering a cart full of snacks to each row or explaining the mask policy. However, no matter how much you rely on flight attendants while traveling, they won't be able to answer all of your questions. In fact, despite your expectations, there is one task that flight attendants are unable to assist you with. Continue reading to learn the one thing you should never ask a flight attendant for.
Never request that your luggage be placed in the overhead compartment by a flight attendant.
One of the first things you do before boarding a plane is to place your luggage in the overhead compartment. However, while a kind stranger may offer to assist with this task, the flight attendants on the plane are unable to do so. Flight attendant Jamila Hardwick revealed to Inside Edition in 2019 that you should never request that a flight attendant store your luggage for you.
"We don't get paid until the boarding door closes," she clarified. "If we are injured while putting that bag in the overhead bin, we cannot claim it as an on-the-job injury."
Flight attendants are only paid for the hours that the plane is in the air.
Flight attendants, on the other hand, have a lot of responsibilities even before the plane takes off. "We're only paid for time in the air," Heather Poole, a flight attendant, told Travel + Leisure in 2019. "That flight attendant greeting you at the boarding gate, assisting you in finding a place for your bag, guitar, crutches, wedding gown, emotional support pig? They're not paid."
Check your bag if you are unable to place it in the overhead compartment.
The act of putting your carry-on bags away for you can cause major problems for your flight attendants. According to Brooke Ellis, a physical therapist at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Plano, people can injure their backs, necks, and shoulders while assisting with this on-flight task.
"The nature of lifting overhead items, in particular, places additional stress and strain on the joints and muscles, making it difficult to maintain proper lifting form and, as a result, can result in injury," she explained.
You should think twice before bringing a large bag onto the plane to avoid an unintentional and uncompensated work injury to a flight attendant. "The rule is to check it if you can't lift it into the overhead bin yourself," former flight attendant Shawn Kathleen told Yahoo! Travel in 2015. Once your bag is in the overhead bin, the only thing a flight attendant can do is help you close the door.
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