Time for some light humour to give everyone a giggle for the day. The Mumbai Mirror has published a compilation of the most bizarre airline passenger requests, as uncovered by Aneesh Phadnis who spoke to crew members.
- “Slow down, plane’s going too fast”. A passenger looking at the monitor was so petrified, he demanded the plane be slowed down. A crew member said, “He was unaware about cruising speeds. We told him he was in safe hands and yet, he insisted on speaking to the pilot.”
- “Need to spit, open the windows”. A passenger chewing tobacco wanted to spit. A crew member said, “We explained that cabin is pressurised and windows cannot be opened.”
- Sleeping in overhead luggage compartment. A cabin crew on board Cathay Pacific Airline’s Hong Kong-Mumbai flight encountered a passenger who insisted on sleeping in the overhead luggage storage compartment. Post dinner, he climbed on his seat and tried getting into the storage compartment, thinking that planes have two or three tiers of beds like trains do.
- “Phone please, kids are waiting”. A senior flight attendant of Air India said, “This request has come a few times, especially from senior citizens. Passengers see the crew members using intercom handsets on the flight and mistake them to be telephones. The handsets are used by crew to communicate among themselves or with pilots, and for announcements. We have to explain the usage.”
- “Where’s my oxygen mask?” On a Kingfisher Airlines international flight from Mumbai, a couple wanted to know what time the overhead oxygen masks would pop down. The bemused air hostess explained that oxygen masks come down only if the cabin is experiencing lack of pressure.
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I read this in the papers and it was hilarious and unbelievable at the same time. May be the passenger just couldn’t resist the idea of painting the planet earth red from such a great height!!
this one’s quite funny as well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFW6NHbWX0E
on a completely unrelated note, sharell could you tell me how long your gas cylinder usually lasts.
Ha, my gas cylinder. I think the last one lasted for more than 6 months. I remember when I lived in Kerala I was there for around 8 months and went through two of them, so around 4 months there. There were 4 people using it though, as opposed to two in this house.
thanks, im using it regularly now and just needed an estimate before i order a replacement.
It really depends on how many people in the household, how long you cook for, and how many meals etc. It’s always a good idea to have a replacement on hand. For some reason, we have two bottles so we thankfully have a spare.
well at the moment its just me, id say the stove runs about an hour a day, 5 days a week. i’m guessing it should last about 5 months or so. But ya i should probably just keep myself a spare considering that they take 3 weeks to deliver the bl**dy thing! (or maybe thats just their way of making me buy an extra one)……crafty bastards.
funny!
Since you are talking about Airlines, I thought I would post this video of a Indian guy, who has a ‘Panic Attack’ on the plane. It looks/sounds funny, but it is understandable that he had a ‘Panic Attack’. Here’s the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1_lSS_VUlU
very funny and hilarious!!!!
I think more than anything, these come up with first time flyers. When air travel becomes cheaper than it was previously, people who ordinarily wouldn’t fly, end up in planes and leads to such hilarious situations.
Some of these jokes are old cliches/jokes. For instance, “Need to spit, open the windows” is not necessarily a current situation of first time flyers. My dad cited a similar example decades ago when I was a young kid. I’m wondering whether some ‘clowns’ have actually made such requests or whether some other ‘clowns’ have been merely making this sh.t up for decades.
Some how it wouldn’t surprise me if they were made up!
Ha ha ha sooooooo funny. It´s hilariuos the request to open the windown. Also the passanger wanting to sleep in the overhead luggage compartment. True or not, they sound so naive and surreal at he same time. Great post!
i dont think even a first time flyers do such things when they are on board ..how about european easyjet flights..packed like some bus..uhhh horrible…indian jets are far better than that
Sharell ,
I am seeing this post first time.Just enough for giggle.Anyone who can afford to fly can NEVER be so ignorant to ask these silly questions.Even people who have not yet traveled in a plane wouldn’t think something like that.
We have been hearing these jokes from childhood.I would like to meet those Air-hostess who made up these stories.And what happened to your judgement who posted these Jokes as some real events.Indian News paper are one of the best in making up stories and sensationalize.
Ah, but every intelligent Indian like yourself will know it’s not real.