Survey of British flight attendants reveals sneaky tricks to rip off passengers

The survey conducted by Jetcost.co.uk of 718 British cabin-crew, both past and present, asked them to reveal how they had fun on a flight.

Initially respondents were asked “‘Have you ever broken the rules during a flight?” but when a whopping 89 per cent answered yes, they were asked to provide more detail.

When provided with a list of possible rule breaks, the top answers were as follows:

1. Lied to passengers about product availability — 28 per cent.

2. Indulged in sexual relations with a colleague during a flight — 21 per cent.

3. Short-changed passengers — 20 per cent.

4. Indulged in sexual relations with a passenger during a flight — 14 per cent.

5. Accepting tips and gifts from passengers — 7 per cent.

When asked exactly how cabin-crew short-changed passengers, a massive 54 per cent said by ‘giving their change in a different currency’ while 40 per cent said ‘most passengers don’t check their change’.

Shockingly, the survey also found that on average, airline workers gained £27.60 ($A52) per month from passengers, which works out at a whopping £331.20 ($A622) a year.

Antoine Michelat, co-founder of Jetcost.co.uk, said the following:

“It’s completely unacceptable for cabin crew to be short-changing passengers; they’re knowingly pocketing the money that should be going back to the customer and are therefore stealing.

“Just under £30 a month may not sound like much in the grand scheme of things, but that’s over £300 per year — and if the results of this survey are anything to go by then cabin crew in Germany are stealing even more.

“They may think it’s OK by passing it off as the odd 20p here and 50p there, but that’s still money that’s not rightfully yours and belongs to someone else.”