Jay Roberts reveals flight attendant secrets/aflyguytravels
Don't let the uniform, the eloquent speech and the big smile fool you.
Flight attendants gossip about you.
Much.
So much so that they have secret codes designed to talk about you right next to you without you having a clue.
Former flight attendant and manager of the Fly Guy lounge chain Jay Roberts, who worked for the Emirates airline, claims that the next time flight attendants tell each other that you are a VIP, you really have no reason to be happy.
They do not mean that you are a very important person (Very Important Person) but a very irritating person (Very Irritating Person).
Speaking to MailOnline Travel, he revealed a number of other code words flight attendants use to gossip about passengers.
He said: "When you're confined to a plane for long hours, boredom sets in, causing many crew members to tune in to what we call CCFM, or cabin crew radio, for the latest gossip from the aisles."
Jay's list comes from his personal experience, as well as information he received from flight attendants who work for other airlines.
He said: "We have BOB which stands for 'Best On Board' or PITA which stands for 'Pain In The Ass'. I like ABP (Able Bodied Passenger), an official code for a passenger that the crew chooses mentally during any flight to assist in an emergency. Informally this code is meant to describe passengers the crew thinks are attractive. Similar to ABP we have BOB (Babe On Board) which is also a flirtatious abbreviation flight attendants use to secretly inform each other that they have a crush on one of the passengers."
Flight attendant Jay Roberts reveals the secrets of flight attendants/screenshot, aflyguytravels
You know the passenger who didn't order a special meal but doesn't like the standard meal offered on the flight so he suddenly invents that he's a vegetarian just to get a different dish?
So they have a code for that too: SVML (Suddenly Vegetarian Meal).
Jay claims that flight attendants will use the POS (Passenger Of Size) code to describe bulky passengers who require seat belt extension.
He also says that many of them use the term "mermaid" to describe a passenger who lies down on empty seats to prevent others from sitting in his row.
"Oh, and we also have the HOB," said Jay, "it means hottie on the flight (Hotty On Board)"
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Jay added that not all code words are intended to gossip about passengers.
According to him, some of them are designed to convey personal information about passengers that it is better that those around them do not know about it.
These are called Special Service Request (SSR) codes.
He explained: "Specific SSR codes are used as a discreet way for airline crews to handle sensitive situations involving passenger privacy. For example, when someone is deported, ground crew may use DEPA or DEPU codes to discreetly pass this information to the rest of the crew during boarding, avoiding the need to indicate Openly, 'this passenger is deported.' Another code is INAD, which refers to a person who has been denied entry to the country."
He added: "Other common SSR codes you may hear on the plane are UM (Child Traveling Unaccompanied), MEDA (Medical Case), DPAX (Disruptive Passenger), DND (Do Not Disturb), EBL (Eat Before Landing) and CIP - Mark That person is of commercial importance to the airline. Oh, and if someone tells you that you're SFU, get ready to have fun because that means that passenger is 'upgraded'."
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