What Flight Attendants Don’t Tell You: 47 Secrets About Flying, Some Will Shock You

Hands Behind Their Backs

Have you ever noticed that flight attendants always seem to greet passengers with their hands clasped behind their backs? It turns out that there is a legitimate reason for this. They are not just doing it to look smart.

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Hiding their hands behind their backs actually makes it easier when it comes to doing a head count on the plane. What you don’t know, is that behind their backs, they are actually keeping count on their fingers. They don’t want to draw too much attention to themselves as they are doing this.