8 Things We’ve Always Wondered About Airplanes But Not Known Who To Ask

3. Why do flight attendants ask us to keep our windows shades up?

Yeah, why do they do that,? We are flying over the ocean, I’m getting the same goddamn view for the past hour. This sucks bro!

While this is true for most of the Indian flights, they actually only need us to keep the window shades up during landing and take off, the most critical times in aviation. They want us to be prepared for the worst in case anything goes wrong. More eyes looking out means an issue will be reported as soon as it’s spotted because in times of an emergency every second counts. They also turn the lights in the cabin off so spotting a fire outside becomes easier. The cabin crew only have 90 seconds to evacuate every passenger, regardless of the size of the plane. Additionally, it also helps the ground staff to look inside the cabin. So, in one line, this is to make us aware and prepared for any situation.

4. Why do all airplanes have bad food?

Why is the food always so pathetic on a flight? No matter what you’re travelling on, it is just as bad as the other. Wonder if the first class guys get the same food? Their food must be tasting better than this garbage.

Okay firstly, yes, first class has a different, classier menu. What else do you expect, peasants? Rest assured, their food tastes as bad as ours. Why? Science b*tch!

At 30,00 feet in the air, the first thing that goes for a toss is our sense of taste. You can blame the quality of the food all you want, but it’s really the experience. In a cabin that is pressurised at 8,000 ft, along with the air quality, our taste buds go numb. Like it does when we get a cold. Try out this experiment – take your favourite aloo ka parantha + nimbu ka achaar wrapped in an aluminium foil and a poly bag (just for safety), true desi style. See if it tastes the same as it did at home. Most probably not.

But in defense of our taste buds, the food isn’t of top quality either. When it’s warmed up to room temperature or above, it starts deteriorating, making it dry and tough to eat. One can’t really help this. Aloo parantha might actually, you never know.