{"id":119673,"date":"2023-10-26T11:59:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T11:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/?p=119673"},"modified":"2023-10-26T11:59:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T11:59:03","slug":"flight-attendant-reveals-disgusting-truth-about-plane-toilets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/travel\/flight-attendant-reveals-disgusting-truth-about-plane-toilets\/","title":{"rendered":"Flight attendant reveals disgusting truth about plane toilets"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>I&#8217;m a flight attendant &#8211; and here&#8217;s the horrifying truth about how dirty plane toilets REALLY are<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>A 33-year-old female flight attendant opened herself up to questions on Reddit<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>She revealed: &#8216;Bathrooms are basically\u00a0wiped down quickly between flights&#8217;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>The bathroom flush button has 265 bacteria colony forming units per sq in<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A flight attendant has shared the disgusting reason why she &#8216;tries to avoid&#8217; using the plane&#8217;s restroom.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to Reddit&#8217;s AMA (Ask Me Anything) subreddit, the 33-year-old female airline worker, who goes by sassy_chick01, said she was &#8216;sitting thru (through) turbulence&#8217; and offered up her time to answer people&#8217;s burning questions about air travel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the Q&amp;A session, the flight attendant made a gross revelation about the onboard amenities after one person asked: &#8216;Real talk: How dirty are the planes? What about the bathroom?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Planes are filthy. They don&#8217;t disinfect them,&#8217; she confessed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/13\/76954261-12667783-A_flight_attendant_shares_the_reason_why_she_tries_to_avoid_goin-a-82_1698237267508.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A flight attendant has shared the disgusting reason why she &#8216;tries to avoid&#8217; using the plane&#8217;s restroom<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/22\/76954257-12667783-image-a-5_1698181798932.jpg\" height=\"365\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Taking to Reddit&#8217;s AMA (Ask Me Anything) subreddit, the 33-year-old female airline worker, who was sitting through &#8216;turbulence,&#8217; answered people&#8217;s burning questions about air travel<\/p>\n<h3>Top 13 dirtiest places on a plane<\/h3>\n<p>&#8216;Bathrooms are basically just wiped down quickly between flights.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The flight attendant left her post open to all questions except for ones that inquired about the &#8216;mile high club,&#8217; which she found &#8216;annoying&#8217; since she &#8216;already answered that.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Another curious Reddit user asked her: &#8216;Do you have to use the same lavatories as passengers?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever seen an FA (flight attendant) use the lavatory.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The flight attendant responded candidly: &#8216;Yep we do. Most of us try to avoid going in there if possible.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And she has every reason to be appalled by the thought of using a toilet because &#8216;the airplane bathroom flush button had 265 bacteria colony forming units (CFU) per square inch,&#8217; according to Forbes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite assumptions that the restroom is the most unhygienic area in a plane, there are other parts that are surprisingly more dirty.<\/p>\n<p>Believe it or not, airplane seatback trays are in first place for the filthiest spot.<\/p>\n<p>The trays have eight times more bacteria than restrooms -about 2,155 CFU per square inch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/22\/76956257-12667783-image-a-7_1698182305726.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Bathrooms are basically just wiped down quickly between flights,&#8217; the flight attendant confessed (stock image)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/22\/76954255-12667783-image-a-6_1698182122615.jpg\" height=\"206\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Another curious Reddit user asked her: &#8216;Do you have to use the same lavatories as passengers?&#8217;\u00a0The flight attendant responded: &#8216;Yep we do. Most of us try to avoid going in there&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Experts recommend wiping down tray tables with antibacterial wipes before you eat off of them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They also advised people to bring their own blankets.<\/p>\n<p>Freshly washed blankets and pillows are only supplied to the first flights of the day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After a flight, the items are folded up and then reused by the next passengers.<\/p>\n<p>Also, make sure to keep hand sanitizer close by to stay germ-free during your flight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/travel\/travel_news\/article-12667783\/Flight-attendant-explains-dirty-plane-toilets.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a flight attendant &#8211; and here&#8217;s the horrifying truth about how dirty plane toilets REALLY are A 33-year-old female flight attendant opened herself up to questions on Reddit She revealed: &#8216;Bathrooms are basically\u00a0wiped down quickly between flights&#8217; 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