Funniest airline passenger requests, silly traveller questions, unusual airline passenger requestsVirgin Atlantic


Let's hear it for airline cabin crew. Not only do they spend their days struggling up and down the aisle at 30,000ft doling out snacks/drinks/duty free/scratchcards and catering to every passenger's whim, they also have to put up with their stupid questions. Demands such as "Could you open the window?" and 'Can you turn the engines down?" are just some the questions they are asked - and, yes, they have to answer politely. We've put together some of the silliest recent requests, courtesy of Virgin Atlantic and cabincrew.com...

Silliest ever passenger requests

  • 'Please can you open the window?'
    <p> Yes, according to a survey of&nbsp;<a href="http://travel.aol.co.uk/tag/Virgin+Atlantic/" target="_blank">Virgin Atlantic</a>'s cabin crew, this is the most frequent mad request they get... seems that a worrying number of us have a lot to learn when it comes to the basic science of aviation...</p>
    'Please can you open the window?'
  • "Please could you not disturb the Queen?"
    <p> Speaking about their weirdest passenger requests to <a href="http://www.cabincrew.com/lifestyle/strange-but-true-weirdest-passenger-requests-revealed/1098" target="_blank">Cabincrew.com</a>, one steward said a passenger was worried about <a href="http://travel.aol.co.uk/tag/Heathrow+Airport/" target="_blank">Heathrow Airport</a> being so close to Windsor Castle as the plane was coming into London and asked if cabin crew could arrange for the planes not to fly over the castle in the future in case the Queen found it a nuisance. What a thoughtful flyer!</p>
    "Please could you not disturb the Queen?"
  • "Can you fix my hair?"
    <p> One Virgin Atlantic crew member was asked by a very famous celebrity, who pressed their call bell, to fix their hair. The flight attendant agreed to the unusual request and headed back to the galley to get a hair brush, comb and small can of hairspray. When he returned armed with the hairdressing equipment, the star roared with laughter and explained it was the AIR they wanted fixed and pointed overhead! The poor steward turned on the air vent and crept back to the galley. Cringe...</p>
    "Can you fix my hair?"
  • "Could you turn the engines down - they are too noisy."
    <p> Er, we're hoping the passenger was't serious about this request. Another passenger asked: &quot;Please can the captain stop the turbulence?&quot;.&nbsp;</p>
    "Could you turn the engines down - they are too noisy."
  • "Could we take the scenic route?"
    <p> While flying into Nice in the <a href="http://travel.aol.co.uk/tag/south+of+France/" target="_blank">South of France</a>, one cheeky passenger asked a stewardess if the pilot could 'go a bit further down the coast so we can have a look at Monaco,' she told <a href="http://www.cabincrew.com/lifestyle/strange-but-true-weirdest-passenger-requests-revealed/1098" target="_blank">Cabincrew.com </a></p>
    "Could we take the scenic route?"
  • "Where are the showers?"
    <p> We know they have some <a href="http://travel.aol.co.uk/2012/05/01/virgin-atlantic-unveils-new-100-million-upper-class-cabin/" target="_blank">luxurious cabins</a> but we would have liked to see the face of the flight attendant who was asked by a passenger where they could take a shower on a Virgin Atlantic flight.</p>
    "Where are the showers?"
  • "Can you take my children to the playroom?'"
    <p> A playroom, indeed. Sometimes, passengers appear to forget they're 30,000ft in the air.</p>
    "Can you take my children to the playroom?'"
  • "Is there a Starbuck's on board?"
    <p> Yes, someone really did ask a Virgin flight attendant this question.&nbsp;</p>
    "Is there a Starbuck's on board?"
  • "Why is there no phone signal?"
    <p> A stewardess told <a href="http://www.cabincrew.com/lifestyle/strange-but-true-weirdest-passenger-requests-revealed/1098" target="_blank">Cabincrew.com</a> that a traveller asked her: 'Why am I getting such a poor mobile phone signal? This flight is going to be really long and I&rsquo;ll be bored if I can&rsquo;t use my smart phone.' Oh dear!</p>
    "Why is there no phone signal?"
  • "Could you get my blanket from my suitcase?"
    <p> One steward told flight attendants' forum <a href="http://www.cabincrew.com/lifestyle/top-10-funniest-airline-passenger-complaints/1085" target="_blank">Cabincrew.com</a> that one cheeky passenger asked them to get his blanket. He said: 'I once got asked mid flight if I could nip down into the hold and get a passenger his blanket out of his suitcase. After a full description of the bag I then explained this wasn't possible, to which he insisted he was going to go instead.'</p>
    "Could you get my blanket from my suitcase?"
  • "Can I book a massage for my Barbie doll?"
    <p> This request may have been understandable if it came from a three-year old. But it didn't. It came from a fully grown adult.</p>
    "Can I book a massage for my Barbie doll?"
  • Take photos up the skirt of an air hostess
    <p> It's no secret that most men find air hostesses rather attractive, but one 34-year-old&nbsp;man took his attraction a little bit far when he was caught taking pictures up the skirt of an airline attendant on a Japan Airways flight.&nbsp;He used a small, pen-shaped micro camera&nbsp;to take the photos and admitted that he couldn't help himself as he was &quot;aroused by uniforms.&quot;&nbsp;However, he managed to escape criminal charges - because prosecutors couldn't determine exactly which part of Japan the plane was flying over at the time of the incident.</p>
    Take photos up the skirt of an air hostess
  • "Can you help me find my glass eye?"
    <p> This strange request came from a passenger on another Virgin flight... we're still trying to find out if said object was ever found....</p>
    "Can you help me find my glass eye?"


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