Janae, a flight attendant who shares travel and workplace experiences on TikTok.
Janae, a flight attendant who shares travel and workplace experiences on TikTok, spoke about the issue in a video shared with her more than 22,000 followers. Because they don’t think,” she said.
She said it’s the tray table. Some parents change their babies’ dirty diapers on the same fold-down tables where passengers later place their food, drinks and personal belongings, according to the cabin crew member. In her video, Janae said she does not eat off airplane tray tables or place her personal belongings directly on them. “People change their kids’ diapers on those tray tables on airplanes; that’s why, as a flight attendant, I don’t ever eat off of those tray tables, I don’t put any of my stuff on those tray tables,” she said. Janae also spoke about a situation she says flight attendants encounter during flights when parents approach crew members with their child’s used diaper after changing it. Let me get gloves at the bare minimum.’” Janae said she does not want to take the diaper even when wearing gloves, adding that some parents become offended by her refusal.
A Texas-based flight attendant has warned passengers about one of the dirtiest surfaces they regularly touch on a flight. She explained why she avoids eating directly from airplane tray tables and why she is cautious about touching items left on them. Her warning has drawn attention to an everyday part of flying that passengers often overlook. “Why do people do this? Why do people change their kids’ dirty diapers on tray tables where people are going to be putting their stuff and eating? She then described what happens when passengers try to hand over the waste. “As a flight attendant, people will come up and try to hand you their dirty diapers and we’re like, ‘No!
Tray tables are not the only parts of an aircraft that have been highlighted by flight attendants. Janae also criticised passengers who expect crew members to handle vomit in their barf bags, those who refuse to wash their hands after using the lavatory and travellers who walk barefoot through the cabin. Her concerns are part of a wider conversation among cabin crew about the surfaces passengers touch during a flight.