I was a Virgin flight attendant – these are the routes that are traumatic to work on… and why celebrities can be the worst passengers

A former Virgin Atlantic flight attendant has pulled back the glamorous curtain to reveal the downsides of cabin crew life.

Skye Taylor, 48, finally ended her career as a flight attendant after 17 years when insomnia began to take its toll.

It has now exposed the greatest tensions for cabin crew on the most problematic routes.

The fact that alcohol is available for free to passengers on long-haul flights also became a major problem for her and other flight attendants, Skye said.

The mother explained that the crew would often try to campaign to have alcohol removed from certain routes because it would “get so bad.”

She dropped the bombshell that Thursday flights to Las Vegas, especially those en route to boxing or other major events packed with “rowdy men,” were among the worst.

She dropped the bombshell that some routes were so bad for drunk passengers that the crew often tried to campaign to have alcohol removed

According to Skye, who now has a raunchy career with Babestation, there were repeated incidents of rudeness and dangerous activity among passengers on these flights.

‘I’ve never been attacked, but verbally? Always. It’s terrible up there. Sometimes it feels like things are getting out of hand and that’s not a good feeling,” she told the newspaper Daily star.

“I’ve had people hiding alcohol, smoking fumes in the toilet, being very rude to the cabin crew, trying to grab the cabin crew, people shouting in your face.”

“You go to the galley and people help themselves in the bars. It can be absolutely devastating,” she added.

Flights to sunny LA and the Caribbean were among the flight attendant’s least favorite trips to work on.

Celebrities and upper-class clients were among the worst for bad behaviour, Sky revealed.

“If you have big names in the senior class, they would take advantage of that,” she said.

“They know they are important and they paid a lot of money not to get a drink.”

However, it wasn’t just the alcohol that made some journeys particularly grueling.

Skye believes that post-pandemic, more travelers will turn to prescription drugs, making flights even more difficult for crews.

The careful flight attendant would always advise her passengers to be wary of taking sleeping pills and drinking.

She explained that many would have different reactions due to the altitude, noting that some people’s personalities would change completely.

Skye has experienced several travelers who were truly ‘rude’ and ‘terrible’ before falling asleep and waking up ‘completely changed’.

The mother, who has now opted for a more racy career with Babestation, also shared that celebrities and upper-class clients were among the worst.

“They know they are important and they paid a lot of money not to get a drink,” she said

She revealed that she believes more research needs to be done on prescription drugs in effect during flights, saying: “Especially on the LA route.

‘It used to be quite traumatic for some crew members. People can use a lot of substances, like Xanax, and all this stuff combined with drinking is just a recipe for disaster.”

Another problem, according to Sky, is that holidaymakers are buying duty-free alcoholic drinks and using them as an ‘excuse to be completely drunk’ during the trip.

The mother, who works night shifts at Babestation, said she would find empty vodka bottles everywhere on the plane.

She reveals that short flights to Ibiza can never be expected to be a ‘sensible’ environment and believes duty-free drinks should be handed to crew before departure.