How to tell if the cabin crew likes you: An airline employee shares a secret word used to indicate they think a passenger is attractive
- Cabin crew members have revealed the do’s they use to find potential suitors
- If you hear the word “Cheerio” on board, it could mean you have an admirer
Cabin crew endure a lot – troublesome passengers, screaming children, cramped workspaces, not to mention long journeys.
One way to pass the time is to spot potential suitors on board, and cabin crew have been doing this for years, according to a British aircraft forum.
An anonymous cabin crew member revealed that flight attendants have a secret code to secretly reveal their crushes.
Any time a cabin crew member sees an attractive passenger, all they have to do is say “Cheerio.”
If a cabin crew member waves hello while saying “Cheerio,” it’s not just cops. According to an airline employee, this could mean they are attracted to you
Of course they have to keep it professional and will only say the word with a straight face when passengers leave the plane.
Mysterious user LTN330 explained, “There’s the cheerio game you can play when passengers get off.
“When you stand there and say ‘bye, thank you, take care’ etc. When you see someone you like, say ‘cheerio’.”
“You have to do it with a buddy and the challenge is to keep a straight face.”
Another flight attendant previously revealed her own crew’s special code to signal an attractive passenger.
In an interview with Yahoo, cabin crew member Emily Witkop said, “I remember there was a ‘hot coffee’ code among flight attendants for a few years.
“You’d say, ‘I’ve got hot coffee in 3B!’ Which meant there was an extremely attractive passenger in that particular seat that the other flight attendants had to check out.”
The cabin crew has a number of secret codes, including the term ‘HR’, which could mean there is an extra passenger on board
Meanwhile, Owen Beddall, former cabin crew member and author of Confessions of a Qantas Flight Attendant, said his crew called their crushes “Bob,” meaning “the best one on board.”
As it turns out, cabin crew have a slew of secret codes, each more cynical than the next.
According to a Reddit thread, the code has sensitive meaning, as user /mrmiguez explained: “There’s a lot of cargo being carried on commercial flights.
“One of those items was always called HR on the radios. HR was an abbreviation for ‘Human Remains’.
“Some people die far from where they want to be buried. They’re packed in wooden boxes, so you’d never know what’s inside, except by the odd shape.’
So the next time you hear the word HR on a flight, beware that there may be another passenger on board.