A flight attendant of 11 years has shared everything she does when travelling on a plane for the best experience possible. She warned that she has seen some “diabolical things” on her travels.

Not everyone enjoys flying. The process can be costly, tiring, and even stressful.

With this in mind, an expert revealed a set of rules she has for herself whenever she travels by air.

In a video uploaded to social media platform TikTok, a flight attendant and US reality TV star Charity Nelms said: “These are things that you’re not doing on an aircraft that you should do.

“I’m an 11-year flight attendant and I do all of these things when I travel on my own personal time because I’m an expert. This ain’t my first Rodeo.”

Wiping seatbelts

If you’re someone who packs antiseptic wipes for the flight, you might be targeting the wrong area, she said. Charity explained: “Number one, you guys all come on board with your little Clorox wipes and your little disinfectants, and you start wiping everything down: that little tray table in front of you, the back of the seat.

“I don’t really get why you’re wiping the back of the seat, because if you’re wearing clothes, nothing really touches that.” Instead, she advised: “What you should be wiping, that nobody wipes is that seatbelt. The metal part, because everybody touches it.

“And also you should be wiping the fabric part of the seatbelt because everybody pulls on that. The amount of throw up, baby vomit, bodily fluids, liquids that have spilled, random stuff that end up on those seatbelts.

“Wipe them down. I do.”

Wearing full-length trousers

This is the best way to ensure you’re not directly touching your seat. She continued: “Second thing you’re not doing is you’re not wearing full pants [trousers].

“I am letting you know from a flight attendant, the amount of things I have seen on the seat. Wear pants. Shorts, skirts, dresses – absolutely not. Wear full pants.

“None of your skin should be touching that seat. I don’t care if you come on board and you disinfect it. Nope, nope, nope.

“Wear full pants. Trust me, I have seen some diabolical things.”

Washing your hands

According to Charity, flight attendants know if you don’t wash your hands after using the on-flight toilet. “Third thing that none of you are doing, you are not washing your hands after you use the lav,” she said.

“You’re also not flushing the toilet. Did you know that your flight attendants know if you flush the toilet and wash your hands?

“We literally know from outside. You’re also not closing the door when it comes to using the lavatory.

“This is what you do. Flush the toilet, you wash your hands, you come out and you close the door with your elbow. Please start doing that.”

Wearing shoes

She urged people to keep their shoes on when using the toilet. “Fourth, and also having to do with the lav, you’re not wearing shoes,” Charity said.

“It is never, ever water on the floor in the lav. And your socks are like two big sponges.”

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