I have two to tell….

The first was on a flight out of an Asian country, I won’t say which as I don’t want to embarrass anyone.

We had almost finished boarding and I handed an extension seatbelt to another FA to give to a couple with a baby. The FA came back a few minutes later saying they didn’t have a baby. I looked on the manifest and it showed Mr and Mrs X, seat 32D and E plus infant. I walked back to enquire about the error on the manifest when the father stood up and opened the overhead and there sleeping peacefully was a beautiful baby girl! They had never flown before and thought it was a bassinet!

A lovely couple who didn’t stop laughing for 9 hours once they realised what they had done.

The other incident still baffles everyone.

Being lead FA (Cabin Service Director) I was at the boarding door of the 747 greeting our packed aircraft. Almost everyone was onboard and we were waiting for the last dozen or so passengers. In the jetway I could hear a trolly which is unusual as passengers don’t generally bring them to the aircraft door.

I had to do a double take when they were wheeling a FULL SIZED WASHING MACHINE!

I had to ask the FA standing beside me to pinch me, I thought I was dreaming.

I tried to explain it wasn’t coming onboard and things got heated so I called the captain to come down and give his verdict. Needless to say it was hold loaded on another flight.

To this day no-one knows how they got this machine through security, passed the boarding gate checks and to the aircraft door…. That was a real WTF moment!