Before unpacking their bags, many flight attendants perform what they call a “hotel room autopsy,” a quick, six-step safety check to make sure their rooms are safe before settling in.
The routine is popular among airline crew members who spend hundreds of nights in hotels each year. It includes everything from checking door locks to locating emergency exits.
“This is not a nervous habit,” said a recent post from CabinCrew24, an online resource for flight attendants and aviation professionals.
“It comes from years of sleeping in strange rooms, in different countries, under different fire rules and different levels of hotel security.”
Some of the…
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